Episode 1: What AI Isn’t, Part 1

Hear from Zico Kolter, Head of the Machine Learning Department at Carnegie Mellon University*, as he shares his perspective on what AI is and, perhaps more importantly, What AI Isn’t.

Episode 2: What AI Isn’t, Part 2

The conversation of What AI Isn’t continues with Assistant Professors Maarten Sap and Hoda Heidari as they share their hopes (and concerns) for the future of artificial intelligence.

Episode 3: Data from Humans

Featuring Carnegie Mellon University’s Mayank Goel and Traci Kennedy of the University of Pittsburgh, Data from Humans explores how computer science is revolutionizing the approach to mental and physical health.

Episode 4: Environmental Impact of AI

Hear from MIT Assistant Professor and Carnegie Mellon University alum Priya Donti as she discusses how AI and machine learning impact efforts to address climate change.

Episode 5: Robots in Space, Part 1

Carnegie Mellon University Assistant Professor Zac Manchester discusses how the robots we’re sending to space can transform mapping and impact wildlife tracking.

Episode 6: Robots in Space, Part 2

Vandi Verma, of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, is joined by Carnegie Mellon University’s Raewyn Duvall and Carnegie Mellon University alum Nikolai Stefanov for an exciting conversation about space travel and planetary exploration.

Episode 7: New Drug Discovery, Part 1

Carnegie Mellon University Assistant Professor Lei Li discusses how he’s using the same kinds of algorithms used for text generation to design and construct new peptides and proteins to help deliver new medical treatments.

Episode 8: New Drug Discovery, Part 2

Tune in as Carnegie Mellon University Assistant Professor Hosein Mohimani shares how his work at the intersection of biological and computer sciences is helping discover new antibiotics.

Episode 9: Language and Robots

Henny Admoni and Zeynep Temel, of the CMU Robotics Institute and Yonatan Bisk, of the CMU Language Technologies Institute, all work with robots, but in strikingly different ways. On this episode, they discuss everything from the present and future of human-robot interaction to how robots can help us connect abstract thought to real-world situations.

Episode 10: The Future of CS Education

Mark Stehlik and David Kosbie, teaching professors from Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Computer Science, share stories from the classroom and delve into CS education’s past, present and future.