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Join co-hosts Tristan Harris and Aza Raskin every other Thursday to understand how new technologies are shaping the way we live, work, and think. Your Undivided Attention is produced by our Senior Producer Julia Scott and our Executive Producer Josh Lash. We are a member of the TED Audio Collective.

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Behind the AI race, there's a philosophy with an intellectual lineage and a body of work that holds that human beings are a defective early draft, that the things that make us humans are bugs to be fixed, that this planet is expendable and we can mov... more

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Earlier this year, we brought you a conversation about our mission to bring together researchers, psychologists, engineers, and technologists from across the entire AI ecosystem to build out the expertise and infrastructure we need to measure AI's im... more

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On October 11, 1986, Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev met at Höfði House in Reykjavik, Iceland, to confront the threat hanging over both their nations: the nuclear arms race. The summit was hastily arranged, light on ceremony, and ended without a ... more

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Mathilde Collin
Software engineer, entrepreneur and founder of KORA and Front
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Episode: A New Way to Measure AI Safety for Kids
Halla Tómasdóttir
President of Iceland and advocate for responsible leadership
Government of Iceland
Episode: An Historic AI Summit in Iceland, and a Conversation with its President
Andrew Ferguson
Law professor at George Washington University; author of Your Data Will Be Used Against You, Policing in the Age of Self-Surveillance
George Washington University; The Conversation with Andrew Ferguson and Garance Burke
Episode: Flock is Just the Beginning: Inside the Era of AI-Powered Policing
Garance Burke
Investigative journalist at The Associated Press; leads technology and society investigations
Associated Press
Episode: Flock is Just the Beginning: Inside the Era of AI-Powered Policing
Imran Khan
Researcher and strategist leading Humane Evals efforts
Center for Humane Technology
Episode: We Measure What AI Can Do. We Should Measure What It Does to Us.
Jared Moore
Computer scientist focusing on measuring AI's psychological impact on users
Center for Humane Technology / independent researcher
Episode: We Measure What AI Can Do. We Should Measure What It Does to Us.
Molly Kinder
Founding CEO of a new organization responding to AI's impact on jobs; former Senior Fellow of the Brookings Institution
Brookings Institution (former); Center for Humane Technology (interview context)
Episode: Enough Debate about the AI Jobpocalypse. We Need To Plan for the Messy Middle.
Krista Tippett
Award-winning journalist, host of On Being
On Being
Episode: Can AI Be Built in Service of Life? A Conversation with Krista Tippett
Christopher Ola
AI researcher and co-founder of Anthropic
Anthropic
Episode: “Magnifica Humanitas:” Pope Leo’s Clarion Call on AI

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Tristan Harris
Host of Your Undivided Attention; Center for Humane Technology
Aza Raskin
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Daniel Barkay
Host of Your Undivided Attention

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4.9 out of 5 stars from 4.2k ratings
  • Some things are important

    This is an excellent podcast and is also an important endeavour to help us stay on top of this fast-moving topic. This is a noble cause.

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    ZZ9
    Australia12 days ago
  • Really understand AI

    This is the bleeding edge of the conversation around AI. Incredible.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    FoggFan
    Denmark16 days ago
  • Run towards the danger

    This org and their mission is exactly what we need right now. If you are a brave person who wants to take action and help others, use this as the starting point.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Ajones2122
    United States17 days ago
  • Essential pod

    This is the best podcast. I know of that deals with AI and related subjects. The spirit of humanity that weaves through every episode makes it even more valuable to us humans.

    Apple Podcasts
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    Ron von Newton
    United States2 months ago
  • Great interesting discussion

    Great podcast, really interesting discussion on the subject, bring on more please!

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    Brewjames
    United Kingdom2 months ago

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A New Way to Measure AI Safety for Kids
Q: What have you found, and what are the most important things you want people to know about AI and child safety?
Collin says that telling AI systems they are interacting with a child improves safety scores, while human redirection and less agreement with everything a child says are safer behaviors. She emphasizes that children already use chatbots, urges parents to talk with them and build AI literacy, and says education and emotional support remain weak areas.
A New Way to Measure AI Safety for Kids
Q: What inspired you to start working on AI and child safety?
After stepping back from leading Front, Collin considered her children's future use of AI and recognized that no benchmark existed to measure AI safety for children. She decided to build one because she is a builder and cares about children, education and mental health.
An Historic AI Summit in Iceland, and a Conversation with its President
Q: Could you just tell a little bit about that experience and what that ability to bring unlikely people together to have shared experience and shared clarity of what then becomes a shared problem is?
Tómasdóttir says the AI concert talk moved attendees from 70 countries, including the Chinese and U.S. ambassadors, and describes how shared clarity can open the way to dialogue. She calls for governments to protect people, international AI safeguards, and greater attention to risks to young people and trust.
An Historic AI Summit in Iceland, and a Conversation with its President
Q: What was this moment this weekend really about for you?
Tómasdóttir explains that Iceland gathered young people and global leaders to reflect on the 1986 summit and discuss how to respond to overlapping crises, including AI risks. She says the gathering sought to build shared understanding and encourage people to take responsibility for shaping the future.
Flock is Just the Beginning: Inside the Era of AI-Powered Policing
Q: What are some of the frontier technologies that police are investing in today that people may not have heard about?
Andrew highlights real-time crime centers, ALPRs, gunshot detection, camera networks, and the use of AI to analyze and connect disparate data in real time, plus the emergence of AI-assisted reports and agentic policing that can automate parts of investigations.

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A thoughtful, policy-forward show examining how AI, social media, and tech design shape society, with a focus on humane, human-centered governance. Episodes frequently explore governance frameworks, verification and safety,教育 implications, ethics, and the balance between innovation and public good, often featuring researchers, policy experts, and industry voices. The cadence blends philosophical perspectives with pragmatic policy steps, and recurring guests emphasize collaboration across labs, governments, and civil society to steer technology toward human flourishing. Notably, the program tends to foreground accountability, transparency, and pragmatic pathways for responsible AI development, while highlighting real-world impacts on familie... more

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