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TED Tech
by TED Tech · English
From the construction of virtual realities to the internet of things to the watches on our wrists—technology's influence is everywhere. Its role in our lives is evolving fast, and we're faced with riveting questions and tough challenges that sit at the intersection of technology and humanity. Listen in every Friday, with host, journalist Sherrell Dorsey, as TED speakers explore the way tech shapes how we think about society, science, design, business, and more. Follow Sherrell on Instagram @sherrell_dorsey and on LinkedIn @sherrelldorsey Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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How teach students in an increasingly-AI world | Randi Williams and Matt Wu
How to teach students in an increasingly AI world—balancing AI literacy and safe, curious use with the irreplaceable human connection in education.
13 Nov 2026 · 29m · 15 chaptersHow Community Notes reduce viral misinformation | Jay Baxter and Keith Coleman
How X’s Community Notes reduces viral misinformation by crowdsourced, transparent context-checking that’s trusted across political sides, including how it handles AI-generated images/audio and how…
6 Nov 2026 · 28m · 7 chaptersHow to make the internet fun again with Steve Huffman and Michael Sun
How to keep the internet human in the age of AI, contrasting “stage” systems that optimize attention with “city” systems built from communities; plus how individuals can recreate early-internet…
30 Oct 2026 · 29m · 11 chaptersDemocracy in the Age of AI (1/5): How AI could hack democracy | Lawrence Lessig
Lawrence Lessig argues AI could “hack democracy” by exploiting human weaknesses—especially through social-media-style attention targeting and future AI that can generate persuasive false content—so…
26 Oct 2026 · 23m · 5 chapters
Democracy in the Age of AI (2/5): When AI can fake reality, who can you trust? | Sam Gregory
Democracy and elections in the age of AI-generated deepfakes—how fake reality and “claiming it’s fake” can erode trust, and what media authenticity measures could prevent that.
26 Oct 2026 · 15m · 6 chapters
Democracy in the Age of AI (3/5): Your creative superpowers can help protect democracy | Sofia Ongele
How AI-era democracy can be protected by everyday people’s “creative superpowers,” especially coding and social media activism; also argues that making civic participation easier can counter…
26 Oct 2026 · 13m · 2 chapters
Democracy in the Age of AI (4/5): How to govern AI — even if it's hard to predict | Helen Toner
Helen Toner discusses how to govern AI despite uncertainty about how it works and where it’s headed, arguing for transparency, measurement, and adaptability rather than waiting for consensus.
26 Oct 2026 · 16m · 7 chapters
Democracy in the Age of AI (5/5): How AI and democracy can fix each other | Divya Siddarth
Divya Siddharth argues that AI governance should be democratic, and that democracy can improve AI by aligning models with public values.
26 Oct 2026 · 13m · 2 chaptersThe unexpected wonders of my son's short life | James G. Robinson | Your Body on Tech
A father’s account of his son Nadav’s life and death from a rare single-ventricle heart condition, using it to argue that medicine is ambiguous, doctors should be humble about what they don’t know,…
23 Oct 2026 · 52m · 17 chaptersThe case for making art in a crisis | Yiyun Kang | Your Body on Tech
Artist Yiyun Kang argues that in crises driven by climate change and AI “black boxes,” art is a necessary bridge that makes invisible systems feel tangible—so people can sense, understand, and care…
16 Oct 2026 · 43m · 8 chaptersCan Ozempic end addiction? | Dhruv Khullar | Your Body on Tech
Physician Dhruv Kular argues that GLP-1 drugs (Ozempic, Wegovy) may affect addiction by acting on the brain’s reward circuitry, offering “moderation” rather than erasing desire.
9 Oct 2026 · 47m · 21 chaptersWhy I’m obsessed with health wearables (and you should be too) | Michael Snyder | Your Body on Tech
The episode argues that health wearables (smartwatches, rings, pulse-ox, continuous glucose monitors, and sensor-enabled hearing aids) can shift medicine from “sick care” to continuous, personalized…
2 Oct 2026 · 50m · 16 chapters
Robots! (1/5): Meet NEO, your robot butler in training | Bernt Børnich
Humanoid home robots and why “robot butlers” like NEO should learn in real households, not factories, to achieve intelligence and safe everyday help.
28 Sep 2026 · 16m · 7 chapters
Robots! (2/5): How you could see inside your body — with a micro-robot | Alex Luebke and Vivek Kumbhari
PillBot, a swallowable, remote-controlled micro-robot “pill” that can enter the stomach, stream live video, and potentially replace invasive endoscopy by enabling at-home or anywhere internal…
28 Sep 2026 · 12m · 2 chapters
Robots! (3/5): Next up for AI? Dancing robots | Catie Cuan
Robots embedded in everyday life, and how to make them empathetic and safe by teaching them to dance—using choreorobotics to connect robot motion with human emotion and context.
28 Sep 2026 · 12m · 3 chapters
Robots! (4/5): 7 new species of robot that jump, dance — and walk on water | Dennis Hong
Roboticist Dennis Hong (UCLA) presents “seven new species” of robots since his 12-year-old TEDx talk, focusing on humanoid locomotion problems (falling, slow speed, cost, danger) and alternative…
28 Sep 2026 · 18m · 11 chapters
Robots! (5/5): Self-assembling robots and the potential of artificial evolution | Emma Hart
Artificial evolution for self-assembling robots—how robots could be designed, built, and adapted in unknown environments (e.g., nuclear waste cleanup, deep-ocean mining, asteroid exploration) without…
28 Sep 2026 · 11m · 5 chaptersYour vaccine questions deserve real answers | Kizzmekia Corbett | Your Body on Tech
How to answer vaccine questions and rebuild public trust, using Kizzmekia Corbett’s experience developing COVID-19 vaccines fast and learning what went wrong in communication; also why outbreaks…
25 Sep 2026 · 49m · 14 chaptersWhat we're getting wrong about teens and tech | Candice Odgers | Your Body on Tech
Relationship between teens, screens, and social media; argues that widely repeated claims about tech causing a teen mental health crisis are not supported by longitudinal and experimental evidence,…
18 Sep 2026 · 55m · 18 chaptersWhat sitting all day does to your brain and body | Keith Diaz | Your Body on Tech
How prolonged sitting and screen-focused work harm brain and body health, and why “movement breaks” (short bouts of activity spread through the day) can reduce fatigue and improve focus even if you…
11 Sep 2026 · 47m · 17 chaptersWhy living online is leaving us exhausted — and what actually helps (with Manoush Zomorodi and Elise Hu) | from TED Talks Daily
“Your Body on Tech” — how heavy screen/digital use can make people feel physically exhausted and mentally foggy, and what helps (movement breaks, rest, social connection, and designing culture so…
4 Sep 2026 · 43m · 17 chaptersWe use cookies.They keep VO running smoothly and help us improve it. Privacy policy