What it's like to find your birth parent | Am I Normal? with Mona Chalabi
In Britain, one-fourth of people who were adopted make contact with their birth parents before they turn 18. In this episode of Am I Normal? with Mona Chalabi, another podcast from the TED Audio Colle...
25 Dec 202321min
How to keep AI under control | Max Tegmark
The current explosion of exciting commercial and open-source AI is likely to be followed, within a few years, by creepily superintelligent AI – which top researchers and experts fear could disempower ...
22 Dec 202310min
Why businesses need a dreamer's magic and a doer's realism | Beth Viner
At work, the dreamers often get credit for the big ideas, but they can also sometimes seem untethered to reality to the doers, who are trying to ... get things done. It's when these two types of human...
21 Dec 202311min
When AI can fake reality, who can you trust? | Sam Gregory
We're fast approaching a world where widespread, hyper-realistic deepfakes lead us to dismiss reality, says technologist and human rights advocate Sam Gregory. What happens to democracy when we can't ...
20 Dec 202312min
My mission to change the narrative of mental health | Glenn Close
Legendary actor and mental health advocate Glenn Close is on a quest to change how we think about mental health, starting with her decision to speak out about her own family's struggles — a brave choi...
19 Dec 202311min
Why AI will spark exponential economic growth | Cathie Wood
Investor Cathie Wood explores this unique moment in technology, which she sees as being marked by the simultaneous evolution of five pivotal innovation platforms — a scenario unparalleled in history. ...
18 Dec 202313min
What happens as we die? | Kathryn Mannix
Have we lost the practical wisdom of what happens as people die? With lessons from a career witnessing thousands of people's final breaths, palliative care expert Kathryn Mannix urges us to demystify ...
16 Dec 202315min
How to build a global pro-democracy movement | Yordanos Eyoel
"Democracy is the most compelling vision we have for self-governance," says freedom advocate Yordanos Eyoel. Taking a stand against predatory and opportunist authoritarian forces, she shares how to re...
15 Dec 202313min
