Artificial Intelligence

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Damilola Ogunbiyi: AI, Energy Access and the Digital Divide

More than a billion people in the world live in energy poverty, with little or no access to electricity. Can AI help…

9 May

1,737

The AI Con: A Conversation with Dr. Alex Hanna and Dr. Emily Bender

Has AI hype gone too far? Are companies and their executives hyping up artificial intelligence to drive up their profits…

5 May

1,085

Arun Majumdar: AI, Energy and Education

Arun Majumdar is the inaugural Dean of the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability at Stanford University and previously served as Founding Director of…

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28 April

1,095

Jensen Huang: The Power of Intelligence Infrastructure

Thirty-two years after Jensen Huang founded NVIDIA, the company is at the center of the AI revolution and the third-most valuable…

25 April

1,690

What the US Needs to Do to Better Prepare for What’s to Come with AI

The last several administrations have faced an exponentially increasing need to grapple with the issue of artificial intelligence. But how…

24 April

367

Taylor Sparks and Colin McCormick: AI for Materials Innovation Part 2

Can AI help discover new materials, leading to dramatic breakthroughs in clean energy technologies? In Episode #1 of our deep…

21 April

399

Taylor Sparks and Colin McCormick: AI for Materials Innovation Part 1

What could make dramatic, transformational changes in the fight against climate change? One answer — breakthroughs in the materials sciences…

14 April

1,674

What the Trump Administration Gets Right about AI Policy

There’s a lot to criticize about US AI policy, but what has the administration been getting right? Senior VP of…

14 April

303

Laura Cozzi: IEA’s Energy and AI Report

On April 10, the International Energy Agency released a major report on energy and AI. The report explores topics including electricity…

7 April

Minnah Stein

282

Alp Kucukelbir: AI in Industry, Education, and More

Alp Kucukelbir serves as Chief Scientist at Fero Labs, teaches two courses on AI and climate change at Columbia University, and wrote…

4 April

1,656

The AI Competition: Public Policy Strategies: Part 2

Welcome to part 2 of our special event, “The AI Competition: Public Policy Strategies”. The event, co-hosted by MIT Technology…

3 April

304

Chris James Part 2: AI, Power Supplies and Innovation

Join host David Sandalow and Chris James, CEO and Founder of Engine No. 1, as they discuss how to supply…

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31 March

299

Chris James Part 1: AI Power Demand

What forces are shaping the explosive growth in demand for electric power for AI? Do revenue projections for AI justify…

28 March

1,656

The AI Competition: Public Policy Strategies: Part 1

Welcome to a very different episode of Siliconsciousness. Today, we are taking a creative new approach to discussing the future…

21 March

1,668

Surveying the AI Investment Landscape

AI development has increased rapidly in the last year in large part due to increasing investments from the private sector.…

14 March

1,594

Can the US Maintain Its Edge in AI?

Both the Biden and Trump administrations have focused on keeping the US’s competitive edge in AI. But can we really…

4 March

1,584

Introducing a Bold New Idea: AI Realism

It’s time to get real about AI. The conversations around artificial intelligence and AGI is rife with both hype and…

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19 February

1,559

MIT Nobel Prize-Winner Daron Acemoglu on AI, Growth, Jobs & Inequality

Is artificial intelligence going to put us all out of work? There have been a range of predictions about the…

14 February

1,539

Rethinking the Way We Think About How We Think

To take AI to the next level, do we need to rethink the way we think about how we think?…

3 February