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Beyond the Prompt dives deep into the world of AI and its expanding impact on business and daily work. Hosted by Jeremy Utley of Stanford's d.school, alongside Henrik Werdelin, an entrepreneur known for starting BarkBox, prehype and other startups, each episode features conversations with innovators and leaders to uncover pragmatic stories of how organizations leverage AI to accelerate success. Learn creative strategies and actionable tactics you can apply right away as AI capabilities advan ...
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This is the Microwave Extravaganza Podcast, a podcast of variety. Hardcore political debates, ridiculous fictional stories, musical interviews, fitness talk, and some much more. Tends to be unscripted, but is always a good way to end the day. Enjoy.
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“It’s really important that we’re not ceding everything to AI and that we continue to add value ourselves in that collaboration.” – Claire Mason About Claire Mason Claire Mason is Principal Research Scientist at Australia’s government research agency CSIRO, where she leads the Technology and Work team and the Skills project within the organization’…
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Join us as we chat with Shir, the engineering lead of Notion AI, about her journey into AI, from her early fascination with Apple's speech-to-text technology to her impactful contributions at Google and Waymo. Shir shares insights into her current role at Notion, the innovative AI projects she's leading, and the unique culture of experimentation an…
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“If you read 1,000 papers and build a powerful representation, humans can interrogate, mine, ask questions, and even get the system to generate new hypotheses.” – Markus Buehler About Markus Buehler Markus Buehler is Jerry McAfee (1940) Professor in Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Principal Investigator of MIT’s Labor…
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“So my overall interest in technology in general, not just AI, is how it supports human potential. And so for me, that’s defined as people being healthy, happy, and really able to fulfill their purpose and potential.” – Nichol Bradford About Nichol Bradford Nichol Bradford is Executive-in-Residence for AI + Human Enablement at The Society for Human…
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“To use AI for omni-beneficial output, we need to bring to it our best qualities, which are beyond intelligence; it is wisdom.” – George Pór About George Pór George Pór has been researching, teaching, and consulting in the arts and sciences of emergent collective intelligence since 1987, when he was introduced to the ideas by his mentor Doug Engelb…
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Steven Johnson on NotebookLM: Revolutionizing Writing and Research Steven Johnson, author of 14 books on the history of science and technology, discusses Google’s new writing and research tool, NotebookLM. He elaborates on how walking influences creativity, the importance of play in innovation, and shares insights into using AI for augmenting thoug…
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“The promises are tremendous and the peril is climate, not AI. “ – Daniel Erasmus About Daniel Erasmus Daniel is the Founder and Managing Director of futures consulting firm Digital Thinking Network (DTN), CEO of AI sense-making platform Erasmus.AI, and creator of ClimateGPT. He has been applying innovative approaches to scenario planning since 199…
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“AI is going to change humanity into possibly a new species; we could call it a new form of humanity, which is different from what we have today. “ – Pedro Uria Recio About Pedro Uria Recio Pedro Uria-Recio is a highly experienced analytics and AI executive. He was until recently the Chief Analytics and AI Officer at True Corporation, Thailand’s le…
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Transforming Dreams into Reality: Juan Carlos on Documentary Filmmaking, AI, and Building an iPhone App with ChatGPT In this episode, Juan Carlos shares his extraordinary journey from being a documentary filmmaker to becoming a product leader and app developer. He discusses his transition from film school at NYU to directing notable documentaries l…
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“In collective reasoning, one of the fundamental hurdles is coming up with a shared understanding of what we’re trying to do, and where we’re trying to go. “ – Anita Williams Woolley About Anita Williams Woolley Anita Williams Woolley is the Associate Dean of Research and Professor of Organizational Behavior at Carnegie Mellon University’s Tepper S…
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“True creativity comes from humans because it stems from our unique individual experiences of life. “ – Jeremy Somers About Jeremy Somers Jeremy Somers is Founder and Director of AI-assisted creative agency NotContent.ai, and of We Are Handsome. He has extensive experience as a Creative Director, working for brands such as Asos, Canon, Mercedes-Ben…
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“If we start to think about humans plus AI, this mindset begins to shape what we are trying to create.” – Ross Dawson About Ross Dawson Ross Dawson is a futurist, keynote speaker, strategy advisor, author, and host of Amplifying Cognition podcast. He is Chairman of the Advanced Human Technologies group of companies and Founder of Humans + AI startu…
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In this insightful conversation, Kevin Kelly, co-founder and senior maverick at WIRED, explores the transformative impact of AI on society and creativity. Kelly discusses the philosophical and practical implications of AI, highlighting its potential to accelerate all other technologies and likening its impact to the Industrial Revolution's shift fr…
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“We should always remember that we are still humans. We are the ones telling the stories, deciding what we want to tell. And we are doing things for other humans; it’s the other humans who want to hear from us. For me, it’s very grounding amidst all this AI craziness to remember to come back to that relationship: me as a human talking to another hu…
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“The entire business model on which people have planned their futures is wobbling underneath them right now, and they’re going to have to hang on to that wobbly platform and find themselves a ladder somewhere.” – Tim Burrowes About Tim Burrowes Tim Burrowes is the Founder and Publisher of email-first media and marketing publication Unmade, and auth…
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In this episode, Russ Summers, who heads marketing for Quantified, shares insights into leveraging generative AI to boost productivity and creativity within sales and marketing roles. Having built a 'GP team' of custom GPTs, Russ has tripled his output, illustrating how AI can serve as virtual team members for tasks ranging from webinar content cre…
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“True intelligence is a social function. It’s about social cohesion. Intelligence happens in groups, it does not happen in individuals.” – Tim Stock About Tim Stock Tim Stock is an expert in analyzing how cultural trends and artificial intelligence intersect. He is co-founder of scenarioDNA and the co-inventor of a patented Culture Mapping methodol…
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“I cannot imagine any other way to be successful or to find satisfaction in knowing that you are doing something useful for humanity or any society. Therefore, I believe it is mandatory to take responsibility for our choices.” – Ufuk Tarhan About Ufuk Tarhan Ufuk Tarhan is a prominent futurist, economist, keynote speaker, author, and CEO of digital…
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Harnessing AI for Creativity and Efficiency with Guy Kawasaki In this episode, Guy Kawasaki, author and Chief Evangelist of Canva, discusses his journey into the world of Artificial Intelligence (AI), specifically generative AI, and its profound impact on his work and personal life. Kawasaki shares how he was introduced to generative AI and his fas…
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“Sovereignty means that I need to be in charge of my destiny and able to control my future. This involves understanding the context in which you’re operating and not allowing others to define that context for you.” – Shikoh Gitau About Shikoh Gitau Shikoh Gitau is CEO of Qhala, a digital innovation company with clients across Africa. She was previo…
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“The unique ability of AI and LLMs recently to reason over complex texts and complex data suggests that there is a future where the systems can help us humans find those pieces of information that help us be more creative, that help us make decisions, and that help us discover new perspectives.” – Tom Hope About Tom Hope Tom Hope is Assistant Profe…
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“Criticizing and blaming people, organizational culture, or the company for problems doesn’t lead you to a better place. What may lead you to a better place is to actually roll up your sleeves, connect with each other, and do something about it.” – Céline Schillinger About Céline Schillinger Céline Schillinger is Founder and CEO of We Need Social, …
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In this exciting episode, we dive into the world of AI-generated imagery with the incredibly creative Salma Aboukar, founder of CREATE. Salma shares her journey from e-commerce to becoming a pioneer in AI-driven creative production, revealing how she harnesses tools like MidJourney, Stable Diffusion, and GPT to transform product photography. Key Ta…
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“It’s less about human versus machine and what’s important, what are humans skills versus not, there are a lot of human skills, where you will not be able to retain a higher pricing power just because you are highly substitutable despite your specific human skill.” – Sangeet Paul Choudary About Sangeet Paul Choudary Sangeet Paul Choudary is the Fou…
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“Conscious Capitalism suggests that if you do good by accident, why not do good deliberately? Look at the accidents and start doing them on purpose.” – Charles Hampden-Turner About Charles Hampden-Turner Dr. Charles Hampden-Turner is a British management philosopher, business consultant, and co-founder of consulting firm Trompenaars Hampden-Turner.…
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This is really an “do not miss episode”, as we are joined by Ethan Mollick, professor at Wharton and a leading voice on how artificial intelligence is transforming entrepreneurship and education. As an "accidental AI expert," Ethan shares his unique perspective on the AI revolution and provides practical insights for harnessing its potential in bus…
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“My hope is that in the future, we are so focused on acquiring knowledge in our schools and our educational system, my hope is that we will also be focused on acquiring wisdom, if we know how to measure it and how to develop it.” – Charlene Li About Charlene Li Charlene Li is an author, speaker, advisor and coach. For the last three decades she has…
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“One of the main strengths of the current generation of large language models is the ability of their interactive nature to provide a highly competent model that people can interact with and query whatever they want.” – Philipp Schoenegger About Philipp Schoenegger Philipp Schoenegger is a researcher at London School of Economics working at the int…
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“AI has an amazing amount of limitations, horrible in a lot of things. But when you use it smartly, it becomes an important part of your team. And as an important team member, your team gets better.” – Bryan Cassady About Bryan Cassady Bryan is the founder and director of the Global Entrepreneurship Alliance, a foundation with a mission to coach or…
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