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AI in healthcare raises urgent questions about bias, privacy, and power. Safiya U. Noble, Ph.D., examines how AI systems can reproduce social and racial inequities when they rely on incomplete data, hidden assumptions, and proxies such as healthcare ... more

Dr. Bruce Miller, director of the UCSF Edward and Pearl Fein Memory and Aging Center, examines what neurodegenerative disease reveals about the neural basis of creativity and the social mind. Research in frontotemporal dementia (FTD) shows that visua... more

Azim Surani, Director of Research at the Gurdon Institute and Professor Emeritus at University of Cambridge, received the Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences, specifically in the field of Life Sciences and Medicine, for his work in demonstrating how male a... more

From stone tools and shelters to symbolic art and abstract thought, human history is shaped by a brain built to form and share ideas. Joseph Paradiso, Professor in Media Arts and Sciences at the MIT Media Lab, explores what comes next after the early... more

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Jordan Rudess
Keyboardist known for work with Dream Theater
Dream Theater
Episode: CARTA: The Transformational Potential of Computer-assisted Brains with Joseph Paradiso
Adam Klivans
Professor, UT Austin; Director of IFML (Institute for the Foundations of Machine Learning)
University of Texas at Austin
Episode: Learning Beyond the Data: Adam Klivans on Distribution Shift and the Future of AI
Alysson Muotri
Professor of Biology at UC San Diego
University of California San Diego
Episode: CARTA: Neanderthalizing Brain Organoids with Alysson Muotri
Colleen Petrik
Assistant Professor at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego
Episode: Science and Seafood: Understanding and Protecting a Precious Natural Resource
Kamana Beamer
Dana Naone Hall Endowed Chair in Hawaiian Studies, Literature and the Environment at the University of Hawaii, Mānoa.
University of Hawaii
Episode: Water Wealth and the Ancestral Circular Economy with Kamanamaikalani Beamer
Colin Dixon
Director of the Student Farm at UC Davis
University of California Davis
Episode: Sustainably UC Davis Episode 2: The Student Farm
Dr. Yeo
An expert in RNA biology and Artificial Intelligence integration for genetic medicine.
Episode: A Closer Look at…Stem Cells and Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Yaron Singer
Vice President of AI and Security at Cisco.
Cisco
Episode: Artificial Intelligence and Security: A Conversation with Yaron Singer
Dr. John Carruthers
Vice-Chancellor of Health Sciences
University of California San Diego
Episode: 3rd Annual Global Astrobiotechnology Hub

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Director of the Walter H. Capps Center for the Study of Ethics, Religion and Public Life

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Artificial Intelligence in (AI-Driven) Healthcare
Q: What policy or institutional changes can help universities and health systems manage AI more responsibly, especially in public settings?
The response calls for public-spirited model development within public institutions (e.g., UC campuses creating their own models), strengthened data governance, anti-surveillance safeguards, and legislation that supports data privacy and civil rights while enabling social and contextual decision making. It also notes the importance of teaching AI literacy and creating protocols around data sharing.
Artificial Intelligence in (AI-Driven) Healthcare
Q: There's tension between accuracy, bias, and privacy in AI; how can we balance data collection with the need to avoid surveillance and maintain context?
The speaker advocates for data trust and community-level control over data, exploring Indigenous and local models of knowledge governance, and emphasizes not handing data to monopolistic platforms but building trusted, privacy-preserving structures that serve communities. They also point to data trusts and legal frameworks as essential to protecting rights while enabling responsible use.
Mapping Cognitive Resilience: How Environment Aging and Inflammation Shape Information Encoding in the Hippocampus
Q: If C1q is knocked out developmentally, do you expect the same outcomes as the adult-onset manipulations you described?
Developmental absence of C1q may produce different effects due to critical periods of synaptic pruning; however, given that C1q-microglia interactions appear central to synaptic remodeling, some cognitive impairments would be expected, though the exact phenotype could differ from adult-onset manipulation.
Mapping Cognitive Resilience: How Environment Aging and Inflammation Shape Information Encoding in the Hippocampus
Q: How do you think microglia-driven changes in synaptic pruning relate to the observed alterations in spatial encoding, and could this inform potential therapies?
Microglia-mediated pruning, particularly via C1q signaling, appears to directly influence synaptic density and the information-carrying capacity of hippocampal circuits. By modulating this pathway, it may be possible to balance inflammation and synaptic remodeling to preserve or restore spatial encoding, potentially informing therapies for cognitive aging or neurodegenerative conditions.
Science and Seafood: Understanding and Protecting a Precious Natural Resource
Q: I wondered how advances in AI are going to impact your work.
AI can fill gaps between numerical model scenarios by training on existing simulations, enabling rapid generation of intermediate forecasts and more efficient exploration of future conditions without running exhaustively many full simulations.

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A wide-ranging science-focused discussion series that touches on artificial intelligence, child development, indigenous knowledge and environmental stewardship, ancient DNA and human evolution, population genetics, technology's impact on self-perception, decision-making, and climate/energy. Episodes bring together researchers and communicators to translate complex topics for curious listeners, with recurring emphasis on interdisciplinary approaches, ethical considerations, and real-world implications—from AI and education to public health and environmental justice. The format often blends theoretical concepts with accessible storytelling, case studies, and expert Q&As, making advanced science approachable for professionals and educated lay ... more

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