SHIFT
Hosted by Jennifer Strong, SHIFT is a weekly podcast taking a closer look at the far-reaching impact of automation on our daily lives.
From policy to process, we seek to understand how lives are changing alongside rapid breakthroughs in frontier technologies and artificial intelligence. Join us as we navigate the challenges and opportunities presented by this reshaped reality.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 19 minutes
- Episodes
- 107
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
Architect of the EU AI Act Expresses Concerns
EU AI Act architect and lead author Gabriele Mazzini shares his experience drafting the law. He also talks about his concerns with implementation and its potential impact on European competitiveness,…
00:17:43 |
Wed 03 Sep 2025
What Happened at Builder.AI
One of the world's hottest AI startups, Builder.AI, imploded earlier this year. We dig into what actually went down at the company and what journalists and investors can learn from the experience.
…
00:16:54 |
Wed 27 Aug 2025
The Alignment Problem
Despite our best efforts, sometimes what we say we want isn’t precisely what we mean. Nowhere is that felt more acutely than when we’re giving instructions to a machine, whether that’s coding or offe…
00:19:14 |
Wed 20 Aug 2025
How to Build a Cybernetic Lawyer
In all the noise about AI agents it’s easy to miss a fundamental change that’s taking place. For these agents to be effective, people have to feel safe delegating things to them. When we do? How we u…
00:15:48 |
Wed 13 Aug 2025
Ready for Fish-Free Fish?
What would you say if someone offered you a taste of a salmon filet that doesn’t contain fish?
The protein content, carbs, and even the omega 3s are basically the same, but what it doesn’t contain…
00:24:59 |
Wed 06 Aug 2025
From Text Prompt to 3D Worlds
We explore how generative AI is revolutionizing game development at Roblox, in the latest installment of our oral history project.
We Meet:
Kiran Bhat, Senior Director of Engineering at Roblo…
00:19:00 |
Wed 30 Jul 2025
The Race to Superintelligence
This is the final installment of a special series documenting the race to build superintelligent AI systems. The Race to Superintelligence is a deep dive into the rapidly expanding world of artificia…
00:21:49 |
Wed 23 Jul 2025
Making Sense of Supply Chains and Tariffs
The U.S. trade war is expected to add billions of dollars to things like building AI data centers, and for companies trying to figure out and manage their exposure, it’s never been a more complicated…
00:15:31 |
Wed 16 Jul 2025
Securing AI’s Future
Developing and scaling AI systems brings new security challenges, and companies are scrambling to figure out just how to handle some of the more pressing ones.
I was recently joined on stage by co-f…
00:17:43 |
Wed 09 Jul 2025
AI Agents Get to Work
What if instead of software coaching you on how to use it–what buttons to push and what file menus to open–the software could just use itself, once it knew what you wanted?
We explore Intuit's new …
00:16:00 |
Wed 02 Jul 2025
The Race to Superintelligence
This is part two of a special series documenting the race to build superintelligent AI systems.
The Race to Superintelligence is a deep dive into the rapidly expanding world of artificial intelligen…
00:18:30 |
Wed 25 Jun 2025
The Future of AI is Quantitative
We join the MIT community in New York for an event focused on AI, innovation, and the evolving role of tech in society.
SandboxAQ is a Google spinout that combines AI Large Quantitative Models and …
00:17:00 |
Wed 18 Jun 2025
Building a Decentralized Drone Imaging Network
Most geospatial data is gathered by satellites and cameras attached to planes, but a new decentralized network is helping amateur drone pilots capture and contribute ultra high resolution data.
In …
00:16:31 |
Wed 11 Jun 2025
Giving Shape to AI
What might the future of AI look like?
Robert Brunner is responsible for some of the most iconic industrial designs of this century, and Matt Biilmann coined the phrase AX, which considers the user…
00:18:41 |
Wed 04 Jun 2025
The Race to Superintelligence
The Race to Superintelligence is a deep dive into the rapidly expanding world of artificial intelligence. Join us as we explore the groundbreaking, mystifying and world-changing potential of the next…
00:18:05 |
Wed 28 May 2025
Uncovering How Biology Works
The application of artificial intelligence to help discover new medicines could become one of the more transformative ways we use this tech in the near term. Recursion Pharmaceuticals CEO Chris Gibso…
00:17:39 |
Wed 21 May 2025
Digital Citizens or Digital Subjects?
Frank McCourt is an American executive and philanthropist. He’s also the author of a new book about the internet, called Our Biggest Fight: Reclaiming Liberty, Humanity, and Dignity in the Digital Ag…
00:31:21 |
Tue 13 May 2025
Who's Human Online?
Whether you're on a dating app or playing a game, how do you know if you're interacting with another human? We meet someone working on a possible solution to this problem in the latest installment of…
00:17:39 |
Wed 07 May 2025
Building Trust in Online Reviews
Browsing online reviews when you’re shopping for a new product or service can be incredibly helpful, but only if they’re real.
We Meet: Trustpilot CEO Adrian Blair
Credits:
This episode of S…
00:16:05 |
Wed 30 Apr 2025
How to Build a Moonshot Factory
Astro Teller, Alphabet’s Captain of Moonshots, joins us for a conversation about the importance of failure, workplace culture in a moonshot factory, and not throwing away your shot.
We Meet:
Ast…
00:34:55 |
Wed 23 Apr 2025
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are the property of Jennifer Strong ([email protected]). This content is not affiliated with or endorsed by eachpod.com.