The AI in Business Podcast

Why We Must Hardware AI if We Want to Sustain the Human Race

18 Oct 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Is it possible to make AI friendly to humans via software or will we have to hardwire consideration for humanity into an advanced AI? Louis Del Monte...

To Get Real with Artificial Intelligence, Take Off the Hollywood Fear Goggles

11 Oct 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. András Kornai wants to put emphasis on the real and near-term ethical considerations around AI. In this interview, Kornai peels off the Hollywo...

Tuning the Keys for Robot Harmony

04 Oct 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel Berleant is an expert in information science and artificial intelligence, and is the author of the book he Human Race to the Future: What Coul...

How Unconsciousness and Technology Shape Our Chaotic Worlds

27 Sep 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Katherine Hayles is best known for her work as a postmodern social and literary critic. Now a professor at Duke University, Hayles joins TechEmergence...

Thinking Outside the Body

20 Sep 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Could we one day upload ourselves into a computer or chip? Keith Wiley thinks that one day, we might be able to replicate consciousness within another...

Do Unto Your Smartphone as You Would Do Unto Others

13 Sep 2015

Contributed by Lukas

  When should we care about robots? How quickly should and will that change? These are just some of the thought points addressed by Professor David G...

Artificial Intelligence Gives Power of Foresight in the Next Decade

06 Sep 2015

Contributed by Lukas

We talk a lot about the future of technology on TechEmergence - the long-road potentials and ethical considerations that intersect the various paths o...

A Robot Without a Body is Not Up for Thought

30 Aug 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Do you need a body to think? This is a worthwhile (and also a perplexing) question, and an ongoing debate amongst roboticists. Cognitive Roboticist Dr...

How Humans Do, and Will, Relate to Robots

23 Aug 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Stephan Vladimir Bugaj is a modern visionary with extensive experience in screenwriting, technical artistry and directing in animation and games. He i...

RoboLobsters Have What It Takes to Open Up New Dimensions in AI - with Dr. Joseph Ayers

16 Aug 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Do lobsters really have something to teach us about developing AI and robotics? Dr. Joseph Ayers, a professor of Marine and Environmental Sciences at ...

United Neurons Stand Strong, Divided Neurons Fall - with Dr. Bruce MacLennan

09 Aug 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Bruce MacLennan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Tennessee Knoxvill...

Can and Should We Create Conscious Machines - with Dr. Peter Boltuc

02 Aug 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Peter Boltuc has a PhD in Philosophy and is currently a Professor at University of Illinois Springfield.  His background in Moral and Political P...

What Our Brains are Good at, and Bad at, and Why That Matters - with Dr. Gary Marcus

26 Jul 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Gary Marcus is the Director of the NYU Center for Language and Music, and Professor of Psychology at New York University, and is author of well ...

Public Opinion Around Artificial Intelligence, is the Media Helping or Hurting? - with Dr. Joanne Pransky

19 Jul 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Joanne Pransky received her doctorate from Tufts University in the mid 1980's, and began championing public awareness and exposure to robotics an...

We're Cyborg's Now, but Here's What Cyborg's Will Be in the Future - with Dr. Chris Hables Gray

12 Jul 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Hables Gray graduated with a PhD in applied philosophy from UCAL Santa Cruz, and is best known for his writings on technology, war, and cyborgs ...

The Work and Death - an Interview with Filmmaker Sean Blacknell

05 Jul 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Sean Blacknell has spent the last year working on a filmed called "The Future of Work and Death," based on interviews with futurists, economists, ph...

The Kind of Artificial Intelligence That Google Doesn't Care to Build - with Dr. Roger Shank

28 Jun 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Roger Schank received his PhD from Stanford, taught at Yale, and altogether has spent around three decades attempting to solve the big problems ...

Computers Do Their Own Kind of "Creative," Not Like Ours - with MIT's Nick Montfort

21 Jun 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Nick Montfort doesn't hold Shakespeare and DaVinci as the high water mark of "creativity," nor does he believe that human creative endeavor is t...

How "Ordinary" Civilian Needs Drive "Extraordinary" Biotech Advancement - with UPENN's Jonathan Moreno

14 Jun 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Jonathan Moreno's book "Mind Wars" has contributed to his current reputation as one of the most prominent bioethicists in America today.   I...

Inevitably Transhuman - Human Nature's Momentum Beyond Itself - with Neuroscientist and Philosopher Nayef Al-Rodhan

07 Jun 2015

Contributed by Lukas

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Did the Evolution of the Brain… Evolve Our Morality? - Interview with Neurophilosopher Dr. Patricia Churchland

31 May 2015

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Pushing Healthcare Forward with Emerging Technology - with BioscanR Founder Tracy Ingram

17 May 2015

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Progress and Next Steps in Neuroscience - Dr. Hal Blumenfeld of Yale University

10 May 2015

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Understanding the "Self" Through the Lens of Neurosceince - with Harvard's Dr. Rudolph Tanzi

03 May 2015

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How Can We Safely Build Something Smarter Than Us? - an Interview with Dr. Steve Omohundro

26 Apr 2015

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Transformative Futrue Next 10 Years of Emerging Technology - with Vivek Wadhwa of Singularity University

19 Apr 2015

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The Transhuman is Now - an Interview with Dr. Steve Fuller, Author of "Humanity 2.0"

12 Apr 2015

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"Evolving Ourselves" - and Interview with Author, Speaker, and Investor Juan Enriquez

05 Apr 2015

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Handling Uncertaintly on a Grand Scale - an Interview with Cornell's Dr. Joe Halpern

29 Mar 2015

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Fact and Fiction in the Left and Right Hemisphere - Neuroanatomy Basics with Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor

22 Mar 2015

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Basic Building Blocks of Artificial Intelligence - with Dr. John MacCormack

15 Mar 2015

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What Would it Take to Model the Human Mind? - Computational Neuroanatomy with Dr. Gregory Hickok

08 Mar 2015

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A Brief History of Artificial Intelligence, and a Look Towards it's Future - with Stanford Researcher Dr. Nils Nilsson

01 Mar 2015

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Transhumanist for President? Interview with Author and 2016 Transhumanist Party Candidate for US President, Zoltan Istvan

22 Feb 2015

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Explaining the Exponential - an Interview with Futurist Speaker / Author Gray Scott

15 Feb 2015

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The Brain, Now Less of a Black Box - a Neuroscience Interview with Columbia's Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman

08 Feb 2015

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Applying Reason to the Future - Talking Singularity with Dr. Michael Shermer, Founder of Skeptic Magazine

01 Feb 2015

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A Zap to the Head Might Do Us All Some Good - Talking Brain Stimulation with Dr. Brent Williams

25 Jan 2015

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Swarm Robots - When Will They Enter Society? With Dr. James McLurkin

18 Jan 2015

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"Finding Quicksand" - The Purpose of Fiction in Building a Better Future - with David Brin

11 Jan 2015

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Real Applications of Virtual Humans - Dr. Regis Kopper

04 Jan 2015

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Technology as a Driver of Behavior Change - with Happify Co-Founder Ofer Leidner

28 Dec 2014

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Startup Marketing - Nailing Product Market Fit and Delivering Value Like a Boss - with Seal Ellis

21 Dec 2014

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How to Create a Unique Virtual Reality Experience - with Matt Gase of Tool

14 Dec 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Tool creates cool digital experiences for big companies all over the world (including UX work for online giants like Google and Facebook), and when th...

Enhancing Mental Performance via Brain Stimulation - with Thync CEO Isy Goldwasser

07 Dec 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Current brain-machine interface technologies like MUSE or Mellon detect your mental activity with a headband, and represent it in unique apps. Thync i...

Beyond Ice Buckets: ALS Assistive Tech Tends - with Alisa Brownlee

30 Nov 2014

Contributed by Lukas

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Where Augmented Reality Will Change the World FIRST - with the Atheer Labs Team

23 Nov 2014

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What the World Loses and Gains in a "Virtual" World - with Altitude's CEO, Dan Ostrower

16 Nov 2014

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Walk, Run, Jump in Virtual Reality - with Virtuix's Colton Jacobs

09 Nov 2014

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What is an "Immersive" Virtual Reality Experience? - with Birdly's Max Rheiner

02 Nov 2014

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The Next Steps Forward in Augmented Reality - with InfinityAR CEO Motti Kushnir

26 Oct 2014

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The Question of Human "Enhancement," Past and Future - with John Danaher, Ph.D.

19 Oct 2014

Contributed by Lukas

John Danaher attained his PhD from University College Cork in Ireland, and presently writes on various topics related to ethics and human enhancemen...

The Y-Combinator Experience - Maximizing Your Success with Accelerators with Survata's CEO Chris Kelly

13 Oct 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Chris Kelly founded Survata with an idea of changing the way that the survey marketplace works. With a drive to make his company exceptional, Chris ap...

Rand Fishkin, Founder of Moz - There's More to SEO Then There Used to Be

06 Oct 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Rand Fishkin started SEOmoz.org in 2004, while working with his mother in a small marketing company she'd started in Seattle. After years of languishi...

Prof Nick Bostrom - On Existential Risk and Individual Contribution to the "Good"

29 Sep 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Prof Nick Bostrom is widely respected as the premier academic thinker on topics related to strong artificial intelligence, transhumanism, and existent...

How Virtual Reality Might Take Over "White Collar" Work Forever - with Anton Þórólfsson, COO of MURE VR

22 Sep 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Anton Þórólfsson is working on letting you work from "home"... or from the Amazon jungle, or from the moon. Well... not the actual moon, or your r...

Attaining "Embodiment" in Brain-Machine Interface Technologies - with g.Tec Founder Dr. Christoph Guger

14 Sep 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Christoph Guger is founder of g.Tec, a company that focuses on creating devices and parts for the field of brain-machine interface. In this partic...

Overcoming Augmented Reality's Current Challenges - with Georgia Tech's Blair MacIntyre

07 Sep 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Augmented reality, for the most part, is still relegated to smartphones and relatively novel headset experiences. We've come a long way in the last 15...

How Brain Signals Could Control Just About Any Technology - with BrainGate's Dr. Beata Jarosiewicz

31 Aug 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Brown's BrainGate project is hailed as one of the premier research projects in the entire field of brain-machine interface. Researchers here have give...

The Science Behind Non-Invasive Brain Machine Interface - with Interaxon Founder Ariel Garten

24 Aug 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Ariel Garten is the founder of Interaxon, the neurofeedback company that developed the well-known Muse headband, one of the first "non-invasive" brain...

Augmented Reality and Cybercrime - with Joe Rampolla of "AR Dirt"

17 Aug 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Joe Rampolla was like any other police officer assigned to a cybercrime unit. But after seeing the posibilities for extreme good and potential abuse ...

The Wild Future of Brain-Machine Interface - with Duke's Dr. Mikhail Lebedev

10 Aug 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Mihail Lebedev is a widely published brain-machine interface (BMI) researcher currently at Duke University. In this episode, we cover the past of ...

Understanding Consciousness - with Quantum Physicist Dr. Amit Goswami

03 Aug 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Amit Goswami is a theoretical quantum physicist, and renown speaker and author on the topic of understanding consciousness and human existence. Th...

Getting Funded, Getting Press, and Growing a Startup - with Ryan Rogowski, CEO of Waygo

27 Jul 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Waygo is a company that involves more aumented reality and artificial intelligence than most of us would understand, but they've managed to do real-ti...

"Bunnies in Newspapers," and Augmented Reality's Functional Future - with Trak Lord of Metaio

20 Jul 2014

Contributed by Lukas

"Bunnies in Newspapers" is what Trak Lord thinks of as "gimmicky augmented realty." You know the stuff, the little character that jumps from the magaz...

The Dynamics of Global Collaboration for the Greater Good - with Howard Rheingold

13 Jul 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Howard Rheingold has a knack for understanding the future. In the 1980's he wrote "Tools for Thought," a book about the personal computer and the comi...

Augmented Reality Might Hit "Blue Collar" First - with Augmate CEO Pete Wassell

06 Jul 2014

Contributed by Lukas

There's a lot of talk about Augmented Reality, and when it might become "mainstream." Many leading experts believe that workers who are in front of "s...

Converstion Rate Optimization for Startups - with Peep Laja of ConversionXL

29 Jun 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Peep Laja has worked with large and small companies to help them convert more visitors to leads and buyers. As co-founder of the firm Markitect, he's ...

Dr. Gholson Lyon - Genetic Research, and it's Application in Today's Healthcare System

22 Jun 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Gholson Lyon is a psychologist, speaker, and researcher at Cold Spring Harbor. He is outspoken about the impact of genomic research in the medical...

"Space Hacking" - How to Open Up Citizen Science and Get Us to Space - with Ariel Waldman

15 Jun 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Ariel Waldman loves space, and once wanted to work for NASA. Badly. So badly, in fact, that NASA could sense it when they read her letter to them - st...

Uploading Human Minds - How Close are We? With Randal Koene, PhD.

08 Jun 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Randal Koene, Ph.D. is CEO and Founder of CarbonCopies.org and one of the world's foremost experts on neurology as it relates to uploading human minds...

Transhuman Impact on Gender and Human Potential - with Dr. Patrick Hopins

01 Jun 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Patrick Hopkins is a philosopher and bioethicist. In this interview, we don't contemplate traditional bioethic concerns of animal testing or disea...

Exploring the Potential of Psychedelics- Interview with Brad Berge

25 May 2014

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode - I interview Brad Burge, Marketing and Communications Director of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS). ...

Brain-Machine Interface on the Cutting Edge - with BrainGate's Dr. Janos Perge

18 May 2014

Contributed by Lukas

BrainGate is one of the world's foremost research projects in Brain Machine Interface. Dr. Janos Perge works with BrainGate at Brown University, and o...

The Transformative Impact of 3-D Printing - with Mebotics Co-Founder Jeremy Fryer-Biggs

11 May 2014

Contributed by Lukas

"3-D" printing is a hot term right now, and it sure makes for some fun YouTube videos and interesting prototypes - but where is it's "transformative" ...

Successful Angel Investing - Interview with Chris Mirabile

04 May 2014

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode - I interview Chris Mirabile, Managing Director at Launchpad Venture Group. Chris named one of XConomy's "Top Angel Investors in New E...

The "Do's" & "Don'ts" of B2B Marketing for Startups featuring Tom Pick

27 Apr 2014

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, I interview Tom Pick, a Digital Marketing & PR Director at KC Associates. We focus on the "Dos & Don'ts" of B2B marketing for startup...

Determining Buyer Persona & Important Startup Marketing Details- featuring Douglas Burdett

20 Apr 2014

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, I interview Douglas Burdett who is the founder of Artillery Marketing. Douglas discusses the importance of "zero'ing in" on buyer per...

Strategic Insights on Venture Investors with David Beisel

13 Apr 2014

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, I interview Co-Founder & Partner of NextView Ventures, David Beisel. NextView Ventures focuses on consumer web, mobile, SaaS, and oth...

Protecting Your Intellectual Property: What Startups Need to Know

06 Apr 2014

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, I interview Howard G. Zaharoff from Morse Barnes-Brown Pendleton. With over 30 years in business law, intellectual property & technol...

3 "Musts" for Startup Marketing with Founder of Clarity.fm , Dan Martell

16 Mar 2014

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, I interview CEO/Founder of Clarity.fm, Dan Martell. Dan grew up in a small town in Canada, where he began his entrepreneurial career ...

Investors Perspective: Key Focus Areas for Bootstrapped Startups with Graham Lawlor

09 Mar 2014

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, I interview Graham Lawlor, Founder/CEO of Ultra Light Startups. In this interview - Graham Lawlor gives his thoughts on individual f...

Email Marketing Tips for Startups featuring Arthur M. Hughes

02 Mar 2014

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, I interview Arthur Hughes, founder of The Database Marketing Institute, Ltd.  From IBM to Nestle', Arthur has helped set up database...

Facebook Ads for Startups featuring Justin Brooke

23 Feb 2014

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, I interview Justin Brooke, Founder of IMScalable and renowned Media Buyer & Consultant. Justin talks about his strategies for setting...

Investor's Perspective: Inside the Mind of a Technology Entrepeneur & Angel Investor

14 Feb 2014

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, my business partner Edmond Lowell hosts an "Investor's Perspective" interview with Technology entrepreneur & investor Sergey Gribov. ...

The Intersection of Engineering and Neuroscience: Dan Bacher from Speak Your Mind & BrainGate

09 Feb 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Dan Bacher is a Senior Research and Development Engineer at Brown University. He is also the Founder of the Speak Your Mind Foundation, which is a non...

How Smart Startups Find and Connect with Angel Investors - with Investor Joshua Maher

02 Feb 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Josh Maher started off in Microsoft, and since has become engaged in nearly every level of the startup ecosystem in Seattle. His blog at www.JoshMaher...

"Tinkering" with "Human" - a Conversation with Oxford's Dr. Susan Greenfield

26 Jan 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Anyone awarded 30 honorary degrees is likely to be enough of an expert to have on the podcast here at TechEmergence. Dr. Susan Greenfield of Oxford Un...

Get More Viral - A Blitzkrieg Interview with Emerson Spartz of Spartz Media

19 Jan 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Emerson Spartz is a middle school dropout. Not because he was forced to work on a family farm, or because he moved to a foreign country, but because h...

The Investor's Perspective - Doing Your Due Diligence in Emerging Markets - with Dean van Drasek

17 Jan 2014

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, my business partner Edmond Lowell hosts an "Investor's Perspective" interview with Emerging Markets investor Dean van Drasek. For Mor...

A Crash Course in Getting Angel Investment - from Sammy Abdullah of the Dallas Angel Network

12 Jan 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Why does raising money from family sometimes make Angel investors believe even more in a startup founder? How do Angel "funds" and independent Angel g...

Kickstarter, DNA, and the "Wild West" of Biology - an Interview with uBiome CEO Jessica Richman

05 Jan 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Jessica Richman is a character, but a brilliant one at that. This Oxford / Stanford educated scientist is working on getting the world of citizen ...

Startups - Sell More and Fail Less - The Investor Perspective with Bob Lamkin of Bay Angels

29 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Bob Lamkin is a veteran of the sales and marketing world. Having held a number of high positions (currently with Marketing Advocate Inc.) and authorin...

Entrepreneurs, Leverage Your Ecosystem! - with Paul Silva of Valley Venture Mentors

22 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Paul Silva started as an entrepreneur with a crazy idea: "What if we could create video games for blind people?" As you can imagine, getting the atten...

How Startups can Play Smart in Big Data - with Dayakar Puskoor of Naya Ventures

15 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Dayakar went from entrepreneurship to the VC world, and hasn't lost a bit of his enthusiasm for finding opportunities for an agile, ambitious team. In...

Investor's Perspective: Tweaking Your Pitch - with Dr. Charles Sidman ECS Capital Partners

08 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Charles Sidman recieved his Masters and then PhD in Harvard in Immunology - and made the transition from tenured professor to seasoned investor. C...

Don't Evolve the Robot, Evolve the Team - Interview with ASU's Dr. Jekan Thanga

01 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

A task doesn't need to be completed by a robot perfectly suited for that task. Instead, it can be completed by a team of robots with a mission, and an...

Robots Have Feelings, Too - In Their Hands and Feet - with Researcher / Entrepreneur / MIT PhD Eduardo Torres-Jara

25 Nov 2013

Contributed by Lukas

When most people comment on robots having feelings, they're talking about emotional intelligence. Eduardo Torres-Jara is talking about the sense of to...

What's an Angel Looking for? - with Tech Investor and Cherry Stone Angel Group Member John Collins

18 Nov 2013

Contributed by Lukas

John build business number 1, then sold it (landscaping company). He then got his MBA, and built business number 2, then sold it (engineering / manufa...

Getting Information from Biology Should Be So Hard - with MIT's Charles Fracchia, Founder for BioBright

11 Nov 2013

Contributed by Lukas

With a burning desire to combine his passions for digital fabrication, biology and computer science, Charles Fracchia came to MIT and Harvard eager to...