
Bringing real experts and forward-thinkers out of the clickbait shadows for greater knowledge, purpose, and performance. The CEO Retort is a thought-provoking podcast that features leading experts, entrepreneurs, authors, journalists, and thinkers scrutinising how science, business, health, politics, technology, and AI influence our lives. Hosted by Tim El-Sheikh — a serial deeptech and AI entrepr... more
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 54 | Founded | 2 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Category | Technology | |||

Did you know that chimpanzees might be more rational than humans when making decisions? Dr Hanna Schleihauf led groundbreaking research, published in the prestigious journal Science, revealing that chimpanzees can evaluate the quality of evidence whe... more
The Iran war marks the beginning of the era of widespread use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) and large language models (LLMs) as key tools for military targeting.The tragic strike on the Shajareh Tayyebeh Girls School, resulting in the lo... more
Professor Scott Lucas returns to our live emergency guest episode to discuss the current Middle East conflict, Iran's internal dynamics, and the poor geopolitical strategies involving the US, Israel, and regional actors. What does this situation mean... more
In this live replay, I'm examining the AI-driven hype of today and how we're being pushed towards a crisis. It's a bit scary, but it's something we need to talk about.
Right now, we're facing a double whammy: water bankruptcy and an AI bubble spiral... more
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It is tempting to think of this podcast as a tech-podcast, but really I see it to be about humanity and our future. Important conversations, critical and yet also optimistic and importantly not blindsided by hype and other BS. This has quickly become my new go-to podcast.
In a world where the broligarchy wants you think in one way, here is the real deal - on AI, business, tech and all that jazz
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Apple Podcasts | #111 |
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The CEO Retort launched 2 years ago and published 54 episodes to date. You can find more information about this podcast including rankings, audience demographics and engagement in our podcast database.
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