Podcast · 266 episodes
Eye On A.I., page 2
by Craig S. Smith · English
Eye on A.I. is a biweekly podcast, hosted by longtime New York Times correspondent Craig S. Smith. In each episode, Craig will talk to people making a difference in artificial intelligence. The podcast aims to put incremental advances into a broader context and consider the global implications of the developing technology. AI is about to change your world, so pay attention.
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How Modern Science Got Consciousness Wrong From the Start | Philip GoffPhilip Goff argues that modern science’s approach to consciousness began with a foundational mistake by Galileo: pushing consciousness (qualia like redness and the “what-it’s-like” character of…29 Jun 2026 · 1 h 1 min · 22 chapters
AI Is Reading 15 Million X-Rays a Year With No Human in the Loop | Prashant Warier, Qure.aiQure.ai’s Prashant Warier explains how AI is used in radiology and diagnostic workflows, including a fully autonomous TB screening system, and discusses evidence, deployment, and future “AI-first”…20 Jun 2026 · 42 min · 18 chapters
Only 12% of Companies Generate Value From AI. Here's What They're Doing | Sanjeev Vohra, GenpactGenpact’s “Autonomy by Design” research on why only 12% of enterprises generate business value from AI, and what it takes to scale AI into production workflows—especially with agentic AI.18 Jun 2026 · 59 min · 27 chapters
India Is Becoming an Architect of the Global AI Order | Ivana Bartoletti of WiproIndia’s shift from AI talent exporter and IT services provider to “architect of the global AI order,” emphasizing responsible, inclusive AI and a “techno-legal” approach to trust.16 Jun 2026 · 56 min · 23 chapters
The New BRAIN Of the Enterprise | Ryan GavinThe episode argues that enterprise AI is shifting from “assistants” to agentic workforces orchestrated through Slack.13 Jun 2026 · 53 min · 27 chapters
AI Is Already Resolving 90% of Customer Service Tickets - and It's Getting Smarter | Shashi Upadhyay, ZendeskZendesk’s agentic AI for customer service, including its claim that AI can resolve 90% of tickets and improve over time via a “resolution learning loop.” Shashi Upadhyay argues service will shift…12 Jun 2026 · 57 min · 28 chapters
Every Enterprise Is About to Have a 100,000 Agent Problem | Oren Michaels of Barndoor AIThe “100,000 agent problem” in enterprises—when many AI agents act autonomously on behalf of employees, trust/governance becomes the bottleneck.6 Jun 2026 · 1 h · 26 chapters
More Customers Chose the AI Agent Than Anyone Expected | Tom Chen, AircallAircall’s Tom Chen discusses why AI voice agents are accelerating adoption, how they fit alongside human agents, and what Aircall’s “assistance technology” does for sales/support teams.4 Jun 2026 · 57 min · 15 chapters
Why the Future of AI Isn't Just Bigger Models. It's Models That Evolve | Risto Miikkulainen of CognizantEvolutionary AI and neuroevolution as the “future of AI” for creativity and surprising solutions—contrasted with today’s gradient-descent and reinforcement-learning approaches.2 Jun 2026 · 1 h 4 min · 29 chapters
How AI Is Reinventing Elder Care | Chia-Lin Simmons of LogicMarkHow LogicMark uses AI and connected sensing to help seniors age at home longer—especially by improving fall detection (reducing false positives) and adding predictive analytics for events like falls,…1 Jun 2026 · 53 min · 18 chapters
The App of the Future Is Voice — Not a Screen. Mitel's CTO Luiz Domingos Explains Why.How enterprises should modernize to adopt AI in communications—shifting from AI “strategy decks” to operational, workflow-embedded AI—plus why voice is becoming the natural AI interface.28 May 2026 · 55 min · 25 chapters
Is ChatGPT Conscious? A Pioneer of AI Explains | Dr. Terry SejnowskiWhether ChatGPT/LLMs are conscious or “understand” language; what’s missing for sentience; and nature-inspired directions for generative AI and future “agents.”28 May 2026 · 57 min · 17 chapters
Your Child's Data Profile Starts Before They're Born | Eamonn Maguire of ProtonHow children’s “data profiles” can be created before birth through adtech and data brokers, and how Proton’s “Born Private” aims to start a privacy journey by anchoring families to a private email…28 May 2026 · 56 min · 26 chapters
Training AI Models Without a Billion-Dollar Data Center | Steffen Cruz of MacrocosmosSteffen Kruse (Macrocosmos) explains how to train large language models without centralized “billion-dollar” GPU data centers, using BitTensor’s blockchain as a coordination/reward layer and…25 May 2026 · 47 min · 16 chapters
The Single Biggest Barrier to AI Adoption Isn't the Technology — It's This | Errol Gardner of EYEY’s Errol Gardner argues the biggest barrier to AI (especially agentic AI) adoption in enterprises is not the technology but people: leadership, sponsors, middle managers, workers, and workforce…22 May 2026 · 55 min · 22 chapters
Oliver Dial of IBM: Quantum Advantage Is Happening This YearIBM physicist Oliver Dial explains IBM’s quantum roadmap, why “quantum utility” (classically hard-to-simulate quantum computation) was reached in 2023, and why IBM expects “quantum advantage” in…19 May 2026 · 51 min · 19 chapters
Why Agentic-First Startups Won't Disrupt Enterprises as Fast as Everyone Thinks | Kris LovejoyWhy “agentic-first” startups will not disrupt enterprise IT as fast as expected, due to scaling, security, compliance, reliability, and the need for modernization foundations.15 May 2026 · 57 min · 30 chapters
Loris Degioanni: Why AI Is Breaking Cybersecurity, and What Comes NextHow AI is accelerating cyberattacks (finding vulnerabilities and weaponizing them faster), and why defenders must shift from human-paced, UI-driven security to “headless,” API-first, agent-driven…6 May 2026 · 51 min · 18 chapters
#342 Andrew Thangaraj: The $5,000 IIT Degree: Can India Fix Its Broken Education System?Andrew Thangaraj (IIT Madras) argues India’s education system is broken because too few students reach elite engineering colleges and the system is knowledge-heavy but skill-light.1 May 2026 · 49 min · 22 chapters
#341 Celia Merzbacher: Beyond the Buzzword: The Real State of Quantum Computing, Sensing, and AI in 2025QEDC’s 2025 view of the quantum industry—market size/growth, where revenue comes from, practical timelines, and how quantum computing, quantum sensing, and AI intersect (with policy/workforce…30 Apr 2026 · 45 min · 17 chapters
#340 Steffen Cruz: Training AI Without Data CentresSteffen Cruz explains Macrocosmos and its BitTensor-based project IOTA (incentivized orchestrated trading architecture) for training large language models without centralized data centers.29 Apr 2026 · 46 min · 22 chapters
#339 Eamonn Maguire: Your Child Has a Data Profile Before They're BornEamonn Maguire discusses how data profiling starts before birth and how Proton’s “Born Private” aims to reduce that by anchoring family communications in privacy-preserving email.28 Apr 2026 · 46 min · 17 chapters
#338 Amith Singhee: Can India Catch Up in AI? IBM's Amith Singhee on What It Will TakeWhy India has been slow to adopt AI and whether it can catch up; IBM’s enterprise-focused AI research in hybrid cloud, generative AI, agentic middleware, and continual learning.24 Apr 2026 · 47 min · 25 chapters
#337 Debdas Sen: Why AI Without ROI Will Die (Again)Debdas Sen (TCG Digital) argues that “AI without ROI will die again,” and explains how his company builds agentic AI for enterprise business value.23 Apr 2026 · 51 min · 23 chapters