Last Week on Earth with GARI

Oct 04 2023

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Where technology, science, politics, economy & society meet - think, learn and be entertained a little along the way! Interviews, discussions and latest topics & events that you should know about! GARI is a research institute that uses advanced technology, such as AI with Big Data, to visualise, understand and create the ability to manage globalisation. Your host is GARI Executive Director Odessa Primus.

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Underestimating AI's long-term impact with Google DeepMind's Alexandra Belias

Oct 04 2023 46 mins

Underestimating AI's long-term impact - the 21st century's industrial revolutionIn this episode, we delve into the transformative world of AI, discussing how it's become the Industrial Revolution of the 21st century. Nowcasting: the high-resolution forecasting of rain up to two hours ahead, the generative model that ranked first for its accuracy and usefulness, Alpha

The importance of data with Theresa Kushner

Jul 10 2023 42 mins

Theresa Kushner's journey in the world of high technology serves as an inspiration to aspiring professionals. From her early days in the field of journalism to her influential roles in renowned companies she is a true data-vangelist. Theresa graduated from the Mayborn School of Journalism at the University of North Texas. Over the course of her career, Theresa has held promine

M8 Alliance with Ambassador Sampaio

Jun 25 2023 33 mins

Luís de Almeida Sampaio, the Ambassador from Portugal to the Czech Republic, has held numerous posts around the world and has a deep interest in global health care. In this episode he covers the M8 Alliance. With regards to Ukraine, what has been the war's impact on European healthcare? What changes in the discussions when there is a war like this? How do politics and policy

Earth's past & future with Director of Max Planck Institute Bjorn Stevens

Jun 07 2023 43 mins

Bjorn Stevens is the Director of the Max Plank Institute for Meteorology in Berlin - Bjorn is a top climate scientist, with particular expertise in clouds. New climate model simulations of the world - EVE) Earth Virtualisation EnginesHuman vs science-centric climate scienceEarth in 100 yearsDarwin and the theory of e-0volutionIt's also clear that humans are responsible for glo

AI deep fakes - current & future impact with Henry Ajder

May 29 2023 29 mins

Henry Ajder, a globally recognised advisor, speaker, and broadcaster working at the frontier of the generative AI and synthetic media revolution. AI-generated deep fakes - their current and future impact, synthetic media How to do news sourcing and verifications and break breaking news as soon as possible? especially when Twitter has become the place for breaking newsAI generated f

Stakeholder Capitalism with Sibylle Barden

May 24 2023 49 mins

Sibylle Barden is an author and SDG and ESG strategist. She is an early champion of Stakeholder Capitalism. Her latest political novel „The Honeyguide“ was selected by the Frankfurt Book Fair as “one of 8 revolutionary books recommended for film adaptation”. Your host for this episode is Michal Koran, the Founder of the Global Arena Research Institute. Enjoy subscribe and s

The Metaverse with Claudia May Del Pozo

May 16 2023 30 mins

All there is to know about the metaverse with Claudia May del Pozo, Executive Director of the Eon Resilience Lab, under C Minds, a women-led action tank that works at the intersection of digitalization, new technologies, and society with a strong focus on Latin America. We’re going to be chatting about the metaverse.monopoly on metaverse? or utopian version built on blockchain?wh

The Progress of AI: AI Index Report 2023 with Nestor Maslej, Stanford HAI

Apr 24 2023 39 mins

Today’s guest is Stanford Institute of Human Centered AI’s Nestor Maslej here to chat about this year’s AI Index Report - this is the second time we’re here together and I’d highly recommend listening to last year’s episode with Nestor on the 2022 Report. What are the trends, opportunities and challenges in AI from this last year?AI is being used to tangibly increase sc

Chat GPT, Destination Earth & progress of science with Peter Bauer of ECMWF

Apr 13 2023 49 mins

We chat today about chat GPT, Destination Earth as well as the changing approach to discovery and the advancement of science and technology. Enjoy, subscribe and share!Destination Earth (DestinE), is an ambitious initiative to create a digital twin – an interactive computer simulation – of our planet to empower climate change adaptation and to prevent environmental degradation.

This world isn’t for Europe: Chinese reforms and global decoupling - the Last Week on Earth

Mar 21 2023 24 mins

We’re excited to launch a new series of shorter podcast episodes where we give you a deeper look into what is happening right now globally and regionally and GARI’s insights into it. GARI’s digital twin of the globalised world enables us to do complex analyses and have valuable insight into topics we deal with. Today we delve into the changing landscape of global interconnect