Mar 18, 2021
The internet has changed our lives, mostly for the better. But
there is a flip side. Jonathan Haidt joins Vasant Dhar in episode 8 of Brave New World to
describe how social media is a threat to democracy and public
discourse -- and to the mental health of a generation.
Useful resources:
1. The
Righteous Mind: Why Good...
Mar 4, 2021
Trying to build artificial intelligence can teach us so much about intelligence itself. AI pioneer Yann LeCun, a winner of the Turing Award, joins Vasant Dhar in episode 7 of Brave New World to discuss how the field of AI has evolved and where it is heading. Points of discussion: How machines that perceive the...