The Limits of Predictive AI - Carissa Véliz with Nicholas Thompson
Can AI predict a person’s future? It’s a promise often made by sales teams, but the technology’s record is far from spotless. Even if it did achieve perfect foresight, a practically-clairvoyant AI mig...
20 Maj 48min
AI Utopia or Catastrophe? Nick Bostrom with Nicholas Thompson
Will AI destroy the world, or transform it into one of abundance? Across two books and several papers, philosopher Nick Bostrom has envisioned a range of AI futures. He joins Nicholas Thompson to disc...
13 Maj 48min
The Case for Open-Source AI - with Nicholas Thompson and Raffi Krikorian
Why does AI answer the way it does? Even as models cite their sources, the question of “why” remains one of the most confounding in the industry, with huge implications for users and builders alike. M...
6 Maj 54min
Sam Altman on Where AI Models Go Next, with Nicholas Thompson
OpenAI’s Sam Altman sits for an interview with Nicholas Thompson, CEO of The Atlantic, to discuss AI’s trustworthiness, its dangers, and its impact on young people. Altman also discusses his company’s...
29 Apr 53min
Data Centers in Space - with Nicholas Thompson and Ariel Ekblaw
AI needs data centers, and those data centers need energy and cooling. Recently, one proposal has captured the popular imagination: put data centers in space, where there’s ample solar energy and natu...
22 Apr 39min
Season 4 Trailer
Where does AI go next? And what happens to us? Join The Atlantic’s CEO Nicholas Thompson as he speaks with leaders, developers, philosophers, and more about AI’s impacts, present and future. New episo...
15 Apr 59s
The Copyright Wars - with Nicholas Thompson and Bill Gross
In this episode, The Atlantic’s CEO Nicholas Thompson speaks with serial entrepreneur and Idealab founder Bill Gross about his latest venture, ProRata, a bold attempt to create a fair exchange of valu...
26 Nov 202536min
Building Trustworthy AI - with Nicholas Thompson and Navrina Singh
What happens when AI learns faster than its makers can control? In this episode, Nicholas talks with Navrina Singh, founder and CEO of Credo AI, about how regulation could actually accelerate innovati...
19 Nov 202537min
