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
Geography is Everything
From deciding where to build a new business, airport or fire station, to understanding the potential impact of decisions regarding conservation or governance, people make billions of maps everyday us…
00:18:51 |
Wed 27 Nov 2024
(AI)nvesting
AI startups dominate the funding landscape, from mega deals like xAI, to more modest investments. But how do venture capitalists see this market evolving?
This episode was taped before a live audie…
00:27:07 |
Wed 20 Nov 2024
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 A…
00:31:21 |
Wed 13 Nov 2024
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 06 Nov 2024
Encore: The New Luddites
Activists are fighting back against generative AI and reclaiming a misunderstood label in the process, says Brian Merchant in a new piece for The Atlantic.
Originally aired February 14, 2024.
We …
00:25:31 |
Wed 30 Oct 2024
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 Oct 2024
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 16 Oct 2024
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 09 Oct 2024
Inside Disney’s AI Dystopia
Disney’s science-fiction thriller, The Creator, paints a picture of a future world at war—humans vs. artificial intelligence. This episode we meet the film’s director Gareth Edwards, who unpacks just…
00:31:06 |
Wed 02 Oct 2024
Oral History: Get Ready for Interspecies Money?
There’s a world in which a group of mountain gorillas in Rwanda might one day be able to pay for their own protection. It involves a new financial model with an AI-powered digital wallet and data tha…
00:15:53 |
Wed 25 Sep 2024
What Makes Us Unique in the Age of AI?
Perhaps the greatest fear about artificial intelligence is it will eventually replace human intelligence altogether, because if AI takes over decision-making, what’s irreplaceable about humans?
We…
00:28:33 |
Wed 18 Sep 2024
Shaping the Future of AI Assisted Music
Songwriter and music producer Harvey Mason Jr. has worked with some of the biggest stars of our time, from artists like Beyonce and Elton John, to Whitney Houston and Justin Bieber. In his current ro…
00:16:24 |
Wed 11 Sep 2024
Why Many Parents and Teens Think It’s Harder Being a Teen Today
Do you think it's harder or easier to be a teenager now than in the past? The Pew Research Center has been studying this question and found that however a parent or teen answers, technology is likely…
00:16:32 |
Wed 04 Sep 2024
Oral History: Companion Robots for Older Adults
Meet a founder questioning the wisdom of the Turing Test as he works to address the loneliness epidemic among the elderly, in the latest installment of our oral history project.
We Meet:
Intuiti…
00:22:59 |
Wed 28 Aug 2024
Oral History: Symbolic AI is Explainable
In this encore edition of our oral history project we meet a man trying to solve AI’s black box problem with symbolic AI, a subfield that communicates how decisions are made.
We Meet:
Casper Wilstr…
00:22:21 |
Wed 21 Aug 2024
Oral History: Whistleblowers
We learn why lawyers who help people seeking to legally expose corruption in the government and at private companies have decided to focus on big tech, in the latest installment of our oral history p…
00:13:24 |
Wed 14 Aug 2024
Oral History: AI Aids Hearing
Hearing has a profound impact on a person’s emotional, mental and cognitive well-being and there’s also a long, rich history of cutting edge tech being used in devices that are meant to help us hear …
00:14:05 |
Wed 07 Aug 2024
Oral History: Helping Journalists Investigate
In the latest installment of our oral history project, we meet a scientist who’s been supporting deep investigative journalism projects for more than a decade. This collaboration between Neo4j and j…
00:12:49 |
Wed 31 Jul 2024
Encore: How Police are Using AI in Rwanda
We hop into the backseat of a police car and learn how officers in Rwanda have adopted and deployed AI on the streets of its capital city, Kigali.
We Meet:
Chief Inspector of Police Paul Ryamugwiza…
00:14:16 |
Wed 24 Jul 2024
Live: Delivering Education During Crisis
Potentially a quarter billion children worldwide lack access to an education. Advances in education tech and AI programs for learning can help students who have access to tools and internet. This epi…
00:15:49 |
Wed 17 Jul 2024
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