Best Neural Nets Podcasts (2025)

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336 | Anil Ananthaswamy on the Mathematics of Neural Nets and AI 1:14:11

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Machine learning using neural networks has led to a remarkable leap forward in artificial intelligence, and the technological and social ramifications have been discussed at great length. To understand the origin and nature of this progress, it is useful to dig at least a little bit into the mathematical and algorithmic structures underlying these …

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337 | Kevin Zollman on Game Theory, Signals, and Meaning 1:17:37

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Game theory is a way of quantitatively describing what happens any time one thing interacts with another thing, when both things have goals and potential rewards. That's a pretty broad class of interesting events, so it is unsurprising that game theory is a useful way of thinking about everything from international relations to the evolution of pea…

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Arc 3: Sitri Center – Episode 9: Override 25:06

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Override: Episode Summary Tessa and Meg uncover a place designed to convert pleasure into data and consciousness into code. They can’t tell if it’s a factory, a temple, or both. Oona has already begun rewiring them for obedience, and the deeper system demands total surrender. The only way out is through – their own selves. Cast & Crew Written & Pro…

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Can executives balance AI innovation with societal responsibility with Lord Clement-Jones 27:26

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As artificial intelligence continues to redefine industries, the question isn’t just what we can build, but what we should. In a world of accelerating automation and algorithmic decision-making, can leaders harness innovation without losing public trust? In this episode of Tech Tomorrow, David Elliman speaks with Lord Clement-Jones, Liberal Democra…

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Arc 3: Sitri Center – Episode 8: Artifact 24:00

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ARTIFACT: Episode Summary Meg Aerin and Tessa Finn are trapped in a neuroscience institute designed to break them – and it’s working. They recruit Oona Reyes, a prisoner with rare cognitive abilities, to infiltrate the institute’s deepest chambers. What begins as an escape plan spirals into a ritualistic exploration of ancient mythology woven into …

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AMA | November 2025 3:34:18

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Welcome to the November 2025 Ask Me Anything episode of Mindscape! These monthly excursions are funded by Patreon supporters (who are also the ones asking the questions). We take questions asked by Patreons, whittle them down to a more manageable number -- based primarily on whether I have anything interesting to say about them, not whether the que…

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Will AI and digital twins make animal testing in drug discovery obsolete with Professor Julie Frearson 23:32

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AI and digital twins are redrawing the boundaries of drug discovery. Once defined by lab benches, animal studies, and years of trial and error, the field is now embracing virtual methodologies that promise faster, safer, and more precise innovation. But could these technologies ever make animal testing obsolete? In this episode of Tech Tomorrow, Da…

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335 | Andrew Jaffe on Models, Probability, and the Universe 1:17:38

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Science has an incredibly impressive track record of uncovering nonintuitive ideas about the universe that turn out to be surprisingly accurate. It can be tempting to think of scientific discoveries as being carefully constructed atop a rock-solid foundation. In reality, scientific progress is tentative and fallible. Scientists propose models, assi…

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334 | Daniel Whiteson on the Physics of and by Aliens 1:14:21

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The universe as revealed by physics is objective: it's out there, existing and behaving in ways that are completely independent of human thought. But the process by which we learn about the universe, and the language with which we talk about it, is extremely human-dependent. Does that mean that aliens would do science differently, and even think di…

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Arc 3: Sitri Center – Episode 7: Tether 24:38

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Episode Summary In “Tether”, the boundaries between discipline, devotion, and discovery blur beyond recognition inside the Sitri Institute. What begins as a study of synchronized dreaming becomes an experiment in control. Meg and Tessa are drawn into the same patterns they once observed, repeating phrases that echo through the walls like incantatio…

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Will the next biotech breakthrough be digital before it’s biological with Bibi Ephraim 27:44

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AI is transforming biotechnology from the inside out. What was once a world of petri dishes and pipettes is now increasingly powered by algorithms, models, and digital twins. But as machine learning accelerates drug discovery and reshapes clinical trials, how far can we go before biology itself becomes the follower, not the leader? In this episode …

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333 | Gordon Pennycook on Unthinkingness, Conspiracies, and What to Do About Them 1:10:20

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Why are people wrong all the time, anyway? Is it because we human beings are too good at being irrational, using our biases and motivated reasoning to convince ourselves of something that isn't quite accurate? Or is it something different -- unmotivated reasoning, or "unthinkingness," an unwillingness to do the cognitive work that most of us are ac…

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Arc 3: Sitri Center – Episode 6: Descendent 23:00

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Episode Summary Inside the Sitri Institute, the illusion of control collapses. “Descendent” follows Meg and Tessa as they uncover the Institute’s buried architecture: corridors mapped to ancient cities, rituals replaying through dream loops, and coded panels that speak in tongues older than science. The deeper they trace Lyra’s recordings, the more…

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Beyond Accuracy: Evaluating the learned representations of Generative AI models | Aida Nematzadeh 53:17

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Dr. Aida Nematzadeh is a Senior Staff Research Scientist at Google DeepMind where her research focused on multimodal AI models. She works on developing evaluation methods and analyze model’s learning abilities to detect failure modes and guide improvements. Before joining DeepMind, she was a postdoctoral researcher at UC Berkeley and completed her …

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332 | Dmitri Tymoczko on the Mathematics Behind Music 1:21:11

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Music is math that you can dance to. The fact that certain notes sound good when played together, or in succession, is related to the mathematical properties of the frequencies to which they correspond, an idea that goes back as far as Pythagoras himself. These days we have a much more intricate understanding of these relationships and how to manip…

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Is net zero even possible without open data with Gavin Starks 28:18

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The UK’s 2025 Data Act marks a turning point in how data is shared and governed. Just as common standards in telecoms and banking unlocked innovation, trusted data could be the key to credible climate action. But with carbon reporting fragmented and confidence in the numbers low, can open data really help us reach net zero? In this episode of Tech …

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AMA | October 2025 3:37:18

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Welcome to the October 2025 Ask Me Anything episode of Mindscape! These monthly excursions are funded by Patreon supporters (who are also the ones asking the questions). We take questions asked by Patreons, whittle them down to a more manageable number -- based primarily on whether I have anything interesting to say about them, not whether the ques…

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Arc 3: Sitri Center – Episode 5: Cusp 22:04

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Plot Outline Cusp explores the space between, where Lyra Crosswell’s obsession with liminal architecture becomes a recurring nightmare she cannot escape. In the observation chamber, Elle has been transformed into something bright and compliant, her intelligence stripped away by weeks of alignment. Dr. Meg Aerin and Dr. Tessa Finn monitor Lyra’s dre…

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331 | Solo: Fine-Tuning, God, and the Multiverse 1:54:45

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Certain features of our universe seem unnatural to us. These include "constants of nature" such as the cosmological constant and the mass of the Higgs boson, as well as features of the initial conditions like the curvature of space and the initial entropy. But they can't truly be "unnatural" -- they are literally features of Nature itself. Some hav…

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Is the global food crisis a problem that only tech can solve with Illtud Dunsford 30:16

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According to the United Nations, the world’s population is projected to exceed 9.5 billion by 2050, placing unprecedented strain on our food systems. Climate change, land scarcity, and rising demand for protein mean that traditional agriculture alone may no longer be enough. Could cultivated meat and other food technologies provide the answer? In t…

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330 | Petter Törnberg on the Dynamics of (Mis)Information 1:12:01

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A characteristic of complex systems is that individual components combine to exhibit large-scale emergent behavior even when the components were not specifically designed for any particular purpose within the collective. Sometimes those individual components are us -- people interacting within societies or online communities. Studying the dynamics …

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336 | Anil Ananthaswamy on the Mathematics of Neural Nets and AI 1:14:11

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337 | Kevin Zollman on Game Theory, Signals, and Meaning 1:17:37

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Arc 3: Sitri Center – Episode 9: Override 25:06

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Can executives balance AI innovation with societal responsibility with Lord Clement-Jones 27:26

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Arc 3: Sitri Center – Episode 8: Artifact 24:00

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AMA | November 2025 3:34:18

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Will AI and digital twins make animal testing in drug discovery obsolete with Professor Julie Frearson 23:32

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335 | Andrew Jaffe on Models, Probability, and the Universe 1:17:38

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334 | Daniel Whiteson on the Physics of and by Aliens 1:14:21

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Arc 3: Sitri Center – Episode 7: Tether 24:38

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Will the next biotech breakthrough be digital before it’s biological with Bibi Ephraim 27:44

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333 | Gordon Pennycook on Unthinkingness, Conspiracies, and What to Do About Them 1:10:20

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Arc 3: Sitri Center – Episode 6: Descendent 23:00

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Beyond Accuracy: Evaluating the learned representations of Generative AI models | Aida Nematzadeh 53:17

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332 | Dmitri Tymoczko on the Mathematics Behind Music 1:21:11

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Is net zero even possible without open data with Gavin Starks 28:18

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AMA | October 2025 3:37:18

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Arc 3: Sitri Center – Episode 5: Cusp 22:04

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331 | Solo: Fine-Tuning, God, and the Multiverse 1:54:45

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Is the global food crisis a problem that only tech can solve with Illtud Dunsford 30:16

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330 | Petter Törnberg on the Dynamics of (Mis)Information 1:12:01