Life with Machines

Life with Machines

Life With Machines explores the human side of the A.I. revolution – the good, the bad, and the weird – and asks, “How can these machines help us become more human?” 

In this video podcast, host Baratunde Thurston helps us understand our rapidly emerging future, and encourages us to shape it and laugh at the absurdity. Baratunde demystifies A.I. and makes it personal with a wide range of guests: entrepreneurs, artists, policymakers, technologists, business leaders, creators, educators, and scientists. Maybe even an A.I. or two. Everyone should have a say in where technologies like A.I. take us, not just a handful of people in California who think nitro cold brew on tap should be a human right. 

Join us in candid conversations and fun experiments, as we imagine and co-create our life, with machines.

Life with Machines is sponsored by Lenovo and produced in partnership with Rich Roll and Voicing Change Media.

Latest Episode

Can Humor Save Us in the Age of AI and Political Chaos? (cross-post) (05.08.2025)

Previous Episodes

  • The Shadow Workforce Powering AI | Advocate Milagros Miceli (Ep. 26) 24.06.2025
  • Can AI Save Indigenous Languages? | Michael Running Wolf (Ep. 25) 17.06.2025
  • Are We Ready For AI To Get a Face...and a Body? | Kate Darling (Ep. 24) 10.06.2025
  • Are We Parenting AI, or Just Using It? Plus, BLAIR Gets A Glow Up | De Kai (Ep. 23) 03.06.2025
  • When AI Gains Power...Will Humans Lose Control? | Reid Hoffman (Ep. 22) 27.05.2025
  • Why Dictators Love AI & How To Fight Back | Sam Gregory (Ep. 21) 20.05.2025
  • A Deepfake Stole My Face and Voice | Rich Roll (Ep. 20) 13.05.2025
  • How to Raise a Kid in an AI World | Dr. Avriel Epps (Ep. 19) 06.05.2025
  • The Mental Health System Is Failing—Can AI Do Better? | Alison Darcy (Ep. 18) 29.04.2025
  • AI Wants to Shop for You—Should You Let It? | Raj De Datta (Ep. 17) 22.04.2025
  • From Division to Dialogue—How AI Can Save Democracy | Deb Roy (Ep. 16) 15.04.2025
  • Our AI Brutally Roasts Elon Musk—Live at SXSW (Ep 15.5) 08.04.2025
  • Is AI the Death of Creativity? | Brian Eno (Ep. 15) 01.04.2025
  • AI Isn’t Intelligent—Here’s What’s Missing | Jeff Hawkins (Ep. 14) 25.03.2025
  • Could AI Be Reparations? | Van Jones (Ep. 13) 18.03.2025
  • We Could Win the Climate Fight…Thanks to AI | Gavin McCormick (Ep. 12) 11.03.2025
  • Can AI Help Us Talk to Animals? | Aza Raskin (Ep. 11) 04.03.2025
  • Should AI Have Emotional Intelligence? | Sean White (Ep. 10) 25.02.2025
  • Bonus: How Creatives Can Survive AI (Cross-post from The Dough) 18.02.2025
  • Can We Fix AI Before It’s Too Late? | Dr. Rumman Chowdhury (Ep. 9) 11.02.2025

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