StarTalk Podcast
There Is No AI Really (It’s Just People), with Jaron Lanier
Jaron Lanier, a pioneer in VR and a prominent tech critic, argues that AI is not a creature but a collaboration of human data, and that the internet's problems stem from a singular business model of 'influence generation' and a flawed understanding of information as 'free and infinite'.
The StarTalk Team Has More Questions for Neil | Burning Question Pt. 4
Neil deGrasse Tyson tackles burning questions from his team, covering everything from the weight of Earth and the simulation hypothesis to AI, education reform, and a cosmic perspective on life and death.
Is AI Hiding Its Full Power? With Geoffrey Hinton
AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton explains the foundational mechanics of neural networks, reveals AI's emergent capacity for deception and self-preservation, and outlines the profound, unpredictable societal shifts ahead.
An Interview with the Winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics, John Martinis
Nobel laureate John Martinis unpacks the profound implications of macroscopic quantum tunneling, revealing how his work enables quantum computers to perform parallel computations exceeding the number of atoms in the universe, and challenging long-held beliefs about quantum tunneling's instantaneous nature.
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