I've Got Questions with Sinead Bovell

Tech Companies Want Your Brain To Be The Next Smartphone Everyone’s looking at AI glasses, smart rings and other wearables as the next gadget. For tech companies, they’re actually the first stage of brain interfaces, and the societal implications are enormous. Professor Nita Farahany , author of The Battle for Your Brain, is one of the world’s leading experts on the ethical, legal, and societal implications of emerging technologies and their impact on our brains. In this episode, we discuss: • why the brain is the “holy grail” for tech companies • what these devices may soon be able to decode • the massive privacy and ethical implications • what your brain data can reveal, even from consumer devices like meditation headbands • and why “freedom of thought” is suddenly up for debate Watch the full episode on YouTube, Spotify, Apple, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Is AI Ending Job Identity? In this episode of I’ve Got Questions, I sit down with futurist, author, and strategic foresight professor Alexander Manu to explore how AI is reshaping the meaning of work, creativity, and identity. In this episode we cover: How AI Challenges Our” Professional” Identity From Creator to Narrator: The Next Creative Economy Social Media’s Next Evolution The Meaning of Work in the Age of AI And more 🎙️ Watch the full episode of I’ve Got Questions with Sinead Bovell available on YouTube, Spotify, Apple or wherever you get your podcasts

What is the biggest illusion about AI? That AI is immaterial, a magic trick, and code in the cloud. When in fact it is one of the biggest infrastructure projects of all time. In this episode, leading AI scholar and professor Kate Crawford lifts the veil on the environmental cost of Artificial Intelligence 🎙️ Watch the full episode of I’ve Got Questions with Sinead Bovell available on YouTube, Spotify, Apple or wherever you get your podcasts

How Data Centers Are Harming Local Communities In this episode, leading AI scholar and professor Kate Crawford lifts the veil on the environmental cost of Artificial Intelligence We discuss: 🌍 Why AI is not an immaterial “cloud” technology, but a vast industrial infrastructure built on energy, water, and minerals. 💧 How AI’s rapid expansion is reshaping local communities ecosystems ⚖️ The geopolitics of AI and the growing concentration of technological power. 🌱 What it will take to ensure AI serves humanity and the planet, and chart a more sustainable path forward. 🎙️ Watch the full episode of I’ve Got Questions with Sinead Bovell available on YouTube, Spotify, Apple or wherever you get your podcasts

How we make babies is going to change In this episode, leading microbiologist and geneticist Andrew Hessel and I dive into: 🔬 How biology is becoming a technology and every cell, virus, and even our own DNA can now be edited and redesigned 🧬 Expanding paths to parenthood and transforming how we treat cancer and diabetes at the cellular level ⚙️ How digital biology could let us prevent illness before it ever begins 💭 The ethical, emotional, and philosophical questions of reprogramming life itself 🎙️ Watch the full episode of I’ve Got Questions with Sinead Bovell available on YouTube, Spotify, Apple or wherever you get your podcasts

Should new college grads fear AI? The data tells a more nuanced story than many of the recent headlines suggest, according to leading AI economist Ajay Agrawal. In this clip, Ajay references the widely cited study “Canary in the Coal Mine?” In this episode, Ajay and I also share our advice for new college grads navigating the job market in the age of AI. 🎙️ Watch the full episode of I’ve Got Questions with Sinead Bovell — available on YouTube, Spotify, Apple, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Leading AI economist Ajay Agrawal shares the most important skill for the future of work. While it is not the only skill that needs to be mastered, it is absolutely essential for the AI age. In this episode, Professor Agrawal also reveals powerful examples of exactly how to build it. 🎙️ Watch the full episode — I’ve Got Questions with Sinead Bovell available on YouTube, Spotify, Apple or wherever you get your podcasts

Leading AI economist Ajay Agrawal shares the most important skill for the future of work. While it is not the only skill that needs to be mastered, it is absolutely essential for the AI age. In this episode, Professor Agrawal also reveals powerful examples of exactly how to build it. 🎙️ Watch the full episode — I’ve Got Questions with Sinead Bovell available on YouTube, Spotify, Apple or wherever you get your podcasts

Is artificial intelligence overhyped? Or are we fundamentally misunderstanding this technology? In this episode of I’ve Got Questions, I sit down with leading AI economist, professor, and author Ajay Agrawal to explore whether AI is truly overhyped, if and when a bubble might burst, and why businesses can’t afford to wait (hint: it’s the first technology in history that learns from use). We explore how AI is transforming the labor market, how jobs are likely to evolve, and its impact on cognitive industries such as law, medicine, journalism, and marketing. The conversation also highlights the most important skill for the future of work (and how to build it), what many are getting wrong about the recent college graduate employment “crisis,” and whether a post-work world could really be on the horizon.. 🎙️ Watch the full episode — I’ve Got Questions with Sinead Bovell | Listen on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts

The debate over AI’s consciousness may become one of the defining conversations of our generation. Not because AI is conscious, but because our perception of it could matter more than how it actually works. As Mustafa Suleyman, CEO of Microsoft AI, argues on our latest episode of I’ve Got Questions, how we see AI—whether as conscious or simply more “human-like”—shapes how much people trust it, the moral weight we assign to it, our vulnerability to being misled, and could even take us down the path of one day assigning it rights and significant roles in our society. 🎙️ Watch the full episode — I’ve Got Questions with Sinead Bovell on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.