The TED AI Show
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Trends for 2025: AI x Crypto - From Agents in Games & DePIN to Proof of Personhood and More | web3 with a16z crypto
15 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we are sharing a special episode from the chart-topping tech podcast web3 with a16z crypto. Produced by venture capital firm Andreessen Horowit...
The magic intelligence in the sky | Good Robot
11 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is part of a feed swap from our friend at Vox’s Unexplainable podcast. Good Robot is a miniseries hosted by Julia Longoria.Today’s ep...
How Pokemon Go and augmented reality are transforming how we’ll navigate the world w/ Niantic's Brian McClendon
21 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Whether you’re trying to find your way around a new city or just looking for a place to eat, it’s become second nature to many people to turn to G...
How AI digital doppelgängers could change the way we communicate w/ Synthesia CEO Victor Riparbelli
17 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As AI technology advances, it’s becoming harder and harder to distinguish between work done by humans and work done by computers. But is AI becoming...
Could AI really achieve consciousness? w/ neuroscientist Anil Seth
10 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Human brains are often described as computers — machines that are “wired” to make decisions and respond to external stimuli in a way that’s no...
How AI robots learn just like babies — but a million times faster w/ NVIDIA’s Rev Lebaredian
03 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Computers have been outperforming humans for years on tasks like solving complex equations or analyzing data, but when it comes to the physical world,...
How to stop doom scrolling – and have a better experience online with Jay Van Bavel (from ReThinking)
26 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It’s impossible to separate the way people engage with AI with the way they engage with the internet as a whole. This is an episode of ReThinking,...
Building an AI creator community w/ Civitai founders Justin Maier and Maxfield Hulker
19 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ever since generative AI tools like Midjourney became available to the public in 2022, curious users and AI fanatics alike have been experimenting wit...
An AI chatbot that talks back w/ ChatGPT’s Advanced Voice Mode
12 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When it comes to preparing for an interview or making an important life decision, more and more people are turning to AI for advice. ChatGPT’s new v...
How AI is changing national security w/ Kathleen Fisher
05 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We’ve had conversations about AI’s online influence on politics, from deepfakes to misinformation. But AI can also have profound effects on hardwa...
How open-source AI will reshape power dynamics in tech w/ Hugging Face CSO Thomas Wolf
29 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Many people associate innovation with secrecy—privately toiling away on a project until you're ready to share it with the world. While that may work...
How AI is changing who gets hired – and who doesn’t w/ Hilke Schellmann
22 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
From vetting resumes to screening candidates, many employers are using AI tools to identify top talent. But what happens when companies start relying ...
How Meta wants to shape our digital future with open source AI w/ Ragavan Srinivasan
15 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Llama is Meta’s Large Language Model trained on over 15 trillion tokens of publicly available information. It’s available to anyone – from peopl...
Is Google’s reign over? The future of AI search w/ Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas
08 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Whether finding a restaurant or fact-checking a new claim, search engines are one of the main avenues we use to navigate the world. So why are modern ...
How AI will transform dubbing in Hollywood w/ Scott Mann
01 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If you've ever cringed at a poorly-dubbed film, you are not alone. That's why Scott Mann founded Flawless, a company that’s transforming the world o...
Your right to mental privacy in the age of brain-sensing tech (from TED Talks Daily)
24 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today's episode is from another podcast from the TED Audio Collective, TED Talks Daily. If you missed our newest episode, you can listen to it HERE. T...
The UN is speaking up about AI — here’s what they’re saying (w/ Ian Bremmer)
19 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
AI is shaping every aspect of our lives — but only a handful of tech giants are having a say in what this technology can do. So what’s going on wi...
Humanity’s first AI election w/ WIRED's Vittoria Elliott
17 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
2024 is the biggest election year in modern history, with over 50 countries going out to the polls across the globe. And artificial intelligence has f...
Can AI read your mind? The battle for your brain w/ Nita Farahany
10 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine a world where your thoughts are no longer private – where employers, friends, and even companies can see, hack, or exploit your thinking. Ac...
Can AI predict (and control) the weather? w/ Dion Harris and Tapio Schneider
03 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Cutting-edge technology and vast amounts of data are revolutionizing climate modeling with unprecedented accuracy. So could AI be the crystal ball we ...
Sal Khan says AI won’t destroy education — but there’s a catch
27 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Cheating has never been easier with the rise of AI like ChatGPT. It's definitely something to worry about, but what do we know about the upsides of AI...
Why Google search isn’t going anywhere anytime soon (from The Next Wave)
20 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Is Google's dominance in search engines at risk with the rise of generative AI models? In this episode from The Next Wave, a podcast we think you'll l...
How to make yourself more human in an automated world (from How to Be a Better Human)
13 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kevin Roose is a tech journalist who writes about the intersection of tech, business, and culture. In today’s episode from How to Be a Better Human,...
Why AI needs a "nutrition label" (from TED Talks Daily)
06 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What do sandwiches have to do with AI? Data reformist Kasia Chmielinski helps us think about artificial intelligence with a useful food metaphor — a...
will.i.am on AI – and the future of creativity (from ReThinking with Adam Grant)
30 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
You may know will.i.am as the 7-time Grammy-award winning singer, songwriter, producer, and frontman of The Black Eyed Peas. But his interests beyond ...
Will AI replace me? with AJ. Jacobs (from Fixable)
23 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How will AI change the way you work? A.J. Jacobs is a journalist and author who has written books like "The Year of Living Biblically", "The Puzzler",...
The AI-powered tools supercharging your imagination
16 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The TED AI Show is going on a short summer break! In the meantime, we're sharing a special episode of TED Tech, another podcast from the TED Audio Col...
Is AI just all hype? w/ Gary Marcus
09 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Are we mistaking the remarkable skills of tools like ChatGPT with genuine intelligence? AI skeptic Gary Marcus pulls no punches when he warns that bel...
Will AI “eat software” — and what’ll happen to coders? w/ GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke
02 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
AI is reshaping software development so much that someday soon, anyone will be able to build an app or a game. What does that mean for programming now...
AI therapy is here. What does it mean for you? w/ Dr. Alison Darcy and Brian Chandler
25 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We may think the complexities of the human mind can only be understood by other humans. Yet research on chatbots and psychology suggests non-human bot...
Your next best friend may be 100% AI w/ Purnendu Mukherjee
18 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Non Player Characters --NPCs for short-- have always been a huge part of what makes video games engaging, from Cortana in Halo to Navi in The Legend o...
Why we can't fix bias with more AI w/ Patrick Lin
11 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Technology is supposed to make our lives better – but who gets to decide how that improvement unfolds, and what values it upholds? Tech ethicist Pat...
AI may take jobs – but not our creativity w/ artist Claire Silver
04 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Like many new, exciting artistic technologies before it, the development of AI is begging us to ask: what counts as art? In a provocative conversation...
What really went down at OpenAI and the future of regulation w/ Helen Toner
28 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If there’s one AI company that’s made a splash in mainstream vernacular, it’s OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT. Former board member and AI pol...
Is AI destroying our sense of reality? with Sam Gregory
21 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Could you spot a deepfake? We’re entering a new world where generative AI is challenging our sense of what’s real and what’s fiction. In our fir...
The TED AI Show - Coming May 21st
16 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
AI is changing every aspect of life – work, relationships, culture, art. But how will we navigate this new world? Host Bilawal Sidhu chats with the ...