Best The Social Dilemma Netflix Podcasts (2024)

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July 26: Relationship Dilemmas | Hannah Berner Talks New Netflix Comedy Special | Behind the Clothing Brand Sway Studio 35:03

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Hoda and Jenna, along with an expert, help some listeners navigate their relationship troubles. Also, Hannah Berner discusses her new Netflix comedy special, ‘Hannah Berner: We Ride at Dawn,’ which premiered at #2. Plus, hear the story behind a clothing company that’s making an impact on our planet by giving old clothes new life.…

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July 25: The Internet’s Divided | Celibacy on the Rise | Chicken with BBQ Sauce Recipe 31:54

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Jenna and Donna share their thoughts on some fun debates causing a stir on social media. Also, a closer look at the growing trend of celibacy and why some women are choosing to forgo sex to focus on themselves. Plus, chef Rodney Scott shares a delicious chicken with white BBQ sauce recipe.By NBC News

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July 24: Social Dilemmas | Tony Hale Talks ‘The Decameron’ | A Remarkable Love Story 35:26

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Hoda and Jenna give their opinions on some listeners’ tricky social situations. Also, Tony Hale talks about his role in the new series ‘The Decameron,’ where he plays a character running a 14th-century villa in disarray. Plus, the extraordinary story of how one couple fell in love twice and the heartwarming romance behind it.…

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July 23: The Celebrity Scoop | Zosia Mamet Discusses ‘The Decameron’ | Chris Whitaker Talks His Book All the Colors of the Dark 34:25

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E! News co-host Justin Sylvester dishes the latest on celebrity news and headlines. Also, Zosia Mamet discusses the new dark comedy series she’s starring in, ‘The Decameron,’ where she plays an insufferable 14th-century noblewoman. Plus, Chris Whitaker, author of All the Colors of the Dark, a Read With Jenna book club pick, talks about the inspirat…

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July 22: Mama’s Done! | Rob Delaney Talks ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ | TikTok Beauty Trends 36:13

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Hoda and Jenna read some listeners’ relatable comments on the struggles of being a mom. Also, Rob Delaney talks about starring in the highly anticipated new film ‘Deadpool & Wolverine.’ Plus, a guide to the latest TikTok beauty trends to try. And, some Olympic-style fashion to wear in honor of the Paris Games beginning this weekend.…

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Decoding Our DNA: How AI Supercharges Medical Breakthroughs and Biological Threats with Kevin Esvelt 32:47

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AI has been a powerful accelerant for biological research, rapidly opening up new frontiers in medicine and public health. But that progress can also make it easier for bad actors to manufacture new biological threats. In this episode, Tristan and Daniel sit down with biologist Kevin Esvelt to discuss why AI has been such a boon for biologists and …

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How to Think About AI Consciousness With Anil Seth 47:58

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Will AI ever start to think by itself? If it did, how would we know, and what would it mean? In this episode, Dr. Anil Seth and Aza discuss the science, ethics, and incentives of artificial consciousness. Seth is Professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience at the University of Sussex and the author of Being You: A New Science of Conscious…

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Why Are Migrants Becoming AI Test Subjects? With Petra Molnar 46:19

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Climate change, political instability, hunger. These are just some of the forces behind an unprecedented refugee crisis that’s expected to include over a billion people by 2050. In response to this growing crisis, wealthy governments like the US and the EU are employing novel AI and surveillance technologies to slow the influx of migrants at their …

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Former OpenAI Engineer William Saunders on Silence, Safety, and the Right to Warn 37:47

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This week, a group of current and former employees from OpenAI and Google DeepMind penned an open letter accusing the industry’s leading companies of prioritizing profits over safety. This comes after a spate of high profile departures from OpenAI, including co-founder Ilya Sutskever and senior researcher Jan Leike, as well as reports that OpenAI h…

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War is a Laboratory for AI with Paul Scharre 59:16

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Right now, militaries around the globe are investing heavily in the use of AI weapons and drones. From Ukraine to Gaza, weapons systems with increasing levels of autonomy are being used to kill people and destroy infrastructure and the development of fully autonomous weapons shows little signs of slowing down. What does this mean for the future of …

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AI and Jobs: How to Make AI Work With Us, Not Against Us With Daron Acemoglu 46:48

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Tech companies say that AI will lead to massive economic productivity gains. But as we know from the first digital revolution, that’s not what happened. Can we do better this time around? RECOMMENDED MEDIA Power and Progress by Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson Professor Acemoglu co-authored a bold reinterpretation of economics and history that will…

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Jonathan Haidt On How to Solve the Teen Mental Health Crisis 1:05:17

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Suicides. Self harm. Depression and anxiety. The toll of a social media-addicted, phone-based childhood has never been more stark. It can be easy for teens, parents and schools to feel like they’re trapped by it all. But in this conversation with Tristan Harris, author and social psychologist Jonathan Haidt makes the case that the conditions that l…

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Chips Are the Future of AI. They’re Also Incredibly Vulnerable. With Chris Miller 45:16

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Beneath the race to train and release more powerful AI models lies another race: a race by companies and nation-states to secure the hardware to make sure they win AI supremacy. Correction: The latest available Nvidia chip is the Hopper H100 GPU, which has 80 billion transistors. Since the first commercially available chip had four transistors, the…

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Future-proofing Democracy In the Age of AI with Audrey Tang 34:38

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What does a functioning democracy look like in the age of artificial intelligence? Could AI even be used to help a democracy flourish? Just in time for election season, Taiwan’s Minister of Digital Affairs Audrey Tang returns to the podcast to discuss healthy information ecosystems, resilience to cyberattacks, how to “prebunk” deepfakes, and more. …

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U.S. Senators Grilled Social Media CEOs. Will Anything Change? 25:06

6M ago25:06

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Was it political progress, or just political theater? The recent Senate hearing with social media CEOs led to astonishing moments — including Mark Zuckerberg’s public apology to families who lost children following social media abuse. Our panel of experts, including Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen, untangles the explosive hearing, and offers …

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Taylor Swift is Not Alone: The Deepfake Nightmare Sweeping the Internet 42:59

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Over the past year, a tsunami of apps that digitally strip the clothes off real people has hit the market. Now anyone can create fake non-consensual sexual images in just a few clicks. With cases proliferating in high schools, guest presenter Laurie Segall talks to legal scholar Mary Anne Franks about the AI-enabled rise in deep fake porn and what …

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Can Myth Teach Us Anything About the Race to Build Artificial General Intelligence? With Josh Schrei 35:50

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We usually talk about tech in terms of economics or policy, but the casual language tech leaders often use to describe AI — summoning an inanimate force with the powers of code — sounds more... magical. So, what can myth and magic teach us about the AI race? Josh Schrei, mythologist and host of The Emerald podcast, says that foundational cultural t…

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Making PLANET EARTH III with Mike Gunton & Prakash Matada | Ep. 52 1:44:37

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Planet Earth III, the world's premiere natural history documentary series, is back with its third installment, presented and narrated by Sir David Attenborough. The series represents five years of work. The eight episodes comprise 134 total shoots across 1,904 shooting days and took place in 43 countries across six continents. In this episode, I in…

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How Will AI Affect the 2024 Elections? with Renee DiResta and Carl Miller 47:15

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2024 will be the biggest election year in world history. Forty countries will hold national elections, with over two billion voters heading to the polls. In this episode of Your Undivided Attention, two experts give us a situation report on how AI will increase the risks to our elections and our democracies. Correction: Tristan says two billion peo…

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2023 Ask Us Anything 35:07

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You asked, we answered. This has been a big year in the world of tech, with the rapid proliferation of artificial intelligence, acceleration of neurotechnology, and continued ethical missteps of social media. Looking back on 2023, there are still so many questions on our minds, and we know you have a lot of questions too. So we created this episode…

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The Promise and Peril of Open Source AI with Elizabeth Seger and Jeffrey Ladish 38:44

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As AI development races forward, a fierce debate has emerged over open source AI models. So what does it mean to open-source AI? Are we opening Pandora’s box of catastrophic risks? Or is open-sourcing AI the only way we can democratize its benefits and dilute the power of big tech? Correction: When discussing the large language model Bloom, Elizabe…

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A First Step Toward AI Regulation with Tom Wheeler 35:24

9M ago35:24

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On Monday, Oct. 30, President Biden released a sweeping executive order that addresses many risks of artificial intelligence. Tom Wheeler, former chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, shares his insights on the order with Tristan and Aza and discusses what’s next in the push toward AI regulation. Clarification: When quoting Thomas Jeff…

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No One is Immune to AI Harms with Dr. Joy Buolamwini 47:46

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In this interview, Dr. Joy Buolamwini argues that algorithmic bias in AI systems poses risks to marginalized people. She challenges the assumptions of tech leaders who advocate for AI “alignment” and explains why some tech companies are hypocritical when it comes to addressing bias. Dr. Joy Buolamwini is the founder of the Algorithmic Justice Leagu…

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Mustafa Suleyman Says We Need to Contain AI. How Do We Do It? 32:04

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This is going to be the most productive decade in the history of our species, says Mustafa Suleyman, author of “The Coming Wave,” CEO of Inflection AI, and founder of Google’s DeepMind. But in order to truly reap the benefits of AI, we need to learn how to contain it. Paradoxically, part of that will mean collectively saying no to certain forms of …

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Inside the First AI Insight Forum in Washington 26:48

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Last week, Senator Chuck Schumer brought together Congress and many of the biggest names in AI for the first closed-door AI Insight Forum in Washington, D.C. Tristan and Aza were invited speakers at the event, along with Elon Musk, Satya Nadella, Sam Altman, and other leaders. In this update on Your Undivided Attention, Tristan and Aza recount how …

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Spotlight on AI: What Would It Take For This to Go Well? 43:46

11M ago43:46

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Where do the top Silicon Valley AI researchers really think AI is headed? Do they have a plan if things go wrong? In this episode, Tristan Harris and Aza Raskin reflect on the last several months of highlighting AI risk, and share their insider takes on a high-level workshop run by CHT in Silicon Valley. NOTE: Tristan refers to journalist Maria Res…

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The AI ‘Race’: China vs. the US with Jeffrey Ding and Karen Hao 45:45

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In the debate over slowing down AI, we often hear the same argument against regulation. “What about China? We can’t let China get ahead.” To dig into the nuances of this argument, Tristan and Aza speak with academic researcher Jeffrey Ding and journalist Karen Hao, who take us through what’s really happening in Chinese AI development. They address …

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Esther Perel on Artificial Intimacy 44:07

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For all the talk about AI, we rarely hear about how it will change our relationships. As we swipe to find love and consult chatbot therapists, acclaimed psychotherapist and relationship expert Esther Perel warns that there’s another harmful “AI” on the rise — Artificial Intimacy — and how it is depriving us of real connection. Tristan and Esther di…

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