50. How to make learning as addictive as social media | Luis von Ahn
15 мин. 24 cек.17 июня 20240 When technologist Luis von Ahn was building the popular language-learning platform Duolingo, he faced a big problem: Could an app designed to teach you something ever compete with addictive platforms …
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49. AI is dangerous, but not for the reasons you think | Sasha Luccioni
13 мин. 14 cек.17 июня 20240 AI won't kill us all — but that doesn't make it trustworthy. Instead of getting distracted by future existential risks, AI ethics researcher Sasha Luccioni thinks we need to focus on the technology's …
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48. Can AI catch criminals at sea? | Dyhia Belhabib
14 мин. 50 cек.17 июня 20240 Can AI help catch oceanic outlaws? From drug smugglers to modern-day pirates, maritime crime fighter Dyhia Belhabib introduces Heva: an AI-powered tool that aggregates international criminal records t…
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47. The TED AI Show: AI may take jobs – but not our creativity w/ artist Claire Silver
32 мин. 22 cек.17 июня 20240 Like many new, exciting artistic technologies before it, the development of AI is begging us to ask: what counts as art? In a provocative conversation, Claire Silver, an anonymous AI collaborative art…
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46. 3 mysteries of the universe — and a new force that might explain them | Alex Keshavarzi
14 мин. 37 cек.17 июня 20240 We're still in the dark about what 95 percent of our universe is made of — and the standard model for understanding particle physics has hit a limit. What's the next step forward? Particle physicist A…
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45. How NFTs are building the internet of the future | Kayvon Tehranian
10 мин. 47 cек.17 июня 20240 In this revelatory talk, technologist Kayvon Tehranian explores why NFTs -- digital assets that represent a certificate of ownership on the internet -- are a technological breakthrough. Learn how NFTs…
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44. Why we have an emotional connection to robots | Kate Darling
12 мин. 49 cек.17 июня 20240 We're far from developing robots that feel emotions, but we already have feelings towards them, says robot ethicist Kate Darling, and an instinct like that can have consequences. Learn more about how …
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43. Inside the massive (and unregulated) world of surveillance tech | Sharon Weinberger
12 мин. 41 cек.17 июня 20240 What is a weapon in the Information Age? From microscopic "smart dust" tracking devices to DNA-tracing tech and advanced facial recognition software, journalist Sharon Weinberger leads a hair-raising …
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42. What happens when biology becomes technology? | Christina Agapakis
12 мин. 6 cек.17 июня 20240 "We've been promised a future of chrome -- but what if the future is fleshy?" asks biological designer Christina Agapakis. In this awe-inspiring talk, Agapakis details her work in synthetic biology --…
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41. Could you recover from illness ... using your own stem cells? | Nabiha Saklayen
11 мин. 38 cек.17 июня 20240 What if diseases could be treated with a patient's own cells, precisely and on demand? Biotech entrepreneur Nabiha Saklayen explains how we could harness advances in biology, machine learning and lase…
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40. An ever-evolving map of everything on Earth | Jack Dangermond
6 мин. 47 cек.17 июня 20240 What if we had a map of ... everything? Jack Dangermond, a visionary behind the geographic information system (GIS) technology used to map and analyze all kinds of complex data, walks us through the i…
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39. The race to build AI that benefits humanity | Sam Altman
68 мин. 51 cек.17 июня 20240 Will innovation in artificial intelligence drastically improve our lives, or destroy humanity as we know it? From the unintended consequences we've suffered from platforms like Facebook and YouTube to…
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38. Why don't we cover the desert with solar panels? | Dan Kwartler
6 мин. 35 cек.17 июня 20240 Stretching over roughly nine million square kilometers and with sands reaching temperatures of up to 80° Celsius, the Sahara Desert receives about 22 million terawatt hours of energy from the Sun ever…
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37. A free and fair internet benefits everyone | Priscilla Chomba-Kinywa
10 мин. 45 cек.17 июня 20240 Without the internet, how would you have coped with the pandemic -- from work and school, to maintaining your closest relationships? In the digital age, reliance on the internet is so common and seems…
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36. Visions for the future | Kai-Fu Lee and Chen Qiufan
30 мин. 25 cек.17 июня 20240 How will the rise of artificial intelligence change our world? Former head of Google China Kai-Fu Lee and science-fiction writer Chen Qiufan (aka Stanley Chan) set out to answer this question in their…
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35. The life-changing power of assistive technologies | Jane Velkovski
14 мин. 34 cек.17 июня 20240 "This chair is my legs -- this chair is my life," says accessibility champion Jane Velkovski, who uses a wheelchair after being diagnosed with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA). With clarity and poise, he…
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34. The problem of vaccine spoilage -- and a smart sensor to help | Nithya Ramanathan
6 мин. 51 cек.17 июня 20240 Refrigerators do much more than store your groceries -- they're also vital to preserving and distributing vaccines. Illustrating the realities of (and threats to) global vaccine supply chains, technol…
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33. The untapped energy source that could power the planet | Jamie C. Beard
15 мин. 54 cек.17 июня 20240 Deep beneath your feet is a molten ball of energy the same temperature as the surface of the sun -- an immense clean energy source that could power the world thousands of times over, says technologist…
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32. 6 big ethical questions about the future of AI | Genevieve Bell
16 мин. 16 cек.17 июня 20240 Artificial intelligence is all around us ... and the future will only bring more of it. How can we ensure the AI systems we build are responsible, safe and sustainable? Ethical AI expert Genevieve Bel…
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31. The promise of quantum computers | Matt Langione
13 мин. 14 cек.17 июня 20240 What if tiny microparticles could help us solve the world's biggest problems in a matter of minutes? That's the promise -- and magic -- of quantum computers, says Matt Langione. Speaking next to an ac…
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30. Listen now: WorkLife season 5
4 мин. 45 cек.17 июня 20240 WorkLife with Adam Grant is back for a fifth season! Organizational psychologist Adam Grant knows that you spend a quarter of your life at work–and in this show, he talks to some of the world’s most u…
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29. The "greenhouse-in-a-box" empowering farmers in India | Sathya Raghu Mokkapati
9 мин. 52 cек.17 июня 20240 For smallholder farmers in India, agriculture has long been an unreliable source of income -- crops that flourish one season can fail the next, thanks to heat, pests and disease. But climate risk is n…
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28. The Dark Side of Decentralization | Your Undivided Attention
50 мин. 4 cек.17 июня 20240 Today, something a little different: an episode from Your undivided Attention, another podcast in the TED Audio Collective. It's a show that explores the incredible power that technology has over our …
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27. How AI can help shatter barriers to equality | Jamila Gordon
7 мин. 12 cек.17 июня 20240 Jamila Gordon believes in the power of human connection -- and artificial intelligence -- to help people who might otherwise be left behind. Telling the story of her own path from refugee to global te…
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26. How to fix the "bugs" in the net-zero code | Lucas Joppa
11 мин. 58 cек.17 июня 20240 Lucas Joppa, Microsoft's first chief environmental officer, thinks about climate change through the lens of coding, and he says the world's current net-zero approach simply won't compute. So how do we…
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25. Your self-driving robotaxi is almost here | Aicha Evans
11 мин. 9 cек.17 июня 20240 We've been hearing about self-driving cars for years, but autonomous vehicle entrepreneur Aicha Evans thinks we need to dream more daringly. In this exciting talk, she introduces us to robotaxis: full…
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24. What happens when biology becomes technology? | Christina Agapakis
12 мин. 16 cек.17 июня 20240 "We've been promised a future of chrome -- but what if the future is fleshy?" asks biological designer Christina Agapakis. In this awe-inspiring talk, Agapakis details her work in synthetic biology --…
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23. Satya Nadella is building the future | WorkLife with Adam Grant
29 мин. 11 cек.17 июня 20240 Satya Nadella is a modern renaissance man; he’s a cricket enthusiast, poetry lover, oh, and the chairman and CEO of Microsoft with a nearly perfect approval rating on Glassdoor. Satya has led a transf…
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22. How Caracas combats propaganda | Far Flung with Saleem Reshamwala
30 мин. 12 cек.17 июня 20240 We all know that information is power; but what if you live in a country without a free press or regular access to the internet? You have to be creative, and find nimble ways to help your community st…
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21. How to predict the future w| The TED Interview
43 мин. 51 cек.17 июня 20240 Future forecaster and game designer Jane McGonigal ran a social simulation game in 2008 that had players dealing with the effects of a respiratory pandemic set to happen in the next decade. She wasn’t…
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20. Kevin Roose | How to Be a Better Human
35 мин. 20 cек.17 июня 20240 This is an episode of How to Be a Better Human, another podcast in the TED Audio Collective. To hear more episodes, follow How to Be a Better Human wherever you're listening to this. We'll be back on …
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19. Why people and AI make good business partners | Shervin Khodabandeh
16 мин. 18 cек.17 июня 20240 What happens when the data-driven capabilities of AI are combined with human creativity and ingenuity? Shining a light on the opportunities this futuristic collaboration could bring to the workplace, …
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18. NFTs, the metaverse and the future of digital art | Elizabeth Strickler
17 мин. 52 cек.17 июня 20240 In need of a brief yet illuminating lesson on the obsession with NFTs? Elizabeth Strickler breaks down the acronym and explains the fundamentals of non-fungible tokens, sharing how these digital asset…
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17. A creator-led internet, built on blockchain | Adam Mosseri
21 мин. 16 cек.17 июня 20240 As digital assets like cryptocurrency and NFTs become more mainstream, design thinker and head of Instagram Adam Mosseri believes that creators are uniquely positioned to benefit. These blockchain-ena…
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16. You shouldn't have to choose between filling your prescriptions and paying bills | Kiah Williams
15 мин. 17 cек.17 июня 20240 As prescription drug costs skyrocket in the US, thousands of people are forced to forgo lifesaving medications -- all while manufacturers and health care facilities systematically destroy perfectly go…
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15. A brain implant that turns your thoughts into text | Tom Oxley
17 мин. 51 cек.17 июня 20240 What if you could control your digital devices using just the power of thought? That's the incredible promise behind the Stentrode -- an implantable brain-computer interface that collects and wireless…
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14. 5 ethical principles for digitizing humanitarian aid | Aarathi Krishnan
18 мин. 32 cек.17 июня 20240 Over the last decade, humanitarian organizations have digitized many of their systems, from registering refugees with biometric IDs to transporting cargo via drones. This has helped deliver aid around…
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13. The future of machines that move like animals | Robert Katzschmann
10 мин. 10 cек.17 июня 20240 Imagine a boat that propels by moving its "tail" from side to side, just like a fish. That's the kind of machine that TED Fellow Robert Katzschmann's lab builds: soft-bodied robots that imitate natura…
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12. An alternative to the Silicon Valley unicorn | Your Undivided Attention
51 мин. 52 cек.17 июня 20240 What’s the alternative to the Silicon Valley unicorn? In this episode of the podcast Your Undivided Attention, co-hosts Tristan Harris and Aza Raskin talk with Mara Zepeda and Kate “Sassy” Sassoon of …
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11. How we could solve the dark matter mystery | Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
16 мин. 37 cек.17 июня 20240 The universe that we know, with its luminous stars and orbiting planets, is largely made up of elements we can't actually see -- like dark energy and dark matter -- and therefore don't fully understan…
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10. Where on Earth will people live in the future? | Parag Khanna
20 мин. 53 cек.17 июня 20240 From the return of nomadic living to a climate-disrupted world, author and global strategist Parag Khanna has some predictions for humanity. Get a fascinating glimpse at the future as he tackles an ur…
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9. The rebel radio that brought down a war criminal | Diana Sierra Becerra
10 мин. 20 cек.17 июня 20240 Since the 1800s, a handful of oligarchs had controlled nearly all of El Salvador's land, forcing laborers to work for almost nothing. But in 1980, farmers and urban workers formed guerrilla groups to …
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8. How to preserve your private life in the age of social media | Bryce Dallas Howard
16 мин. 13 cек.17 июня 20240 Growing up in the public eye, multi-hyphenate creator Bryce Dallas Howard experienced the familiar pressure to share her life with the world on social media. But with her mother's steadfast guidance, …
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7. Could a DAO build the next great city? | Scott Fitsimones
15 мин. 48 cек.17 июня 20240 Could DAOs, or "decentralized autonomous organizations," be the key to building the next great city? Experimental urbanist Scott Fitsimones shares how these mission-driven, blockchain-governed, collec…
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6. The awesome potential of many metaverses | Agnes Larsson
16 мин. 32 cек.17 июня 20240 In the multitude of metaverses that exist there are infinite possibilities for inclusivity and creativity. Inviting us to craft our own digital universes, Minecraft's game director Agnes Larsson share…
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5. How video game skills can get you ahead in life | William Collis
14 мин. 00 cек.17 июня 20240 What does it take to be a pro gamer? Esports expert William Collis charts the rise of the multibillion-dollar competitive gaming industry and breaks down three skills needed to master video games like…
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4. The energy Africa needs to develop -- and fight climate change | Rose M. Mutiso
13 мин. 27 cек.17 июня 20240 In this perspective-shifting talk, energy researcher Rose M. Mutiso makes the case for prioritizing Africa's needs with what's left of the world's carbon budget, to foster growth and equitably achieve…
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3. What if you could sing in your favorite musician's voice? | Holly Herndon
13 мин. 39 cек.17 июня 20240 What if you could create new music using your favorite musician's voice? Sharing her melodic gifts with the world, multidisciplinary artist Holly Herndon introduces Holly+, an AI-powered instrument th…
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2. The shift we need to stop mass surveillance | Albert Fox Cahn
10 мин. 48 cек.17 июня 20240 Mass surveillance is worse than you think, but the solutions are simpler than you realize, says lawyer, technologist and TED Fellow Albert Fox Cahn. Breaking down the crude tactics law enforcement use…
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1. A bold plan to transform access to the US social safety net | Amanda Renteria
16 мин. 49 cек.17 июня 20240 This week on TED Tech we are revisiting a talk by digital public servant Amanda Renteria. Millions of people who rely on government welfare services are often discouraged from seeking them out, frustr…
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