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Thomas Haigh
Eminent computer historian, Professor of History and affiliated faculty of computer science at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Episode: Thomas Haigh on the History of “AI” as a Brand
Andrew Jaffe
Cosmologist, Director of the Imperial Center for Inference and Cosmology
Imperial Astrophysics
Episode: Andrew H. Jaffe, "The Random Universe: How Models and Probability Help Us Make Sense of the Cosmos" (Yale UP, 2025)
Carl Benedikt Frey
Dieter Schwartz Associate Professor of AI and Work at the Oxford Internet Institute
Oxford University
Episode: Carl Benedikt Frey, "How Progress Ends: Technology, Innovation, and the Fate of Nations" (Princeton UP, 2025)
Dr. Jonas Enander
Science journalist, science writer, and author of 'Facing Infinity'
Episode: Facing Infinity: Black Holes and Our Place on Earth
Craig Hogan
Astrophysicist at the University of Chicago and former director of the Fermilab Center for Particle Astrophysics
University of Chicago
Episode: Craig Hogan, "The Unlikely Primeval Sky" (American Scientist, November-December)
Eduardo Mercado III
Professor of psychology at the University of Buckeye, SUNY, and author of Why Whales Sing
Johns Hopkins University Press
Episode: Eduardo Mercado III, "Why Whales Sing" (JHU Press, 2025)
Marcus Chown
Formerly a radio astronomer at California Institute of Technology and current cosmology consultant for New Scientist.
Apollo
Episode: Marcus Chown, "A Crack in Everything: How Black Holes Came in from the Cold and Took Cosmic Centre Stage" (Apollo, 2025)
Shobita Satyapal
Co-author of Supermassive: Black Holes at the Beginning and End of the Universe
George Mason University
Episode: James Trefil and Shobita Satyapal, "Supermassive: Black Holes at the Beginning and End of the Universe" (Smithsonian Books, 2025)
Vlatko Vedral
Professor of physics at the University of Oxford, known for his theoretical work and experimental collaborations on quantum information and entanglement.
University of Oxford
Episode: Vlatko Vedral, "Portals to a New Reality: Five Pathways to the Future of Physics" (Basic Books, 2025)

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Host of New Books Network and New Books in Science.
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Thomas Haigh on the History of “AI” as a Brand
Q: Given the time span of academic publishing, what interventions do you want to make specifically to inform people who don't know about this broader history?
What I can say as a historian is the surprising continuity. In some ways, what's defined the AI brand... for most of its history... has always been made promises that are essentially identical with what people like Sam Altman are promising today.
Thomas Haigh on the History of “AI” as a Brand
Q: Why did you decide to take this brand angle, and what kind of work does it do for you to do that?
One of the things that I wanted people to understand... is that the technologies that are now gestured towards when you say artificial intelligence have absolutely nothing in common with the technologies that were being developed in the 20th century under the same category.
Thomas Haigh on the History of “AI” as a Brand
Q: So, Artificial Intelligence, The History of a Brand is a neat book. When you are, it's not out yet, but what's the kind of elevator pitch for it when you talk to people about what you're doing with it and what you're trying to do?
It's a concise history of AI. It's a short history in both senses, and as much as it does not start with ancient Greece and run through Frankenstein, it starts with the invention of AI.
Jeremy Bernstein 11–2007
Q: What is one of the most dangerous situations you see unfolding?
He highlights Iran's ongoing nuclear ambitions, the complexities surrounding it, and the potential risks associated with regional power dynamics.
Jeremy Bernstein 11–2007
Q: What do you think is going to happen over the next 50 years, in terms of proliferation?
Bernstein expresses worry over the proliferation of nuclear weapons among unpredictable nations, mentioning Venezuela and Iran as specific concerns.

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