Ep 109 - Mordecai Kurz: Technology And Democracy
Mordecai Kurz joins host Vasant Dhar to discuss how policy, technology, and culture concentrated corporate power, leading to the decline of democracy. Useful Resources: 1. Mordecai Kurz2. Private Po...
11 Sep 50min
Ep 108: Prashanth Chandrasekar: Community and the AI Pivot
Prashanth Chandrasekar, CEO of Stack Overflow, joins Vasant Dhar to discuss the company's pivot to reinvent the platform and the way forward in an AI-native world. Useful Resources: 1. Prashanth Cha...
14 Aug 1h 3min
Ep 106: Luca Turin On Decoding Smell
Smell is the most mysterious of our senses and we've been getting it wrong. Biophysicist Luca Turin joins Vasant Dhar to reveal why and how our noses detect vibrations and what that could mean for dis...
11 Jun 1h 16min
Ep 105: Nicholas Christakis on The Impacts of Machines on Human Groups
Your networks shape you more than you know. Nicholas Christakis joins Vasant Dhar to reveal how machines inserted into human groups quietly rewire the way people cooperate, coordinate, and trust — and...
14 Mai 1h 8min
Ep 104: Leslie Kay on Smell, Memory and the Brain
Your nose knows more than you think. Professor Leslie M. Kay joins Vasant Dhar to reveal how smell is wired directly into the brain's emotional core — and how every breath you take is quietly synchron...
9 Apr 1h 14min
EP 103: Léon Bottou on Fiction Machines and the Limits of AI Alignment
What separates fluency from understanding? Léon Bottou joins Vasant Dhar in Episode 103, Brave New World, to explore the deep question at the heart of AI. Useful Resources: 1. Léon Bottou2. Léon Bott...
12 Mar 1h 27min
Ep 103: Jayant Sinha on AI Governance In A Fragmented World
AI is reshaping national power and governance. Drawing on India's digital public infrastructure, Jayant Sinha and Vasant Dhar discuss innovation and sovereignty over compute, data consent and privacy ...
12 Feb 1h 10min
