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Technology is moving faster than you can make sense of it. How do you keep up without surrendering your judgement to the people selling you the future? Thinking On Paper brings you inside AI, quantum computing, robotics, space, energy and biotechnology with the founders, scientists, engineers and CEOs building them. Then we follow the money, infrastructure, power and human consequences. See how th... more

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Why do we stop asking questions as adults? Philosopher Pia Lauritzen has analysed 30,000 of them, and says nothing was ever lost.

The ability stays. What changes is the price. Every question admits you don't know something, and nobody gets promoted ... more

Nicholas Ponari says AI music makes live performance more valuable, not less. Mark Fielding calls the same future a hellscape.

Ponari's scenario: by 2045 his son types a script into a generator, gets a feature film in the style of Kubrick crossed wi... more

The US and China are racing to build AI systems that could lead to superintelligence before any enforceable global rules exist to inspect them, limit them or verify what they can do.

Mark and Jeremy Think On Paper about The Hard Question of AI, an e... more

AI companies are splashing billions on more GPUs before they use the ones they already have. Many sit idle, others use a fraction of their potential.

For the hyperscalers, cloud providers and AI companies, buying more GPUs does not solve much if th... more

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Moshe Tanach
CEO of NeuReality AI
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Episode: Why AI Companies Keep Wasting Billions On Idle GPUs
Bruce Friedrich
Founder of the Good Food Institute, author on cultivated meat
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Matthew Gialich
CEO of AstroForge, asteroid mining pioneer
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Episode: Asteroid Mining: Why It's More Lucrative (And Easier) Than You Think
Bob Sutor
Quantum computing expert and debunker of hype
IBM (former; industry expert)
Episode: Quantum Computers: Truth, Facts And Hype
Awad Sayeed
CTO of Parsnip, expert on GEO
Parsnip
Episode: GEO: How AI Decides Which Brands You Should Buy
Rory Daniels
Head of Emerging Tech at Tech UK
Tech UK
Episode: Robotics: Can The UK Compete Against The US And China?
Gaurav Vij
Co-founder of Neo, has a background in machine learning and aims to solve the talent scarcity issue in AI.
Neo
Episode: AI Is Automating Engineers Out Of A Job
Saurabh Vij
Co-founder of Neo, holds expertise in particle physics and high-performance computing.
Neo
Episode: AI Is Automating Engineers Out Of A Job
Sanjay Vijendran
Founder of TerraSpark, expert on space-based solar power
TerraSpark
Episode: Space-Based Solar Power For The MTV Generation

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Mark Fielding
Host of Thinking On Paper: Technology, Considered; co-host with a focus on technology, policy and pragmatic analysis.
Jeremy Gilbertson
Co-host of Thinking On Paper: Technology, Considered; provides technical and policy-oriented perspectives.

Reviews

4.8 out of 5 stars from 21 ratings
  • I might be biased, but very few technology podcasts cover as many subjects and have as much fun as thinking on paper. These guys interview the outliers, write new space treaties, unmask the real AI, quantum computers and robotic narratives and tell it like it is.

    Podchaser
    5
    markfielding2009
    2 months ago
  • Where the real thinking gets done

    The space where resistance and technological prowess meets is very narrow. It’s hard to find people who have the tech chops, love innovation, but aren’t handmaidens to the cult of AI.

    This podcast is a place for thinking well on stuff that matters and will have multi-generational impact. I love it.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Nick Richtsmeier
    United States9 months ago

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A must-listen for anyone evaluating AI, space and governance critically
Engaging, rigorous, and occasionally dense but rewarding for depth seekers
Thoughtful, crisp analysis that's rare in tech discussions
Excellent guests, strong host collaboration and clear thinking

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Why AI Companies Keep Wasting Billions On Idle GPUs
Q: Why is networking a critical bottleneck in inference, and how does NeuReality address it?
Inference involves many GPUs exchanging data rapidly; bottlenecks come from memory bandwidth and interconnect latency. NeuReality focuses on scale-out NICs and optimized network architectures to reduce latency and keep GPUs busy, enabling faster, cheaper inference across multi-rack deployments.
Why AI Companies Keep Wasting Billions On Idle GPUs
Q: What is a model and how do training and inference differ in terms of cost and compute?
A model is a large mathematical equation with various architectures; training tunes coefficients across extensive data, which is expensive, while inference uses the frozen model to answer queries, benefiting from efficiency improvements and distributed computing to reduce overall time and cost.
Cultivated Meat: Could It End Industrial Animal Farming?
Q: What role do governments and industry play in accelerating adoption?
Governments can catalyze through funding, policy support, and infrastructure incentives, while industry players—especially major meat companies and tech firms—can drive scale, supply chains, and market competition to bring products to price and taste parity more quickly.
Cultivated Meat: Could It End Industrial Animal Farming?
Q: Where are we with consumer availability and pricing today?
Currently available in a limited number of places with several regulatory approvals; prices are falling rapidly but still higher than conventional meat, with expectations that parity could arrive within a decade if continued investment and scaling occur.
Cultivated Meat: Could It End Industrial Animal Farming?
Q: What is cultivated meat, and how does it differ from traditional meat?
Cultivated meat is produced by growing animal muscle and fat cells in a controlled nutrient environment, eliminating the need to raise and slaughter animals, which reduces land/water use, antibiotic use, and animal cruelty, while aiming for identical taste and nutrition.

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Thoughtful, high-signal conversations explore how AI, quantum computing, robotics and space infrastructure intersect with business, policy and human life. Episodes balance deep tech explanations with practical implications, from automating ML development to lunar dust hazards, space-based power, mining environmental costs, and governance of advanced technologies. The show often features founders, researchers and policy thinkers who bring rigorous analysis, candid skepticism and forward-looking scenarios about technology's role in society. It's likely to appeal to listeners who want to think critically about tech, technology strategy, and the broader implications of rapid innovation.

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