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The After On Podcast Rob Reid
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4,8 • 4 beoordelingen
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We dive deep into the science, tech, and social issues explored in the novel "After On." It's NOT necessary to be an "After On" reader to listen, learn & enjoy this podcast!
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Deep Fakes | Sam Harris and Zohaib Ahmed
Will the glittering dawn of the genai era be accompanied by a dark tsunami of pixel-perfect deep fakes? I discuss this prospect with Sam Harris, as well as the CEO of synthetic audio pioneer Resemble.ai.
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Generative AI | What’s New & What’s Next
My thoughts on what's happening in the mad world of generative AI, announcing my new home online at robreid.substack.com, and more.
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Recipes for Future Plagues | Kevin Esvelt
USAID’s new “DEEP VZN” program aims to discover new pandemic-grade viruses, then broadcast their genomes to the world, according to MIT evolutionary engineer Kevin Esvelt. He estimates that 30,000 people in dozens of countries could then easily assemble them.
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Octopus Intelligence (and more!) | Roger Hanlon
A wide-ranging discussion of cognition in octopuses & cuttlefish, plus many, many other topics with globally renowned sensory ecologist Roger Hanlon.
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A Massive Future for an Old Vaccine? | Megan Murray
Harvard epidemiologist Megan Murray tells us all about the anti-tuberculosis vaccine “BCG,” and the astonishing protection it may provide against Covid -- as well as looming future pandemics.
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Detecting Disease Outbreaks from Internet Traffic | Seth Stephens-Davidowitz
This is closely tied to a 4-hour collaboration between Sam Harris and me, which Sam is posting to his podcast's feed. I strongly recommend that episode too! But it's not "required" for you to get everything out of this fascinating conversation with Seth.
Klantrecensies
Supremely interesting science news
Having been a science fan since childhood, but having grown away for a while after university, coming upon this podcast via Ars Technica after starting to listen to a Belgian science oriented podcast was a real discovery. Rob picks all kinds of different subjects from dark matter to dna sequencing to quantum computing and many others for deep dives that are still very comprehensible to anyone who is not part of the research field itself.
Great but not made for me?
I love the idea of the show. I love the host. I love the guests. I love the topics, but I don’t get! Social Sciences graduate over here! You need to break it down a bit more. I started with episode 34, and right away I’m not sure about the significance of mutations not landing on genes. I though all DNA was in our genes. Maybe school was a little long ago :), or I might not be your target audience. You’re starting a new season, and I’ll see if I catch on.
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