Voices in AI

Episode 118 – A Conversation with Rob Lubow

12 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Host Byron Reese speaks with special guest Rob Lubow to discuss the nature of AI, writing, humanity, and machine learning. Episode 118 &#82...

Episode 117 – A Conversation with Andrea Thomaz

07 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Byron Reese welcomes Andrea Thomaz on to discuss the nature of intelligence and intellectual growth and how that pertains to both robotics and A...

Episode 116 – A Conversation with Azita Arvani

29 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Byron speaks with Azita Azani about the future of ai and how it can and cannot evolve based on the limits of 'artificial' intelligence...

Episode 115 – A Conversation with Davi Ottenheimer

24 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Byron speaks with author and security expert Davi Ottenheimer on the relationship between ai and security. Episode 115 – A Conversati...

Episode 114 – A Conversation with Fiona McEvoy

11 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Byron Reese discusses the ethics of machine learning, artificial intelligence, and the potential for misuse with Fiona McEvoy of YouTheData.com....

Episode 113 – A Conversation with Roman Yamploskiy

01 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Byron speaks with Roman Yampolskiy about the nature of intelligence artificial, and otherwise. Episode 113 – A Conversation with Roma...

Episode 112 – A Conversation with David Weinberger

30 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Byron speaks with fellow author and technologist David Weinberger about the nature of intelligence artificial, and otherwise. Episode 112 &...

Episode 111 – A Conversation with Robert Brooker

16 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Byron Reese discusses the nature of intelligence and Artificial Intelligence within the industrial internet with Robert Booker of Win-911. ...

Episode 110 – A Conversation with Didem Un Ates

02 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Byron speaks with Didem Un Ates, the Senior Director of AI customer and partner engagement for Microsoft about Artificial Intelligence. Epi...

Episode 109: A Conversation with Frank Holland

19 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Byron speaks with Frank Holland about the nature of intelligence and the ways in which we define, cultivate and attempt to mimic it. Episod...

Episode 108: A Conversation with Kirk Borne

05 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Byron and Kirk Borne discuss the intersection between human nature and artificial intelligence. Episode 108: A Conversation with Kirk Borne

Episode 107: A Conversation with Nir Bar-Lev

20 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Byron and Nir Bar-Lev discuss narrow and general AI and the means by which we build them out and train them. Episode 107: ...

Episode 106: A Conversation with Monte Zweben

06 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Byron speaks with Monte Zweben about the nature of intelligence and the growth of real-time AI-based machine learning. Epi...

Episode 105: A Conversation with Andrew Busey

23 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Byron speaks with Andrew Busey about the nature of intelligence and how we differentiate between artificial intelligence and &#...

Episode 104 – A Conversation with Anirudh Koul

09 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Byron Reese discusses the nature of intelligence and how artificial intelligence evolves and becomes viable in today's world. Episode ...

Episode 103: A Conversation with Ben Goertzel

26 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Byron Reese discusses AI with Ben Goertzel of SingularityNET, diving into the concepts of a master algorithm and AGI's. Episode 103: A...

Episode 102 – A Conversation with Steve Durbin

12 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Byron Reese discusses security and its impact on AI as a whole with Managing Director Steve Durbin of the Information Security Forum. Episo...

Episode 101: A Conversation with Cindi Howsen

28 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Byron speaks with Cindi Howsen of Thoughtspot about the direction of explainable AI and where we are going as an industry. Episode 101: A C...

Episode 100: A Conversation with Stephen Wolfram

14 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In our 100th episode special, Byron has a conversation with Stephen Wolfram on the nature of reality, belief and morality itself. Episode 1...

Episode 99: A Conversation with Patrick Surry

31 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Byron speaks with Patrick Surry of Hopper on the nature of intelligence and the path that our relationship with AI is taking. Episode 99: A...

Episode 98 – A Conversation with Jerome Glenn

17 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Byron speaks with futurist and CEO of the Millennium Project Jerome Glenn about the direction and perception of AI as well as the driving philos...

Episode 97: A Conversation with Alexandra Levit

03 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Byron speaks to futurist and author Alexandra Levit about the nature of intelligence and her new book 'Humanity Works' Episode 97...

Bonus Episode: A Conversation with Hilary Mason

23 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode Byron has a conversation with Hilary Mason, an acclaimed data and research scientist, about the mechanics and philosophy behind ...

Episode 96: A Conversation with Gary Marcus

19 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Byron speaks with author and psychologist Gary Marcus about the nature of intelligence and what the mind really means in relation to AI. Ep...

Episode 95: A Conversation with Eric Topol

05 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Byron speaks with author Eric Topol regarding how Artificial Intelligence could revolutionize medicine and the health care indus...

Episode 94: A Conversation with Amy Webb

22 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Byron speaks with fellow futurist and author Amy Webb on the nature of artificial intelligence and the morality and ethics tied to its study. ...

Episode 93: A Conversation with Pieter Abbeel

08 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Byron speaks with Berkeley Robotic Learning Lab Director Pieter Abbeel about the nature of AI, the problems with creating intell...

Episode 92: A Conversation with Chris Duffey

25 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Byron speaks with guest Chris Duffey about the nature of creativity and how machine intelligence can interact with creative con...

Episode 91: A Conversation with Mazin Gilbert

11 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Byron speaks to Mazin Gilbert from AT&T Labs about the nature of intelligence and why we have so much trouble defining it. ...

Episode 90: A Conversation with Norman Sadeh

27 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Byron Reese speaks with Norman Sadeh from Carnegie Mellon University about the nature of intelligence and how AI effects our pr...

Episode 89: A Conversation with Doug Lenat

13 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Byron speaks with Cycorp CEO Douglas Lenat on developing AI and the very nature of intelligence. Episode 89: A Conversation...

Episode 88: A Conversation with Ron Green

30 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, host Byron Reese speaks with Ron Green of KUNGFU.AI about how companies integrate AI and machine learning into their business m...

Episode 87: A Conversation with Sameer Maskey

16 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Byron speaks with Sameer Maskey of Fusemachines about the development of machine learning, languages and AI capabilities. E...

Episode 86: A Conversation with Amir Husain

02 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Byron talks to fellow author Amir Husain about the nature of Artificial Intelligence and Amir's book 'The Sentient Mac...

Episode 85: A Conversation with Ilya Sutskever

18 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Byron and Ilya Sutskever of Open AI talk about the future of general intelligence and the ramifications of building a computer ...

Episode 84: A Conversation with David Cox

04 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Byron and David Cox of IBM discuss classifications of AI, and how the research has been evolving and growing. Episode 84: ...

Episode 83: A Conversation with Margaret Mitchell

21 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Byron and Margaret Mitchell of Google discuss the nature of language and it's impact on machine learning and intelligence. ...

Episode 82: A Conversation with Max Welling

14 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Byron and Max Welling of Qualcomm discuss the nature of intelligence and its relationship with intuition, evolution, and need. ...

Episode 81: A Conversation with Siraj Raval

07 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Byron and Siraj Raval discuss machine learning, teaching ai and the use of ai for the betterment of the world. Episode 81: ...

Episode 80: A Conversation with Charlie Burgoyne

21 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Byron and Charlie discuss the difficulty of defining AI and how computer intelligence and human intelligence intersect and diff...

Episode 79: A Conversation with Naveen Rao

07 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Byron and Naveen discuss intelligence, the mind, consciousness, AI, and what the day to day looks like at Intel. Byron and Navee...

Episode 78: A Conversation with Alessandro Vinciarelli

24 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Byron and Alessandro discuss AI, social signals, and the implications of a computer that can read and respond to emotions. ...

Episode 77: A Conversation with Nicholas Thompson

10 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Byron and Nicholas talk about AI, humanity, social credit, as well as information bubbles. Episode 77: A Conversation with ...

Episode 76: A Conversation with Rudy Rucker

27 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Byron and Rudy discuss the future of AGI, the metaphysics involved in AGI, and delve into whether the future will be for humanit...

Episode 75: A Conversation with Kevin Kelly

13 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Byron and Kevin dialogue about the brain, the mind, what it takes to make AI and Kevin's thoughts on its inevitability. ...

Episode 74: A Conversation with Dr. Kai-Fu Lee

29 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Byron and Dr. Kai-Fu Lee talk about the potential of AI to disrupt job markets, the comparison of AI research and implementation...

Episode 73: A Conversation with Konstantinos Karachalios

15 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Byron and Konstantinos discuss what it means to be human, how technology has changed us in the far and recent past and how AI co...

Episode 72: A Conversation with Irving Wladawsky-Berger

01 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Byron and Irving discuss the complexity of the human brain, the possibility of AGI and its origins, the implications of AI in we...

Episode 71: A Conversation with Paul Daugherty

18 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Byron and Paul talk about AI, transfer learning, consciousness and Paul's book "Human + Machine: Reimagining Work in t...

Episode 70: A Conversation with Jakob Uszkoreit

04 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Byron and Jakob Uszkoreit discuss machine learning, deep learning, AGI, and what this could mean for the future of humanity. ...

Episode 69: A Conversation with Raj Minhas

27 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Byron and Dr. Minhas talk about AI, AGI, and machine learning. They also delve into explainability and other quandaries AI is pr...

Episode 68: A Conversation with Suju Rajan

20 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Byron and Suju discuss differences in machine and human learning as well as where machines could take us in advertising, privacy...

Episode 67: A Conversation with Amir Khosrowshahi

13 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Byron and Amir talk about the explainability, privacy, and other implications of using AI for business. Episode 67: A Conve...

Episode 66: A Conversation with Steve Ritter

06 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Byron and Steve talk about the future of AGI, how AI will effect jobs, security, warfare, and privacy. Episode 66: A Conver...

Episode 65: A Conversation with Luciano Floridi

30 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Byron and Luciano discuss ethics, information, AI and government monitoring. They also dig into Luciano's new book "Th...

Episode 64: A Conversation with Eli David

23 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Byron and Dr. David discuss evolutionary computation, deep learning and neural networks, as well as AI's role in improving ...

Episode 63: A Conversation with Hillery Hunter

16 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Byron and Hillery discuss AI, deep learning, power efficiency, and understanding the complexity of what AI does with the data it...

Episode 62: A Conversation with Atif Kureishy

09 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Byron and Atif discuss AI, deep learning, and the practical examples and implications in the business market and beyond. Ep...

Episode 61: A Conversation with Dr. Louis Rosenberg

02 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Byron and Dr. Rosenberg talk about AI and swarm intelligence. Episode 61: A Conversation with Dr. Louis Rosenberg

Episode 60: A Conversation with Robin Hanson

26 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Byron and Robin talk about AI and the "Age of Ems," brain emulations. Episode 60: A Conversation with Robin Hans...

Episode 59: A Conversation with Tiger Tyagarajan

19 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Byron and Tiger talk about AI, augmented intelligence, and its use in the enterprise. Episode 59: A Conversation with Tige...

Episode 58: A Conversation with Chris Eliasmith

12 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Byron and Chris talk about the brain, the mind, and emergence. Episode 58: A Conversation with Chris Eliasmith

Episode 57: A Conversation with Akshay Sabhikhi

10 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Byron and Akshay talk about how AI augments and informs human intelligence. Episode 57: A Conversation with Akshay Sabhikh...

Episode 56: A Conversation with Babak Hodjat

05 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Byron and Babak talk about genetic algorithms, cyber agriculture, and sentience. Episode 56: A Conversation with Babak Hod...

Episode 55: A Conversation with Rob High

03 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Byron and Rob talk about IBM Watson and the history and future of AI. Episode 55: A Conversation with Rob High

Episode 54: A Conversation with Ahmad Abdulkader

28 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Byron and Ahmad talk about the brain, learning, and education as well as privacy and AI policy. Episode 54: A Conversation...

Episode 53: A Conversation with Nova Spivack

26 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Byron and Nova talk about neurons, the Gaia hypothesis, intelligence, and quantum physics. Episode 53: A Conversation with...

Episode 52: A Conversation with Rao Kambhampati

21 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Byron and Subbarao discuss creativity, military AI, jobs and more. Episode 52: A Conversation with Rao Kambhampati

Episode 51: A Conversation with Tim O’Reilly

19 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Byron and Tim discuss autonomous vehicles, capitalism, the Internet, and the economy. Episode 51: A Conversation with Tim ...

Episode 50: A Conversation with Steve Pratt

14 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Byron and Steve discuss the present and future impact of AI on businesses. Episode 50: A Conversation with Steve Pratt

Episode 49: A Conversation with Ali Azarbayejani

12 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Byron and Ali discuss AI's impact on business and jobs. Episode 49: A Conversation with Ali Azarbayejani

Episode 48: A Conversation with David Barrett

07 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Byron and David discuss AI, jobs, and human productivity. Episode 48: A Conversation with David Barrett

Episode 47: A Conversation with Ira Cohen

05 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Byron and Ira discuss transfer learning and AI ethics. Episode 47: A Conversation with Ira Cohen

Episode 46: A Conversation with Peter Cahill

31 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Byron and Peter discuss AI use in consumer and retail businesses. Episode 46: A Conversation with Peter Cahill

Episode 45: A Conversation with Stephen Wolfram

29 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Byron and Stephen discuss computational intelligence and what's happening in the brain. Episode 45: A Conversation wi...

Episode 44: A Conversation with Gaurav Kataria

24 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Byron and Gaurav discuss machine learning, jobs, and security. Episode 44: A Conversation with Gaurav Kataria

Episode 43: A Conversation with Markus Noga

22 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Byron and Markus discuss machine learning and automation. Episode 43: A Conversation with Markus Noga

Episode 42: A Conversation with Jem Davies

12 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Byron and Jem discuss machine learning, privacy, ethics, and Moore's law. Episode 42: A Conversation with Jem Davies

Episode 41: A Conversation with Rand Hindi

10 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Byron and Rand discuss intelligence, AGI, consciousness and more. Episode 41: A Conversation with Rand Hindi

Episode 40: A Conversation with Dennis Laudick

05 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Byron and Dennis discuss machine learning. Episode 40: A Conversation with Dennis Laudick

Episode 39: A Conversation with David Brin

03 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Byron and David discuss intelligence, consciousness, Moore's Law, and an AI crisis. Episode 39: A Conversation with Da...

Episode 38: A Conversation with Carolina Galleguillos

29 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Byron and Carolina discuss computer vision, machine learning, biology and more. Episode 38: A Conversation with Carolina Ga...

Episode 37: A Conversation with Mike Tamir

27 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Byron and Mike talk about AGI, Turing Test, machine learning, jobs, and Takt. Episode 37: A Conversation with Mike Tamir

Episode 36: A Conversation with Bill Mark

22 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Byron and Bill talk about SRI International, aging, human productivity and more. Episode 36: A Conversation with Bill Mark

Episode 35: A Conversation with Lorien Pratt

20 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Byron and Lorien talk about intelligence, AGI, jobs, and the human genome project. Episode 35: A Conversation with Lorien ...

Episode 34: A Conversation with Christian Reilly

15 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Byron and Christian talk about AGI, AI assistants, transfer learning, ANI and more. Episode 34: A Conversation with Christ...

Episode 33: A Conversation with Bryon Jacob

15 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Byron and Bryon talk about intelligence, consciousness, emergence, automation and more. Episode 33: A Conversation with Br...

Episode 32: A Conversation with Alan Winfield

23 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Byron and Alan talk about robot ethics, military robots, emergence, consciousness, and self-awareness. Episode 32: A Conve...

Episode 31: A Conversation with Tasha Nagamine

23 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Byron and Tasha talk about speech recognition, AGI, consciousness, Droice Lab, healthcare, and science fiction. Episode 31...

Episode 30: A Conversation with Robert Mittendorff and Mudit Garg

23 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Byron, Robert and Mudit talk about Qventus, healthcare, machine learning, AGI, consciousness, and medical AI. Episode 30: ...

Episode 29: A Conversation with Hugo LaRochelle

15 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Byron and Hugo discuss consciousness, machine learning and more. Episode 29: A Conversation with Hugo LaRochelle

Episode 28: A Conversation with Mark Stevenson

15 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Byron and Mark discuss the future of jobs, energy and more. Episode 28: A Conversation with Mark Stevenson

Episode 27: A Conversation with Adrian McDermott

15 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Byron and Adrian discuss intelligence, consciousness, self-driving cars and more. Episode 27: A Conversation with Adrian M...

Episode 26: A Conversation with Peter Lee

04 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Byron and Peter talk about defining intelligence, Venn diagrams, transfer learning, image recognition, and Xiaoice. Episod...

Episode 25: A Conversation with Matt Grob

04 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Byron and Matt talk about thinking, the Turing test, creativity, Google Translate, job displacement, and education. Episod...

Episode 24: A Conversation with Deep Varma

04 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Byron and Deep talk about the nervous system, AGI, the Turing Test, Watson, Alexa, security, and privacy. Episode 24: A Co...

Episode 23: A Conversation with Pedro Domingos

04 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Byron and Pedro talk about the master algorithm, machine creativity, and the creation of new jobs in the wake of the AI revoluti...

Episode 22: A Conversation with Rudina Seseri

20 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Byron and Rudina talk about the AI talent pool, cyber security, the future of learning, and privacy. Episode 22: A Convers...

Episode 21: A Conversation with Nikola Danaylov

20 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Byron and Nikola talk about singularity, consciousness, transhumanism, AGI and more. Episode 21: A Conversation with Nikol...

Episode 20: A Conversation with Marie des Jardins

20 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Byron and Marie talk about the Turing test, Watson, autonomous vehicles, and language processing. Episode 20: A Conversati...