SHIFT

Dec 10 2024 69 ep. 20 mins 45
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Hosted by Jennifer Strong, SHIFT is a weekly podcast taking a closer look at the far-reaching impact of automation on our daily lives.

From policy to process, we seek to understand how lives are changing alongside rapid breakthroughs in frontier technologies and artificial intelligence. Join us as we navigate the challenges and opportunities presented by this reshaped reality.

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Automating Appeals

Dec 10 2024 10 mins  
Appealing a decision by a health insurance provider not to cover a treatment can be a complicated and time consuming process. But what if it didn’t have to be? We meet a founder working to automate the appeals process. We meet: Fight Health Insurance Founder Holden Karau Credits: This episode of SHIFT was produced by Jennifer Strong with help from Emma Cillekens. It was

Building Public AI

Dec 03 2024 17 mins  
We take for granted access to certain services even when the commercial value and the societal value don’t align - like the ability to mail a letter anywhere in the US. In the latest installment of our oral history project, we explore how things like this might work in the age of AI. We meet: Mozilla Technical Lead for AI Governance Nik Marda Credits: This episode of SHIF

Geography is Everything

Nov 26 2024 18 mins  
From deciding where to build a new business, airport or fire station, to understanding the potential impact of decisions regarding conservation or governance, people make billions of maps everyday using GIS. We explore the history and evolution of this tech with one of its pioneers, in the latest installment of our oral history project. We Meet: Esri Founder & President Jac

(AI)nvesting

Nov 19 2024 27 mins  
AI startups dominate the funding landscape, from mega deals like xAI, to more modest investments. But how do venture capitalists see this market evolving? This episode was taped before a live audience at Web Summit 2024. We meet: Khosla Ventures Partner Kanu Gulati Mangusta Capital Co-Founder & Managing Partner Kevin Jiang Faber Ventures Partner Carlos Silva Clone Fou

Digital Citizens or Digital Subjects?

Nov 12 2024 31 mins  
Frank McCourt is an American executive and philanthropist. He’s also the author of a new book about the internet, called “Our Biggest Fight: Reclaiming Liberty, Humanity, and Dignity in the Digital Age”. We talk to him about that fight before a live audience in New York City at a gathering held by the responsible technology non-profit, All Tech Is Human. We Meet: Frank H. M

Architect of the EU AI Act Expresses Concerns

Nov 05 2024 17 mins  
EU AI Act architect and lead author Gabriele Mazzini shares his experience drafting the law. He also talks about his concerns with implementation, and its potential impact on European competitiveness, and how that led him to quit his job, in the latest installment of our oral history project. This episode was recorded at TEDAI in Vienna. We Meet: MIT Media Lab Research Affilia

Encore: The New Luddites

Oct 29 2024 25 mins  
Activists are fighting back against generative AI and reclaiming a misunderstood label in the process, says Brian Merchant in a new piece for The Atlantic. Originally aired February 14, 2024. We Meet: Tech Journalist & Author Brian Merchant Credits: This episode of SHIFT was produced by Jennifer Strong and Emma Cillekens, and it was mixed by Garret Lang, with original

The Race to Superintelligence

Oct 22 2024 21 mins  
This is the final installment of a special series documenting the race to build superintelligent AI systems. The Race to Superintelligence is a deep dive into the rapidly expanding world of artificial intelligence. Join us as we explore the groundbreaking, mystifying and world-changing potential of the next machine age. Support for this program comes from The Pulitzer Center’s

The Race to Superintelligence

Oct 16 2024 18 mins  
This is part two of a special series documenting the race to build superintelligent AI systems. The Race to Superintelligence is a deep dive into the rapidly expanding world of artificial intelligence. Join us as we explore the groundbreaking, mystifying and world-changing potential of the next machine age. Support for this program comes from The Pulitzer Center’s AI Accountab

The Race to Superintelligence

Oct 08 2024 18 mins  
The Race to Superintelligence is a deep dive into the rapidly expanding world of artificial intelligence. Join us as we explore the groundbreaking, mystifying and world-changing potential of the next machine age. Support for this program comes from The Pulitzer Center’s AI Accountability Network, supporting and bringing together journalists reporting on AI, and with AI, globall