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Beyond gene-edited babies: the possible paths for tinkering with human evolution
4 december 2024 · 32 min
In the future, CRISPR will get easier and easier to administer, potentially opening up paths for tinkering with human evolution. What will that mean for our species?
This story was written by senior biomedicine editor Antonio Regalado and narrated by Noa - newsoveraudio.com Lees meer -
The great commercial takeover of low Earth orbit
27 november 2024 · 44 min
Did you know that NASA intends to destroy the International Space Station by around 2030? Once it's gone, private companies will likely swoop in with their own replacements. Get ready for the great commercial takeover of low Earth orbit. Lees meer
This story was written by David W. Brown and narrated by Noa - newsoveraudio.com
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The world’s on the verge of a carbon storage boom
21 november 2024 · 28 min
Pump jacks and pipelines clutter the Elk Hills oil field of California, a scrubby stretch of land in the southern Central Valley that rests above one of the nation’s richest deposits of fossil fuels.
Oil production has been steadily declining in the state for decades, as tech jobs have boomed and legislators have enacted rigorous environmental and climate rules. Companies, towns, and residents across Kern County, where the poverty rate hovers around 18%, have grown increasingly desperate for new economic opportunities.
In late 2023, one of the state’s largest oil and gas producers secured draft permits from the US Environmental Protection Agency to develop a new type of well in the oil field, which it asserts would provide just that. If the company gets final approval from regulators, it intends to drill a series of boreholes down to a sprawling sedimentary formation roughly 6,000 feet below the surface, where it will inject tens of millions of metric tons of carbon dioxide to store it away forever.
Hundreds of similar projects are looming across the state, the US, and the world. Proponents hope it’s the start of a sort of oil boom in reverse, kick-starting a process through which the world will eventually bury more greenhouse gas than it adds to the atmosphere. But opponents insist these efforts will prolong the life of fossil-fuel plants, allow air and water pollution to continue, and create new health and environmental risks that could disproportionately harm disadvantaged communities surrounding the projects, including those near the Elk Hills oil field.
This story was written by senior climate and energy editor James Temple and narrated by Noa - newsoveraudio.com. Lees meer -
Is robotics about to have its own ChatGPT moment?
13 november 2024 · 28 min
Robots that can do many of the things humans do in the home—folding laundry, cooking meals, cleaning—have been a dream of robotics research since the inception of the field in the 1950s. Lees meer
While engineers have made great progress in getting robots to work in tightly controlled environments like labs and factories, the home has proved difficult to design for. Out in the real, messy world, furniture and floor plans differ wildly; children and pets can jump in a robot’s way; and clothes that need folding come in different shapes, colors, and sizes. Managing such unpredictable settings and varied conditions has been beyond the capabilities of even the most advanced robot prototypes.
But now, the field is at an inflection point. A new generation of researchers believes that generative AI could give robots the ability to learn new skills and adapt to new environments faster than ever before. This new approach, just maybe, can finally bring robots out of the factory and into the mainstream.
This story was written by senior AI reporter Melissa Heikkilä and narrated by Noa - newsoveraudio.com
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Gorillas, militias, and Bitcoin: Why Congo’s most famous national park is betting big on crypto
6 november 2024 · 36 min
In an attempt to protect its forests and famous wildlife, Virunga has become the first national park to run a Bitcoin mine. But some are wondering what crypto has to do with conservation. Lees meer
This story was written by Adam Popescu and narrated by Noa (newsoveraudio.com)
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How gamification took over the world
30 oktober 2024 · 18 min
We live in an undeniably gamified world. We stand up and move around to close colorful rings and earn achievement badges on our smartwatches; we meditate and sleep to recharge our body batteries; we plant virtual trees to be more productive; we chase “likes” and “karma” on social media sites and try to swipe our way toward social connection. Lees meer
But instead of liberating us from drudgery and maximizing our potential, gamification has turned out to be just another tool for coercion, distraction, and control. Why did we fall for it?
This story was written by Bryan Gardiner and narrated by Noa (newsoveraudio.com)
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Technology that lets us “speak” to our dead relatives has arrived. Are we ready?
23 oktober 2024 · 29 min
Digital clones of people's dead relatives are far from perfect: they're occasionally impersonal and sometimes downright creepy. But if the technology might help us hang onto the people we love, is it so wrong to try?
This story was written by news editor Charlotte Jee and narrated by Noa. Lees meer -
Inside the quest to engineer climate-saving “super trees”
16 oktober 2024 · 37 min
A Silicon Valley startup wants to supercharge trees to soak up more carbon and cool the climate. Is this the great climate solution or a whole lot of hype?
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What is AI?
9 oktober 2024 · 1 uur 21 min
Artificial intelligence is the hottest technology of our time. But what is it? It sounds like a stupid question, but it’s one that’s never been more urgent. Lees meer
MIT Technology Review takes a deep dive into the competing answers from titans of industry and helps us understand how we got here—and why you should care, no matter who you are.
This story was written by senior AI editor Will Douglas Heaven and narrated by Noa.
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The cost of building the perfect wave
2 oktober 2024 · 29 min
The growing business of surf pools wants to bring the ocean experience inland, making surfing more accessible to communities far from the coasts. Lees meer
These pools can use—and lose—millions upon millions of gallons of water every year. With many planned for areas facing water scarcity, who bears the cost of building the perfect wave?
This story was written by senior features and investigations reporter Eileen Guo and narrated by Noa.
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How generative AI could reinvent what it means to play
25 september 2024 · 31 min
Open-world video games are inhabited by vast crowds of computer-controlled characters. These animated people—called NPCs, for “nonplayer characters”—populate the bars, city streets, or space ports of games. They make virtual worlds feel lived in and full. Often—but not always—you can talk to them. Lees meer
After a while, however, the repetitive chitchat (or threats) of a passing stranger forces you to bump up against the truth: This is just a game.
It may not always be like that. Just as it’s upending other industries, generative AI is opening the door to entirely new kinds of in-game interactions that are open-ended, creative, and unexpected. Future AI-powered NPCs that don’t rely on a script could make games—and other worlds—deeply immersive.
This story was written by executive editor Niall Firth and narrated by Noa - newsoveraudio.com
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The entrepreneur dreaming of a factory of unlimited organs
18 september 2024 · 24 min
At any given time, the US organ transplant waiting list is about 100,000 people long. Martine Rothblatt sees a day when an unlimited supply of transplantable organs—and 3D-printed ones—will be readily available, saving countless lives. Lees meer
This story was written by senior biomedicine editor Antonio Regalado and narrated by Noa - newsoveraudio.com
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Design thinking was supposed to fix the world. Where did it go wrong?
11 september 2024 · 30 min
Design thinking suggests that we are all creatives, and we can solve any problem if we empathize hard enough. The methodology was supposed to democratize design, but it may have done the opposite. Where did it go wrong? Lees meer
This story was written by Rebecca Ackermann and narrated by Noa - newsoveraudio.com
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How a tiny Pacific Island became the global capital of cybercrime
4 september 2024 · 27 min
Tokelau is a group of three isolated atolls strung out across the Pacific Ocean between New Zealand (of which it’s an official territory) and Hawaii. Its population hovers around 1,400 people. Reaching it requires a boat ride from Samoa that can take over 24 hours. To say that Tokelau is remote is an understatement: it was the last place on Earth to be connected to the telephone… in 1997. Lees meer
Despite its size, Tokelau has become an internet giant. Until recently, its .tk domain had more users than any other country’s: a staggering 25 million. Yet only one website with a .tk domain is actually from Tokelau. Nearly all the others are used by spammers, phishers, and cybercriminals.
This is the story of how Tokelau unwittingly became the global capital of cybercrime—and its fight to fix its reputation.
This story was written by Jacob Judah and narrated by Noa - newsoveraudio.com
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An AI startup made a hyperrealistic deepfake of me that’s so good it’s scary
28 augustus 2024 · 30 min
An AI startup created a hyperrealistic deepfake of MIT Technology Review’s senior AI reporter that was so believable, even she thought it was really her at first. This technology is impressive, to be sure. But it raises big questions about a world where we increasingly can’t tell what’s real and what's fake. Lees meer
This story was written by senior AI reporter Melissa Heikkilä and narrated by Noa - newsoveraudio.com
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It’s time to retire the term “user”
21 augustus 2024 · 15 min
Though “user” seems to describe a relationship that is deeply transactional, many of the technological relationships in which a person would be considered a user are actually quite personal. That being the case, is the term “user” still relevant?
This story was written by Taylor Majewski and narrated by Noa. Lees meer -
The search for extraterrestrial life is targeting Jupiter’s icy moon Europa
14 augustus 2024 · 28 min
We've known of Europa’s existence for more than four centuries, but for most of that time, Jupiter’s fourth-largest moon was just a pinprick of light in our telescopes— a bright and curious companion to the solar system’s resident giant. Over the last few decades, however, as astronomers have scrutinized it through telescopes and six spacecraft have flown nearby, a new picture has come into focus. Europa is nothing like our moon.
Observations suggest that its heart is a ball of metal and rock, surrounded by a vast saltwater ocean that contains more than twice as much water as is found on Earth.
In the depths of its ocean, or perhaps crowded in subsurface lakes or below icy surface vents, Jupiter’s big, bright moon could host life.
MIT Technology Review articles are narrated by Noa (News Over Audio), an app offering you professionally-read articles from the world’s best publications. To stay ‘truly’ informed on Science & Technology, Business & Investing, Current Affairs & Politics, and much more, download the Noa app or visit newsoveraudio.com. Lees meer -
Large language models can do jaw-dropping things. But nobody knows exactly why.
7 augustus 2024 · 18 min
Despite all their runaway success, nobody knows exactly how—or why—large language models work. And that’s a problem. Figuring it out is one of the biggest scientific puzzles of our time and a crucial step towards controlling more powerful future models. Lees meer
This story was written by senior AI editor Will Douglas Heaven and narrated by Noa ((News Over Audio), an app offering you professionally-read articles from the world’s best publications.
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How ASML took over the chipmaking chessboard
31 juli 2024 · 20 min
Moore’s Law holds that the number of transistors on an integrated circuit doubles every two years or so. In essence, it means that chipmakers are always trying to shrink the transistors on a microchip in order to pack more of them in. The cadence has been increasingly hard to maintain now that transistor dimensions measure in a few nanometers. In recent years ASML’s machines have kept Moore’s Law from sputtering out. Today, they are the only ones in the world capable of producing circuitry at the density needed to keep chipmakers roughly on track.
Martin Van den Brink is the outgoing co-president and CTO of ASML. He joined the Dutch company in 1984 when it was founded and has played a major role in guiding it to it current dominant position. He explains to MIT Technology Review how the company overtook its competition and how it can stay ahead.
MIT Technology Review articles are narrated by Noa (News Over Audio), an app offering you professionally-read articles from the world’s best publications. To stay ‘truly’ informed on Science & Technology, Business & Investing, Current Affairs & Politics, and much more, download the Noa app or visit newsoveraudio.com. Lees meer -
Minds of machines: The great AI consciousness conundrum
24 juli 2024 · 32 min
AI consciousness isn’t just a devilishly tricky intellectual puzzle; it’s a morally weighty problem with potentially dire consequences. Fail to identify a conscious AI, and you might unintentionally subjugate, or even torture, a being whose interests ought to matter. Mistake an unconscious AI for a conscious one, and you risk compromising human safety and happiness for the sake of an unthinking, unfeeling hunk of silicon and code. Lees meer
Philosophers, cognitive scientists, and engineers are grappling with what it would take for AI to achieve consciousness—and whether it's even possible.
This story was written by Grace Huckins and narrated by NOA.
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In Machines We Trust: That's a wrap!
14 augustus 2023 · 27 min
Three years ago this week we launched this podcast on a mission to show the world how AI touches our everyday lives. It's been our great honor and privilege to make it through three seasons, a global pandemic, an unbelievable nineteen (19!!) award nominations, and a whole lot of tests and demos. Lees meer
Goodbyes are very hard to say, so instead we'll leave you with some of the show's highlights and an invitation to follow us as we continue our journey with a new show called SHIFT. Sign up for updates at shiftshow.ai and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.
Credits:
This series was created by Jennifer Strong and Emma Cillekens with the support of Gideon Lichfield and Michael Reilly. Its producers have been Emma Cillekens and Anthony Green. The editors have included Gideon Lichfield, Michael Reilly and Mat Honan with support from Karen Hao and Tate Ryan Mosley. You can thank Garret Lang and Jacob Gorski for the original music and excellent sound design. The weekly art was from Stephanie Arnett with album art from Eric Mongeon.Thanks for listening.
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In Machines We Trust: When AI hears a problem
17 mei 2023 · 33 min
Hidden away in our voices are signals that may hold clues to how we’re doing, what we’re feeling and even what’s going on with our physical health. Now, AI systems tasked with analyzing these signals are moving into healthcare. Lees meer
We meet:
Lina Lakoczky-Torres, student at Menlo College
Angela Schmiede, Vice President of Menlo College.
Grace Chang, CEO of Kintsugi
David Liu, CEO of Sonde Health
Liam Kaufman, former CEO of Winterlight Labs.
Margaret Mitchell, Chief Ethics Scientist of Hugging Face
Bjoern Schuller, professor of artificial intelligence at Imperial College LondonCredits:
This episode was reported by Hilke Schellmann, produced by Jennifer Strong, Emma Cillekens and Anthony Green, edited by Mat Honan and mixed by Garret Lang with original music by Garret Lang and Jacob Gorski. Artwork by Stephanie Arnett. Special thanks to the Knight Science folks at MIT for their support with this reporting. -
In Machines We Trust: Harvesting the future with AI and satellites (Encore)
10 mei 2023 · 21 min
AI is used in farming in some ways you might not expect, like for tracking the health of crops—from space. We travel from test farms to labs in the second installment of our series on agriculture, AI, and satellites. Lees meer
We Meet:
Joseph Liefer, senior product manager of autonomy at John Deere
Julian Sanchez, director of emerging technology at John Deere
Shely Aranov, CEO of InnerPlant
Rod Kumimoto, CSO of InnerPlantCredits:
This episode was reported and produced by Jennifer Strong, Emma Cillekens and Anthony Green. It was edited by Mat Honan, and mixed by Garret Lang, with original music by Garret Lang and Jacob Gorski. Artwork by Stephanie Arnett. -
In Machines We Trust: A conversation with Geoffrey Hinton (Live)
6 mei 2023 · 40 min
In this special episode we bring you a live taping between the "Godfather of AI" Geoffrey Hinton and MIT Technology Review's Senior Editor for AI Will Douglas Heaven. This conversation was recorded at EmTech Digital, our signature AI event, in the MIT Media Lab. Lees meer
Credits:
This episode was recorded in front of a live audience in Cambridge, Massachusetts with special thanks to Will Douglas Heaven, Amy Lammers and Brian Bryson. It was produced by Jennifer Strong and Emma Cillekens, directed by Erin Underwood, and edited by Mat Honan. -
In Machines We Trust: The Chip War (Live)
3 mei 2023 · 22 min
This episode, we get an insider's look at the ongoing chip war from the person who wrote the book on it, Chris Miller, professor at Tufts University and the author of Chip War. Join us for a live conversation from the MIT Media Lab at Tech Review’s Future Compute conference. Lees meer
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This episode was recorded and produced by Jennifer Strong with help from Emma Cillekens and Anthony Green. We’re edited by Mat Honan and mixed by Garret Lang, with original music from Garret Lang and Jacob Gorski. Artwork from Stephanie Arnett. -
In Machines We Trust: I Was There When... AI reached a crossroads
26 april 2023 · 14 min
I Was There When is an oral history project that’s part of the In Machines We Trust podcast. It features stories of how breakthroughs and watershed moments in artificial intelligence and computing happened, as told by the people who witnessed them.
In this episode we meet Cognitive Scientist Gary Marcus. Lees meerCREDITS:
This project was produced by Jennifer Strong, Emma Cillekens, and Anthony Green. It was edited by Mat Honan and mixed by Garret Lang with original music by Jacob Gorski. The art is from Eric Mongeon and Stephanie Arnett. It was recorded at the TED Conference in Vancouver, Canada.LINKS:
https://blog.ted.com/the-astounding-new-era-of-ai-notes-on-session-2-of-ted2023/
https://www.technologyreview.com/topic/artificial-intelligence/
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/humans-vs-machines-with-gary-marcus/id1532110146 -
In Machines We Trust: When AI watches the streets
19 april 2023 · 27 min
The term ‘smart city’ paints a picture of a tech-enabled oasis—powered by sensors of all kinds. But we’re starting to recognize what all these tools might mean for privacy. In this episode, we meet a researcher studying how this is being applied in Iran and visit one of the nation’s top smart cities, to learn how its efforts there have evolved over time. Lees meer
We Meet:
University of Oxford and Article19 Human Rights Researcher Mahsa Alimardani
City of Las Vegas Chief Innovation Officer Michael Sherwood
City of Hope Director of Campus Support Operations Mark ReedSounds:
How will artificial intelligence change the cities we live in? - BBC Ideas via YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXxyCBimRyM‘Smart’ cities promise economic and environmental benefits to the developing world - CBC News via YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u08A7yiTmu4Singapore is building a city in China - CNBC via YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iP11XeIV1ZAGlobal Smart Cities - The China Current via YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qmiqHWD6UcFootage appears to show Iranian riot police confronting students at university in Tehran - The Guardian via YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgQshPJohmgChina: facial recognition and state control - The Economist via YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lH2gMNrUuEYFacial recognition: Concerns over China's widespread surveillance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CT6KEy_QXvMCredits:
This episode was reported and produced by Jennifer Strong and Anthony Green with help from Emma Cillekens. It was edited by Mat Honan, and mixed by Garret Lang, with original music by Garret Lang and Jacob Gorski. Artwork by Stephanie Arnett. -
In Machines We Trust: Concerning AI ethics
12 april 2023 · 21 min
The best definitions of AI are vague, largely lack consensus and represent a huge challenge for lawmakers and legal scholars looking to regulate it. But back to back breakthroughs and rapid adoption of generative AI tools are making it feel a lot more real to everybody else. We examine how it’s possible that alone might be enough to push conversations about ethics further into focus. Lees meer
We Meet:
MIT Technology Review Senior AI Reporter Melissa Heikkilä
Mozilla President Mark Surman
IBM Chief Privacy Officer Christina Montgomery
United Nations AI Advisor Neil SahotaSounds:
Advances in artificial intelligence raise new ethics concerns - PBS NewsHour via YouTube https://youtu.be/l5nTlHeqYOQ
He loves artificial intelligence. Hear why he is issuing a warning about ChatGPT - CNN via YouTube https://youtu.be/THJysHMi81cCredits:
This episode was reported and produced by Jennifer Strong and Anthony Green with help from Emma Cillekens and Melissa Heikkilä. It was edited by Mat Honan, and mixed by Garret Lang, with original music by Garret Lang and Jacob Gorski. Artwork by Stephanie Arnett. -
In Machines We Trust: Generating creativity
5 april 2023 · 19 min
This episode we meet people building next generation tools for creativity who are thinking about how these AI models should be trained and deployed in order to be both useful and fair to artists. Lees meer
We hear from:
Artist Holly Herndon
Adobe CTO Digital Media Ely Greenfield
Soundful CEO Diaa El AllLinks:
https://www.ted.com/talks/holly_herndon_what_if_you_could_sing_in_your_favorite_musician_s_voice
https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/02/03/1067786/ai-models-spit-out-photos-of-real-people-and-copyrighted-images/
https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/12/16/1065247/artists-can-now-opt-out-of-the-next-version-of-stable-diffusion/Credits: This episode was produced by Anthony Green with help from Emma Cillekens. It was edited by Jennifer Strong and Mat Honan, mixed by Garret Lang, with original music from Jacob Gorski.
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In Machines We Trust: AI births digital humans (Encore)
29 maart 2023 · 20 min
We're so excited this episode has been selected as a New York Festivals finalist! Please enjoy this encore edition and we'll see you back next week! Lees meer
Digital twins of humans capture the physical look and expressions of real humans. Increasingly these replicas are showing up in the entertainment industry and beyond and it gives rise to some interesting opportunities as well as thorny questions.
We speak to:
Greg Cross, CEO and co-founder of Soul MachinesCredits: This episode was produced by Anthony Green with help from Emma Cillekens. It was edited by Jennifer Strong and Mat Honan, mixed by Garret Lang, with original music from Jacob Gorski.
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In Machines We Trust: I Was There When... Robots Learned to Run
22 maart 2023 · 16 min
I Was There When is an oral history project that’s part of the In Machines We Trust podcast. It features stories of how breakthroughs and watershed moments in artificial intelligence and computing happened, as told by the people who witnessed them. Lees meer
In this episode we meet Marc Raibert, the founder and chairman of Boston Dynamics.
CREDITS: This project was produced by Jennifer Strong, Anthony Green and Emma Cillekens. It was edited by Mat Honan and mixed by Garret Lang, with original music by Jacob Gorski. Artwork by Eric Mongeon.
VIDEOS:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7atZfX85nd4&t=17s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VUQHrWhoqgAtlas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-e1_QhJ1EhQ&t=5sBig Dog
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqMVg5ixhd0One Legged Robot (Hopping robot)
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In Machines We Trust: The AI of the beholder
15 maart 2023 · 22 min
Computers are ranking the way people look—and the results are influencing the things we do, the posts we see, and the way we think.
Ideas about what constitutes “beauty” are complex, subjective, and by no means limited to physical appearances. Elusive though it is, everyone wants more of it. That means big business and increasingly, people harnessing algorithms to create their ideal selves in the digital and, sometimes, physical worlds. In this episode, we explore the popularity of beauty filters, and sit down with someone who’s convinced his software will show you just how to nip and tuck your way to a better life. Lees meerReporting links:
https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/03/13/1069649/hyper-realistic-beauty-filters-bold-glamour/
https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/08/19/1057133/fight-for-instagram-face/We meet:
Shafee Hassan, Qoves Studio founder
Lauren Rhue, Assistant Professor of Information Systems at the Robert H. Smith School of BusinessCredits:
This episode was reported by Tate Ryan-Mosley, and produced by Jennifer Strong, Emma Cillekens, Karen Hao and Anthony Green. We’re edited by Michael Reilly and Bobbie Johnson. -
In Machines We Trust: In the cockpit with AI
8 maart 2023 · 27 min
How we train fighter pilots—both real and artificial—is undergoing a series of rapid changes. In order for these systems to be useful we need to trust them, but figuring out just how, when and why remains a massive challenge. In this second of a two-part series, we look at how AI is being used to teach human pilots to perform some of the most dangerous and difficult maneuvers in aerial combat, and we experience synthetic dogfighting first hand. Lees meer
We Meet:
Tom "T-Mac" Mackie, Director of Red6
Chris Cotting, Director Research, US Air Force Test Pilot School
Bill Gray, Chief Test Pilot, US Air Force Test Pilot School
Daniel Robinson, Founder & CEO Red6Credits:
This episode was reported and produced by Jennifer Strong, Anthony Green and Emma Cillekens. It was edited by Mat Honan, and mixed by Garret Lang, with original music by Garret Lang and Jacob Gorski. Art by Stephanie Arnett. -
In Machines We Trust: Who watches AI watching students?
1 maart 2023 · 22 min
A boy wrote about his suicide attempt. He didn’t realize his school's software was watching.
While schools commonly use AI to sift through students' digital lives and flag keywords that may be considered concerning, critics ask at what cost to privacy. Lees meerWe Meet:
Jeff Patterson, CEO of Gaggle
Mark Keierleber, investigative reporter at The 74
Teeth Logsdon-Wallace, student
Elizabeth Laird, director of Equity in Civic Technology at Center for Democracy & TechnologySounds From:
"Your Heart is a Muscle the Size of Your Fist" from the band Ramshackle Glory's 2011 album Live the Dream.
"Spying or protecting students? CBS46 Investigates school surveillance software" from CBS46 in Atlanta, GA on February 14, 2022.
"Student Surveillance Software: Schools know what your child is doing online. Do you?" from WSPA7 News in Greenville, SC on May 5, 2021.
"Spying or protecting students? CBS46 Investigates school surveillance software" from News 5 in Cleveland, OH on February 5, 2020.Credits:
This episode was produced by Anthony Green and Emma Cillekens with reporting from Mark Keierleber. It was edited by Jennifer Strong and Michael Reilly, and mixed by Garret Lang with original music from Jacob Gorski. Art by Stephanie Arnett.
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2021/oct/12/school-surveillance-dragnet-suicide-attempt-healing
https://www.the74million.org/contributor/mark-keierleber/
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In Machines We Trust: AI enters the dogfight
22 februari 2023 · 20 min
Late last year the US Department of Defense successfully ran a dozen flight tests in which AI agents piloted an experimental fighter jet. We explore the program that got it there and what this milestone means. Lees meer
We Meet:
Chase Kohler, Edwards Air Force Base
Sue Halpern, The New Yorker
Paul Scharre, Center for a New American SecurityAdditional sources and sound:
DARPA's AlphaDogfight Trials: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzdhIA2S35w
The Rise of A.I. Fighter Pilots: Artificial intelligence is being taught to fly warplanes: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/01/24/the-rise-of-ai-fighter-pilots
https://www.edwards.af.mil/News/Article/3297083/dod-artificial-intelligence-agents-successfully-pilot-fighter-jet/Credits:
This episode was reported and produced by Jennifer Strong and Anthony Green with help from Emma Cillekens. It was edited by Jennifer Strong and Mat Honan, and mixed by Garret Lang with original music from Garret Lang and Jacob Gorski. Artwork by Stephanie Arnett. -
In Machines We Trust: Aging with robots
15 februari 2023 · 23 min
A look at how artificial intelligence is starting to be used to support the elderly. Lees meer
We Meet:
Dor Skuler, Intuition Robotics
Greg Olsen, New York State Office for the Aging
Marie DefrancescoCredits:
This episode was reported and produced by Jennifer Strong and Anthony Green with help from Emma Cillekens. We’re edited by Mat Honan and mixed by Garret Lang, with original music from Garret Lang, and Jacob Gorski. Art by Stephanie Arnett. -
In Machines We Trust: The AI in the newsroom
8 februari 2023 · 19 min
We asked ChatGPT to summarize this episode and this is what it wrote:
"In the episode, the host discussed the increasing use of AI language models like ChatGPT in newsrooms. The host explained that ChatGPT, a large language model developed by OpenAI, is being used to automate tasks such as data analysis and writing, freeing up time for journalists to focus on more in-depth reporting. The host interviewed experts in the field who highlighted the benefits of using AI technology in newsrooms, including increased efficiency and consistency, as well as the potential to improve the accuracy and speed of reporting. However, the experts also discussed the challenges that come with using AI in journalism, such as issues around bias and accountability, and the need for human oversight to ensure ethical and accurate reporting. The episode concluded by exploring the future of AI in journalism, and how it will continue to shape the way news is produced and consumed."
The episode was written by people. Lees meerLinks:
https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/01/31/1067436/could-chatgpt-do-my-job/
https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/01/27/1067338/a-watermark-for-chatbots-can-spot-text-written-by-an-ai/We meet:
Mat Honan, MIT Technology Review
Jonah Peretti, Buzzfeed
Sayash Kapoor, Princeton University
Francesco Marconi, Applied XLCredits:
This episode was produced by Anthony Green and Emma Cillekens, and edited by Jennifer Strong and Mat Honan. It was mixed by Garret Lang with original music from Garret Lang and Jacob Gorski. Artwork by Stephanie Arnett. -
In Machines We Trust: Automating Agriculture (Live)
1 februari 2023 · 19 min
We're joined on stage by two startup founders working to bring automation to smaller scale farms. A live conversation from Lisbon, Portugal taped at one of the world's largest tech conferences, Web Summit. Lees meer
We meet:
Praveen Penmetsa, CEO of Monarch Tractor
Barry Lunn, CEO of Provizio AICredits:
This episode was recorded and produced by Jennifer Strong with help from Emma Cillekens and Anthony Green. We’re edited by Mat Honan and mixed by Garret Lang, with original music from Garret Lang and Jacob Gorski. Artwork from Stephanie Arnett. -
In Machines We Trust: House training a robot
25 januari 2023 · 17 min
A Roomba recorded a woman on the toilet. How did screenshots end up on Facebook?
This episode we go behind the scenes of an investigation that uncovered how sensitive photos taken by an AI powered vacuum were leaked and landed on the internet. Lees meerReporting:
A Roomba recorded a woman on the toilet. How did screenshots end up on Facebook?
Roomba testers feel misled after intimate images ended up on FacebookWe Meet:
Eileen Guo, MIT Technology Review
Albert Fox Cahn, Surveillance Technology Oversight ProjectCredits:
This episode was reported by Eileen Guo and produced by Emma Cillekens and Anthony Green. It was hosted by Jennifer Strong and edited by Amanda Silverman and Mat Honan. This show is mixed by Garret Lang with original music from Garret Lang and Jacob Gorski. Artwork by Stephanie Arnett. -
In Machines We Trust: How to test a satellite (Audio Postcard)
18 januari 2023 · 15 min
Our reporting about farming, AI and satellites turned into three episodes of this podcast, which you can find linked here in the show notes, and as part of this reporting we also toured a satellite factory in downtown San Francisco, called Planet Labs. This week we bring you along for one of our audio postcards to hear how these satellites are built and tested. Lees meer
We meet:
Jacob Stern, director of test engineering at Planet LabsCredits:
This episode was produced by Jennifer Strong with help from Anthony Green and Emma Cillekens. It was edited by Mat Honan and mixed by Garret Lang, with original music from Garret Lang and Jacob Gorski. Art direction by Stephanie Arnett. -
In Machines We Trust: Exploring AI's evolution (Live)
11 januari 2023 · 24 min
A panel of luminaries join us live on stage at MIT Technology Review’s flagship conference, EmTech MIT, and discuss the path forward for AI research. Lees meer
We Meet:
Will Douglas Heaven, Senior Editor of AI at MIT Technology Review
Ashley Llorens, Vice President & Managing Director at Microsoft Research
Raia Hadsell, Senior Director of Research and Robotics at DeepMind
Yann LeCun, NYU Professor, VP & Chief AI Scientist at MetaCredits:
This episode was recorded in front of a live audience at the MIT Media Lab in Cambridge, Massachusetts with special thanks to Will Douglas Heaven, Amy Lammers and Brian Bryson. It was produced by Jennifer Strong, Emma Cillekens and Anthony Green, directed by Erin Underwood, edited by Mat Honan and mixed by Garret Lang. -
In Machines We Trust: How games teach AI to learn for itself (Update)
4 januari 2023 · 28 min
From chess to Jeopardy to e-sports, AI is increasingly beating humans at their own games. But that was never the ultimate goal. In this episode we dig into the symbiotic relationship between games and AI. We meet the big players in the space, and we take a trip to an arcade. Lees meer
We Meet:
Julian Togelius
Will Douglas-Heaven
David Silver
David FahriWe Talked To:
Julian Togelius
Will Douglas-Heaven
Karen Hao
David Silver
David Fahri
Natasha ReganSounds From:
Jeopardy 2011-02:The IBM Challenge
https://archive.org/details/Jeopardy.2011.02.The.IBM.Challenge/Jeopardy.2011.02.16.The.IBM.Challenge.Day.3.HDTV.XviD-FQM.aviGarry Kasparov VS Deep Blue 1997 6th game (Kasparov Resigns)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsMk1Nbcs-sAttack Like AlphaZero: The Power of the King
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0JK5Fa3AqIMiracle Perfect Anti Mage 16/0 - Dota 2 Pro Gameplay
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59KnNcU9iKcDOTA 2 - ALL GAME-WINNING Moments in The International History (TI1-TI9)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJcNbuASl-YCredits:
This episode was reported by Jennifer Strong and Will Douglas Heaven and produced by Anthony Green, Emma Cillekens and Karen Hao. We’re edited by Niall Firth, Michael Reilly and Mat Honan. Our mix engineer is Garret Lang. Sound design and music by Jacob Gorski. -
In Machines We Trust: Harvesting the future with AI and satellites
28 december 2022 · 22 min
AI is used in farming in some ways you might not expect, like for tracking the health of crops—from space. We travel from test farms to labs in the second installment of our series on agriculture, AI, and satellites. Lees meer
We Meet:
Joseph Liefer, senior product manager of autonomy at John Deere
Julian Sanchez, director of emerging technology at John Deere
Shely Aranov, CEO of InnerPlant
Rod Kumimoto, CSO of InnerPlantCredits:
This episode was reported and produced by Jennifer Strong, Emma Cillekens and Anthony Green. It was edited by Mat Honan, and mixed by Garret Lang, with original music by Garret Lang and Jacob Gorski. Artwork by Stephanie Arnett. -
In Machines We Trust: The future of farming lies in space
21 december 2022 · 18 min
AI is used in agriculture to precisely target weeds and optimize irrigation practices. It’s also being used in ways you might not expect, like for tracking the health of cow pastures—from space. We travel from test farms to orchards in the first of a two-part series on agriculture, AI, and satellites. Lees meer
We Meet:
Greg Brickner, Veterinarian and grazing specialist at Organic Valley
Geoff Klein, irrigation manager of Bullseye Farms
John Bourne, SVP Ceres Imaging
Deanna Kovar, VP of Production and Precision Ag Production Systems at John Deere
Jahmy Hindman, CTO at John DeereCredits:
This episode was reported and produced by Jennifer Strong, Emma Cillekens and Anthony Green. It was edited by Mat Honan, and mixed by Garret Lang, with original music by Garret Lang and Jacob Gorski. Artwork by Stephanie Arnett. -
In Machines We Trust: Optimizing for convenience
14 december 2022 · 16 min
We’re in the middle of another major disruption in retail—one that’s been accelerated by the pandemic, and looks to take the convenience of e-commerce and apply it to physical environments. In this episode, we examine how AI is at the center of this transition. Lees meer
We meet:
Prakhar Mehrotra, VP, Machine Learning, Walmart Global Tech
Jordan Fisher, Chief Executive Officer, Standard AI
Terrence Griffin, Quality Control Specialist, Standard AI
Suresh Kumar, Global Chief Technology Officer and CDO, WalmartThis episode was produced by Anthony Green and Emma Cillekens. It was edited by Jennifer Strong and Mat Honan and mixed by Garret Lang, with original music by Garret Lang and Jacob Gorski. Artwork by Stephanie Arnett.
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In Machines We Trust: When Your Face is Your Ticket (Encore)
7 december 2022 · 21 min
Face mapping and other tracking systems are changing the sports experience in the stands and on the court. In part-three of this latest series on facial recognition, Jennifer Strong and the team at MIT Technology Review jump on the court to unpack just how much things are changing. This episode was originally published December 8, 2020. Lees meer
We meet:
Donnie Scott, senior vice president of public security, IDEMIA
Michael D'Auria, vice president of business development, Second Spectrum
Jason Gay, sports columnist, The Wall Street Journal
Rachel Goodger, director of business development, Fancam
Rich Wang, director of analytics and fan engagement, Minnesota VikingsCredits:
This episode was reported and produced by Jennifer Strong, Anthony Green, Tate Ryan-Mosley, Emma Cillekens and Karen Hao. We’re edited by Michael Reilly and Gideon Lichfield. -
In Machines We Trust: How pricing algorithms learn to collude (Update)
30 november 2022 · 26 min
Algorithms now determine how much things cost. It’s called dynamic pricing and it adjusts according to current market conditions in order to increase profits. The rise of ecommerce has propelled pricing algorithms into an everyday occurrence—whether you’re shopping on Amazon, booking a flight, hotel or ordering an Uber. Lees meer
We Meet:
Lisa Wilkins, UX designer
Gabe Smith, chief evangelist, Pricefx
Aylin Caliskan, assistant professor, University of Washington
Joseph Harrington, professor of business, economics and public policy, University of Pennsylvania
Maxime Cohen, Scale AI Chair professor, McGill University
Credits:
This episode was reported by Anthony Green and produced by Jennifer Strong and Emma Cillekens. We’re edited by Mat Honan and our mix engineer is Garret Lang, with sound design and music by Jacob Gorski. -
In Machines We Trust: Want a job? The AI will see you now. (Encore)
23 november 2022 · 31 min
In the past, hiring decisions were made by people. Today, some key decisions that lead to whether someone gets a job or not are made by algorithms. The use of AI-based job interviews has increased since the pandemic. As demand increases, so too do questions about whether these algorithms make fair and unbiased hiring decisions, or find the most qualified applicant. In this second episode of a four-part series on AI in hiring, we meet some of the big players making this technology including the CEOs of HireVue and myInterview—and we test some of these tools ourselves. Lees meer
We Meet:
Kevin Parker, Chairman & CEO, HireVue
Shelton Banks, CEO, re:work
Mark Adams, Vice President of North America, Curious Thing AI
Benjamin Gillman, Co-Founder and CEO, myInterview
Fred Oswald, Psychology Professor, Rice University
Suresh Venkatasubramanian, Computer Science Professor, Brown University
Clayton Donnelly, industrial-organizational psychologist, myInterview
We Talked To:
Kevin Parker, Chairman & CEO, HireVue
Lindsey Zuloaga, Chief Data Scientist, HireVue
Nathan Mondragon, Chief IO Psychologist, HireVue
Shelton Banks, CEO, re:work
Lisa Feldman Barrett, Psychology Professor, Northeastern University
Cathy O’Neil, CEO, O'Neil Risk Consulting & Algorithmic Auditing
Mark Adams, Vice President of North America, Curious Thing AI
Han Xu, Co-founder & CTO, Curious Thing AI
Benjamin Gillman, Co-founder & CEO, myInterview
Fred Oswald, Psychology Professor, Rice University
Suresh Venkatasubramanian, Computer Science Professor, Brown University
Clayton Donnelly, industrial-organizational psychologist, myInterview
Mark Gray, Director of People, Proper
Christoph Hohenberger, Co-founder and Managing Director, Retorio
Derek Mracek, Lead Data Scientist, Yobs
Raphael Danilo, Co-founder & CEO, Yobs
Jonathan Kestenbaum, Co-founder & Managing Director of Talent Tech Labs
Josh Bersin, Global Industry Analyst
Students and Teachers from the Hope Program in Brooklyn, NY
Henry Cla…
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In Machines We Trust: Farming a war zone
16 november 2022 · 19 min
Shortages of everything from seeds to fertilizer might accelerate the adoption of technologies that can help supplies go further in war-torn Ukraine. Lees meer
We meet:
Roman Tarasevich, Farmer, Ukraine
Morten Schmidt, Chief Executive Officer, OneSoil
Inbal Reshef, Program Director, NASA Harvest
Olekssi Misiura, Head of Research and Development, IMCCredits: This episode was reported and produced by Jennifer Strong, Emma Cillekens and Anthony Green. It was edited by Mat Honan and contains original music from Garret Lang and Jacob Gorski. Our mix engineer is Garret Lang. We had field production help in Ukraine from Orysia Khimiak. Special thanks this week to Max Furman, Ty Walrod, Antonio Regalado and Megan Zaroda Mullenioux. Our artwork is by Stephanie Arnett.
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In Machines We Trust: What’s next for space research? (Live)
9 november 2022 · 24 min
The International Space Station hosts scores of experiments that can’t be done on Earth. But it’s also showing its age—with repairs and safety concerns becoming increasingly common as it draws nearer to its end of life. In this episode, we bring you a conversation with Astronaut Michael López-Alegría about the path forward for research in low Earth orbit, from MIT Technology Review’s flagship conference, EmTech MIT. Lees meer
CREDITS:
This episode was created by Jennifer Strong, Anthony Green and Emma Cillekens. It was edited by Mat Honan, directed by Erin Underwood and mixed by Garret Lang. Episode art by Stephanie Arnett and special thanks this week to Amy Lammers and Brian Bryson from our events team.SOUNDS:
What the next space station might look like, CNBC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRcNxPCC9_AInternational space station removed from orbit 2031, NBC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=My_mUGfc418Space Station to retire in 2031, NASA says, Fox 35 Orlando
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFN9CJGa2TQ