Ira Flatow
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1,299 appearances
24 recordings
2 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 15 Sep
Ira Flatow’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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recordings per month · last 12 monthsRecordings per month over the last 12 months — 24 in all, peaking in Jun 2026 with 6.
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All other American physicists to come join you in
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Toronto there?
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Right.
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Well, I don't want to end on a down note, but
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This interview started out in one spot and it landed in a very worthwhile other spot.
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getting out your views about what's going on in American science.
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And I thank you for your work and for for your opinions.
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You too, Dr.
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This episode was produced by Russia Ariti.
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We'll catch you next time.
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I'm Irup Flato.
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Hey, I'm Ira, and you're listening to Science Friday.
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When you ask ChatGPT or Claude a question, the model goes through its massive amount of training data, makes guesses on the answer, mathematically predicting the next most likely word to appear in a sentence, for example.
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This model experts say will not work well in a world that's not based on textual information.
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Instead, they argue you need a completely different approach, a world model
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That can understand the physical world around us, stuff we walk by or we bang into, and enable humanoid robots to work in warehouses and improve self-driving cars.
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It's an area of AI development that's raised billions over the past few years, with big players like Amazon and Google's Deep Mind showing more and more interest.
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So, what does a world model mean actually?
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And how do you train the AI to recognize what the real world looks like?
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My next guest has seen the early days of these models up close, even in her home, and is here to tell us how ready for prime time they are.
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