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Humans in the Loop

Seb Agertoft

Humans in the Loop, hosted by Seb Agertoft, is a podcast about technology and how it's shaping our world.Beyond the doom and the hype, it's a middle way for technology discourse with deeply researched interviews featuring founders, investors, researchers, academics, artists, policymakers, philosophers, and even a Zen Master.Seb is a coach to tech company founders and leadership teams. You can find out more about his work at www.theuncommonfounder.com

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23 episodes

  1. Rogue Agents or Rogue People? | Zack Korman - Founder & CEO Embroidery 56:41
  2. What is AI actually good at? | Rohit Krishnan - Engineer, Economist, Investor & Author 59:31
  3. What Quantum Computing is Actually Good For | Scott Aaronson- Computer Scientist Complexity Theorist 1:03:29
  4. British Energy Sovereignty | Sir Dieter Helm - Leading UK Energy Economist 1:02:42
  5. Don't Be Evil. The Cost of Speaking out as a Google Insider | Claire Stapleton - Fmr Google Employee 51:03
  6. A rational take on tech | Benedict Evans - Tech Analyst & Fmr A16z Partner 1:02:07
  7. Stochastic Parrots | Emily M. Bender - Professor of Computational Linguistics 58:20
  8. The AI Bubble | Paul Kedrosky - Investor, Researcher, MIT Fellow 56:40
  9. Epstein, Conspiracy and How Ideas Spread | Investigative Journalist James R Ball 1:00:09
  10. Eric Ries | Is it even possible to build an Incorruptible company? 53:16
  11. Can you lift a country out of poverty? | Nick Allardice, CEO GiveDirectly 56:42
  12. The Chinese Tech Economy | Selina Xu - AI & China Researcher 50:30
  13. Zen Master Henry Shukman on tech & what it means to be human 47:43
  14. The Creative Process with Fuser Co-Founders Dalena Tran & Hirad Sab 43:12
  15. Mike Masnick on the decentralised internet 56:13
  16. Alex Komoroske on the hacker ethic and pro-social tech 1:00:18
  17. Kevin Kelly on Flounder Mode and Optimism 55:29
  18. The Soft Technologies of Democracy with Ed Gillespie 50:57
  19. Creative courage in big tech with Ben Lehnert, fmr design leader Microsoft and SAP 1:02:01
  20. Talking to animals with Kate Armstrong 53:53
  21. Rewiring Democracy with Godfather of Cybersecurity and public interest technologist, Bruce Schneier 57:45
  22. Granola AI Co-founder Sam Stephenson on designing for AI and Human Agency 44:51
  23. Artist founders and figuring out what AI is really for 1:04:09