Ramez Naam on cognitive prostheses, the infinite resource, AI and human rights, and mass empowerment of humanity (HAI Ep50)

by shan | Jul 15, 2026 | Podcast

“We’ve continually created technologies that extend our ability to remember, to communicate, and to think. Writing is probably the very first of these cognitive prostheses.” –Ramez Naam About Ramez Naam Ramez Naam is an author, investor, and speaker....

Nina Begus on artificial humanities, AI archetypes, limiting and productive metaphors, and human extension (HAI Ep38)

by shan | Apr 1, 2026 | Podcast

“Fiction has this unprecedented power in tech spaces. The more I started talking to engineers about their technical problems, the more I realized there’s so much more that humanities could offer.” –Nina Begus About Nina Begus Nina Begus is a...

Pat Pataranutaporn on human flourishing with AI, augmenting reasoning, enhancing motivation, and benchmarking human-AI interaction (AC Ep82)

by shan | Mar 26, 2025 | Podcast

“We should not make technology so that we can be stupid. We should make technology so we can be even smarter… not just make the machine more intelligent, but enhance the overall intelligence—especially human intelligence.” –Pat Pataranutaporn About Pat Pataranutaporn...