Elise Hu

Don't compete with AI, work with it.

At least, that's what technologist Priyanka Vergadia says.

In her talk, she takes a look at the collective fear that AI is coming for our jobs.

While sharing what AI is really good at, she also digs into what it misses and why building stronger collaborations between humans and AI is our best bet for a future that allows us to stay, as she puts it, irreplaceably human.

That was Priyanka Vergadia at TED Next in 2025.

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What if eyewitness memory is more reliable than we've been told?

In this talk, psychologist and memory scientist John Wickstead shares new research that shows memory is more nuanced than we may think, and that ignoring it at the wrong moments can, and often does, put innocent people behind bars.

Drawing on real cases, he explains how a witness's first identification before, quote, memory contamination should not be overlooked and that it can offer remarkably reliable insight, potentially reshaping what we can and can't trust.

That was John Wickstead at TEDx UC San Diego in California in 2025.