Can AI Help Eradicate Poverty? How AI is Helping African Farmers and Teachers, w/ Opportunity International's Ama Akuamoah & Paul Essene
05 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Can AI actually help eradicate poverty for real people, right now—not in some vague future?We talk...
How We Got Here and Where We're Going: AI History (and Future) w/ Vasant Dhar, Author of Thinking with Machines
21 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Is AI making us smarter or dumber—and how do we make sure we’re on the right side of that divide...
How San Jose is Harnessing AI (and What We Can Learn From It), w/ Mayor Matt Mahan
06 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Can a city use AI to cut red tape, fill potholes faster, and shave minutes off commutes—without sl...
The Complicated Intersection of AI and Creativity, w/ Dr. Maya Ackerman
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Does AI make us more creative—or quietly replace us?In this episode of AI-Curious, we sit down wit...
LinkedIn's Chief AI Officer, Deepak Agarwal, on AI Agents, Building Responsible AI, and the Future of Work
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What does hiring look like when AI is embedded into the world’s largest professional network—and...
Why GEO is the New SEO--And How Businesses Must Adapt--w/ Curtis Sparrer, co-founder of Bospar
26 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Will GEO replace SEO? (Spoiler alert: Probably!) We dig into how generative engines are reshaping di...
Space Robots Are Here *Now*, w/ Icarus Robotics cofounders Ethan Barajas and Jamie Palmer
19 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when “space robots” stop being sci-fi set dressing and start punching a clock? We d...
AI Agents, Digital Twins, and the Future of Work, w/ Read.AI CEO David Shim
11 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if “AI teammates” aren’t sci-fi at all, but the next mundane tool that quietly kills Mond...
How AI Could Help Solve Climate Change, w/ Climate Tech Expert Josh Dorfman
28 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
AI is often framed as a climate problem—energy-hungry data centers, ballooning carbon emissions, a...
Can AI Be Funny? With ComedyBytes’ Eric Doyle
14 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Can artificial intelligence actually be funny, or is humor still a human stronghold? We explore that...
The New Jobs That AI Might Create, w/ Robert Capps (NYT Magazine Contributor)
24 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Is Kant the new code? If AI can write, code, and even plan, which human skills suddenly become scarc...
AI and Education: Inside the AI Solution Partnering with Denver Public Schools, w/ Dr. Michael Everest
18 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Could AI actually improve public education? Not just automate it, but make it more personalized, mor...
AI's Impact on History Writing and Journalism, w/ The New York Times Magazine's Editorial Director Bill Wasik
11 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when AI becomes a co-pilot for writers, researchers, and journalists — not in theory,...
The (Data-Driven) Top AI Trends, w/ the CEOs of HumanX and Read.AI
27 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What are the top minds in AI actually talking about behind closed doors?At the HumanX conference—a...
Introducing "AUI": Artificial Useful Intelligence, w/ IBM's Chief Scientist Dr. Ruchir Puri
12 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if we’re all chasing the wrong kind of AI? Dr. Ruchir Puri, Chief Scientist of IBM, argues th...
A Conversation with the AI Pioneer Who Coined ‘AGI’ — Dr. Ben Goertzel
06 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What exactly is AGI—Artificial General Intelligence—and how close are we to achieving it? Will i...
Should AI Agents Be Trusted? The Problem and Solution, w/ Billions.Network CEO Evin McMullen
23 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when an AI agent says something harmful, or makes a costly mistake? Who’s responsible...
Agentic AI Case Study: AI "Sales Agents" in Action, w/ Alta CEO Stav Levi-Neumark
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What exactly are AI agents doing out in the wild — and are they actually helping sales teams, or j...
How "Generation AI" Will Reshape the World, w/ Futurist Matt Britton
08 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What does it mean to grow up in a world where AI is simply… normal? In this episode of AI-Curious,...
The "Dean of AI" on AI and Education, AI vs. Academia, and What Students Actually Need to Know
02 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How is AI reshaping higher education? What do students actually need to learn in the age of large la...
Why You Should Break Up With Your AI Lover, w/ Book Author and Historian Jennifer Wright
17 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Millions of people are finding companionship -- or even love -- with AI bots. (The heart wants what ...
LGMs are the New LLMs, w/ Spexi CEO Bill Lakeland
03 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
LLMs are *so* 2024. Say hello to LGMs. In this episode of AI-Curious, we explore a side of AI that r...
How Leaders and the C-Suite are Using AI, w/ Sarah Franklin, the CEO of Lattice
28 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What's *actually* happening with AI in the halls of the C-suite? In this episode of AI-Curious,...
Meet Flynn, the World's First AI Student... w/ the co-creator of Flynn
20 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when an AI student enrolls in university? In this episode of AI-Curious, we explore the...
5 AI Takeaways from HumanX + AI Ethics w/ Defined.AI
13 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We’re reporting live from HumanX, one of the world’s largest AI conferences, where we’ve spent...
The Hype-Free Guide to AI and Business, w/ Industry Insider Peter Swimm
07 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
There’s no shortage of hype about AI revolutionizing business, but what’s actually working right...
How AI is Transforming Drug Discovery (and Might Cure Cancer), w/ Moderna's VP of AI, Brice Challamel
27 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of AI Curious, we explore one of the most profound applications of artificial intell...
New Pod from Jeff Wilser: "The People's AI: The Decentralized AI Podcast"
20 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
aaaaaand... I'm launching a new podcast! Don't worry, fans of AI-CURIOUS -- that's n...
AI Agents Are Here; Why Aren’t They Mainstream? w/ Fetch AI CEO Humayun Sheikh
13 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine telling an AI Agent, “Book me a vacation to Tokyo—flights, hotels, dinner reservations—...
A Deep Dive on Deep Seek and the Future of AI, w/ Dr. Steven Waterhouse
06 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Deep Seek’s new AI model, R1, sent shockwaves through the AI space. Built without Nvidia’s high-...
How AI is Changing the Career Landscape, w/ Dr. Joan Palmiter Bajorek and Stephanie Sindt
30 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How is AI reshaping the job market—and what can you do to stay ahead? In this episode of AI-Curiou...
Use AI to Conquer Your New Year's Resolutions, w/ Aytekin Tank, CEO of Jotform
16 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we explore how artificial intelligence can help you set, track, and achieve your go...
AI to Find the Holy Grail of Marketing (ROI), w/ Abby Kearns, CTO of Alembic
09 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of AI-Curious, we dive into how artificial intelligence is reshaping marketing and b...
10 AI Predictions for 2025... as Predicted by AI
01 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Happy New Year!I wanted an expert to predict where AI will be headed in 2025. So who better to ask.....
The Rise of AI Agents and the Agentic Economy, w/ Lex Sokolin
19 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of AI-Curious, we dive into the transformative potential of AI agents, exploring the...
The World's First "AI Millionaire," with Andy Ayrey...and Special Guest the Truth Terminal
12 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this special sequel episode of AI-Curious, we reconnect with Andy Ayrey, creator of the Truth Ter...
Flying Cars are Closer Than You Think, w/ Angelo Collins & Leo Kayali
05 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of AI-Curious, we dive into the world of flying cars—technically known as electric...
Recycling is Broken. Can AI Fix It? w/ Ambarish Mitra, co-CEO of Greyparrot
28 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of AI-Curious, we dive deep into the muck of the global waste crisis and explore whe...
The AI Music Revolution, w/ Marcus Bell, Creator of AI Pop Star "Ravyn Lyte"
21 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of AI-Curious, we dive deep into the intersection of AI and creativity with Marcus “...
AI’s Leading Critic: Gary Marcus on the Risks, Myths, and Failures of AI
14 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of AI-Curious, we speak with Gary Marcus, author of the new book "Taming Silico...
AI (Scary as Hell) Privacy Risks, w/ I-XRAY Co-Creator AnhPhu Nguyen
08 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of AI-Curious, Jeff Wilser sits down with AnhPhu Nguyen, one of the Harvard students...
TechCrunch Disrupt Recap: AI Hype, ChatGPT, and More
04 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of AI-Curious, Jeff Wilser dives into his experience at TechCrunch Disrupt (aka “D...
Why Most Businesses Fail with AI (And How to Fix It), w/ the Founders of CO/AI
31 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of AI-Curious, we delve into the disconnect between businesses’ aspirations for AI...
A World-Class Magician Now Teaches AI (This is his playbook), w/ Mike Jacobson, aka "Magic Mike"
24 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of AI-Curious, host Jeff Wilser sits down with world-class magician, brand strategis...
AI in Hollywood (Dispatch from LA Tech Week)... and AI Botches the News
21 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of AI-Curious, Jeff Wilser reports from LA Tech Week, where he delves into the press...
Future Tech: AI, Nanotech, Longevity, (and Optimism!), w/ Allison Duettmann
17 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of AI-Curious, host Jeff Wilser sits down with Allison Duettmann, CEO of Foresight I...
Zoom Embraces Digital Twins, Tesla’s Self-Driving Future, AI-Powered Breakups
14 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of AI-Curious, host Jeff Wilser delves into the rapidly evolving world of digital tw...
Open AI's Shift from Non-Profit to Big Tech (and why it matters), w/ Parmy Olson
10 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of AI-Curious, host Jeff Wilser dives deep into the shifting dynamics of AI with Par...
How to Use AI to Overhaul Your Workflow... While Eating Breakfast (And 3 Quick Things)
07 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of AI-Curious, host Jeff Wilser shares a personal story about how ChatGPT helped him...
The Rise of AI Companions: Exploring the Future of Human-AI Relationships w/ Shavonne Wong
03 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of AI-Curious, host Jeff Wilser sits down with acclaimed digital artist Shavonne Won...
California's Dead AI Safety Bill...and is AI smarter than CEOs...already?
01 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of AI-Curious, we dive into one of the most polarizing debates in AI right now: Cali...
How Governments Can Leverage AI for Good, w/ Denver Mayor Mike Johnston
26 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of AI-Curious, Jeff Wilser is joined by Denver’s Mayor Mike Johnston to discuss ho...
Is AI Revolutionizing Hollywood? Lionsgate’s Groundbreaking Partnership, Explained
23 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of AI-Curious, Jeff Wilser explores the role of AI in the film industry, focusing on...
The AI Risks (Almost) No One is Talking About, w/ Tech Critic Sara M. Watson
19 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of AI-Curious, Jeff Wilser dives deep into AI critiques with Sara Watson, a leading ...
OpenAI’s New o1 Model: Game-Changer or Overhyped? (And 3 quick things.)
16 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of AI-Curious, here's your quick, bite-sized weekly roundup of the latest devel...
AI and Race, w/ Dr. Broderick Turner & Angela Yi
12 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Two researchers from Virginia Tech recently published a study: “Representations and Consequences o...
Robot Butlers are (Sort of) Here, and Apple AI Looms Large
11 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the debut episode of The Weekly AI Edge!This is part of the AI-Curious podcast. Each week...
Trailer for AI-Curious: The Weekly Edge
05 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Fun announcement!Starting next week, AI-Curious will be serving up two episodes each week: 1) One l...
AI in Hollywood (part ii), with Toonstar's John Attanasio and Luisa Huang
30 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Anniversary!Exactly one year ago, we launched AI-Curious. We've published an episode ever...
The Case for Decentralized AI, w/ Aethir Cofounder Mark Rydon
23 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
AI, as even its supporters acknowledge, has many problems today. Just a few: Concerns over data priv...
AI, Transhumanism, and the Quest for Longevity, w/ Futurist Dr. Natasha Vita-More
15 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Can AI help us live forever?Okay, that's the click-baitey version of the question, but the real...
AI to Make Good Writers Great Writers, w/ Mushtaq Bilal
08 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Is AI going to replace writers? Or is AI just terrible at writing? Maybe neither of these viewpoints...
Black Mirror Today: The AI Chatbot That Scored $50,000 from Marc Andreessen, w/ Andy Ayrey
02 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Andy Ayrey likes to experiment with AI. He had an idea: What if he created a room where two AI chatb...
Why AI Will Lead to Abundance, w/ The AI Daily Brief's Nathaniel Whittemore
26 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Every day (including weekends), Nathaniel Whittemore cranks out the "AI Daily Brief" podca...
Curious Housekeeping, AI Hallucinations
18 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this "snack size" edition, we're covering some quick housekeeping and sharing a vi...
Deep Dive into AI and Marketing, w/ AI Marketers Guild Founder David Berkowitz
11 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If you’re even tangentially involved in marketing, you’re either: 1) Actively using AI; 2) Think...
AI’s and Spatial Biology’s Potential for Curing Cancer, w/ Nucleai CEO Avi Veidman
04 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For over 20 years, Avi Veidman served in the Israeli intelligence forces, and he used AI to to map t...
How to Fix AI and IP (and Hollywood), w/ Story Protocol co-founder Jason Zhao
27 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Virtually everyone in the AI space and Hollywood can agree on one thing: the system is broken. There...
Why Does AI Hallucinate? Can It Be Fixed? w/ EyeLevel.AI CEO Neil Katz
20 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As most people who have played with AI know, it can make stuff up, or what’s often referred to as ...
AI to Revolutionize the Health Care Experience, w/ Lyric CEO Rajeev Ronanki
13 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The health care system in the US is a mess. Few will argue this. Can AI make it better?That's t...
Robot Dogs and Dystopian Use of AI Surveillance at the Border, w/ Petra Molnar
06 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Petra Molnar is a Harvard Faculty Associate, lawyer, human rights activist, and author of the just-r...
7 Ways Crypto (yes, Crypto!) Could Help Build Better AI
30 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Before launching the AI-Curious podcast, I spent a bunch of years writing about bitcoin, blockchain,...
AI and the Law, w/ Patent Attorney Robert Plotkin
24 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I'm going to guess that most people listening to this podcast are not lawyers. Fair. I'm n...
New AI (and AI-agent) Safety Risks, w/ AI Safety Expert Bo Li
17 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Many have been worried about AI safety. But the stakes were just raised: OpenAI and Google just anno...
AI to Revolutionize Medical Diagnostics (and save millions of lives), w/ Dr. Bryan Dechairo, CEO of Sherlock Bio
10 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sherlock Bioscience is developing medical diagnostic tests that are dramatically faster, cheaper, an...
The Problems of AI Bias and the Solutions for AI Adoption, w/ Adam Bai
02 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
No tech is just about the tech. True adoption — or lack thereof — is often about issues of cultu...
Incorporating AI into Education, w/ Dean David Marchick & Professor Angela Virtu
26 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How will AI impact education?One university isn't passively waiting to see how the dust settles...
The Robot Revolution is Closer Than You Think, w/ Theta Founder Kordel France
18 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Boston Dynamics just unveiled their new robot, "Atlas." The AI space was floored. Some wer...
How 10 AI Experts Are Using AI in Their Day-to-Day Lives
11 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We've all heard "AI will transform the world!!!"But how are AI experts *actually* usi...
Building Custom Applications to Help Companies (Actually) Use AI, w/ Dmitry Shaprio
04 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dmitry Shaprio has been in the space for decades; he was a product lead at Google and the CTO of MyS...
Creating a Revolutionary New Drone in 24 Hours, w/ AI Engineer Ian Laffey
29 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
At a recent hackathon, Ian Laffey was part of a team that designed, created, 3D-printed, and assembl...
How AI will (positively!) Shape the Future, w/ Futurist Kevin Surace
22 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There are many AI doomsdayers.Kevin Surace is not one of them.Kevin has been in a pioneer in the AI ...
AI and the Search for Puppies
15 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If you need to get a puppy, what's the best way to go about it?Harnessing AI, of course.I rec...
AI’s Potential to Democratize Coaching, w/ Dr. Friederike Redlbacher
07 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
AI might change the world. But it can it help change you? You could argue that AI coaching, fundame...
The Rise of Brain Computer Interfaces (BCI) that Can Compete with Rogue Super-AIs, w/ Trent McConaghy
01 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If AI gets super intelligent and super powerful, will it be benevolent? Or will it want to crush us ...
AI and the Ukraine War, w/ TIME Magazine's Vera Bergengruen
23 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The cover of this week’s TIME Magazine has a bold headline: “The First AI War.” The subtitle: ...
AI and the State of Play of Self-Driving Cars, w/ Noah Gedrimas
16 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Confession: I don't really care about cars. But I *love* the idea of self-driving cars.So what&...
The (hype-free) AI Playbook for Machine Learning, w/ Eric Siegel
10 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Eric Siegel is a longtime expert on machine learning, and is the author of the new book "The AI...
AI in Finance, Bridging Hype to Reality w/ Vasagi Kothandapani
02 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Can AI make you rich? Or, more to the point, can AI make investment banks, hedge funds, and financia...
AI Dispatch from Sundance, and Hilke Schellmann on Bias in AI Hiring Practices
25 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As our quick appetizer, a quick dispatch from the Sundance Film Festival, where AI was seemingly *ev...
The War over AI Training Data, and Key AI Trends w/ Sharon Goldman, Senior Writer at Venture Beat
18 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What are the most important stories in AI right now? Today we chat with Sharon Goldman, Senior Write...
How to (Actually) Use AI in Your Day-to-Day Life, w/ Catalist AI cofounder Sam Stevens
11 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We all know AI has tons of potential, but how do you *actually* use ChatGPT in your daily life?Sam S...
AI’s Impact on the 2024 Election, w/ Election Expert David Becker
04 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As deep fakes get easier and the truth gets murkier, how will AI impact the 2024 election?We’re jo...
10 AI Predictions for 2024
28 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Where is AI headed next year?I curated some of my favorite AI predictions -- and give a few of my ow...
7 Key AI Trends from 2023, w/ Tech Strategist George Kamide
21 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
So what did we learn about AI in 2023? What are the most important trends?To make sense of this wild...
Chilling Risks of AI Deepfakes and Cyberattacks, w/ Security Expert Christian Seifert
14 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
You get a FaceTime from a loved one. They're in trouble. Big trouble. Their life is in danger...
AI Risks and Safety, w/ The AI Policy Institute's Executive Director, Daniel Colson
07 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Now it's time for the flip side of AI.What could go wrong?Daniel Colson is the Executive Direct...
Human Cloning is Here(?!), with BHuman CEO Don Bosco
01 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send in the clones. They're here. Don Bosco is the founder and CEO of BHuman, a start-up that ...
AI's Impact on Marketing and Fashion, w/ Deniz Ozgur (a Forbes' "30 Under 30" leader)
24 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
When the AI hype began in earnest, "marketing and advertising" was one of the industries s...
AI to Super-Charge Translation, w/ Smartling CEO Bryan Murphy
16 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Some of the best use cases of AI are when we think of it not as Artificial Intelligence, but "A...