Into the Impossible
A podcast of stories, ideas, and speculations from the Arthur C. Clarke Center for Human Imagination. Each month, we'll bring you into a conversation between visionaries from the worlds of arts, sciences, humanities, engineering, and medicine on the nature of the imagination and how, through speculative culture, we collaborate to create the future.
- Website
- http://imagination.ucsd.edu/_wp/the-podcast/
- Description
- A podcast of stories, ideas, and speculations from the Arthur C. Clarke Center for Human Imagination. Each month, we'll bring you into a conversation between visionaries from the worlds of arts, sciences, humanities, engineering, and medicine on the nature of the imagination and how, through speculative culture, we collaborate to create the future.
- Language
- 🇬🇧 English
- last modified
- 2025-01-19 21:49
- last episode published
- 2025-01-19 13:00
- publication frequency
- 6.02 days
- Contributors
- Arthur C. Clarke Center for Human Imagination
- Owner Author
- Explicit
- false
- Number of Episodes
- 500
- Rss-Feeds
- Detail page
- Categories
- Literature Technology Natural Sciences Science & Medicine Gadgets Arts
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Episodes
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| 2025-01-19 |
Can ChatGPT Truly Reason? Terry Sejnowski Clears the Confusion Please join my mailing list here 👉 https://briankeating.com/list to win a meteorite 💥 Can AI tools like ChatGPT actually "think," or is it just really good at mimicking human conversation? How much of what AI spits out is a reflection of our own ideas... |
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| 2025-01-14 |
An Astronomer and a Philosopher Search for Truth in the Infinite | Jordan B. Peterson Jordan Peterson sits down with experimental cosmologist Dr. Brian Keating. They discuss the importance of awe for the human spirit, the fundamental ethos behind all true science, the idea of the useless genius, and the necessity of sacrifice for improv... |
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| 2025-01-05 | Please join my mailing list here 👉 https://briankeating.com/list to win a meteorite 💥 Could life exist on moons orbiting distant planets? Are We Alone? What if the key to understanding life's origins lies in the moons of distant worlds? Exoplanetary s... |
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| 2024-12-29 |
Meta’s Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun: The Path Toward Human-Level Intelligence in AI Please join my mailing list here 👉 https://briankeating.com/list to win a meteorite 💥 What are the current limitations of AI? What advancements do we need to achieve human-like intelligence? And how can we develop AI safely to align with our values? ... |
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| 2024-12-22 |
Neil deGrasse Tyson Delivers a Harsh Reality Check on Elon Musk’s Mars Plan Please join my mailing list here 👉 https://briankeating.com/list to win a meteorite 💥 Is Elon Musk’s plan to colonize Mars realistic? How does cosmic insignificance shape our understanding of humanity? And why do science and astrology clash so fundame... |
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| 2024-12-15 |
How Poetry Can Enhance Our Knowledge of Cosmology with Joseph Conlon Please join my mailing list here 👉 https://briankeating.com/list to win a meteorite 💥 How should we communicate big ideas? How do science and poetry differ in their communication of knowledge? And can poetry enhance our understanding of cosmology? T... |
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| 2024-12-10 | Get ready to embark on a cosmic journey with Jason Steffen, author of Hidden in the Heavens and one of the brilliant minds behind the groundbreaking Kepler Mission. This live episode of The INTO THE IMPOSSIBLE Podcast promises to be an unmissable maste... |
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| 2024-12-09 | Please join my mailing list here 👉 https://briankeating.com/list to win a meteorite 💥 Will AI ever surpass human intelligence, discover new laws of physics, and solve the greatest mysteries of our universe? This week on Into the Impossible, I explor... |
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| 2024-12-02 | Please join my mailing list here 👉 https://briankeating.com/list to win a meteorite 💥 What is time? Is it just a ticking clock, or is it something more profound? In this thought-provoking episode of Into the Impossible, Stephen Wolfram challenges ev... |
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| 2024-11-24 |
Inside Kelsey Johnson’s Daring Quest to Decode the Universe’s Secrets Please join my mailing list here 👉 https://briankeating.com/list to win a meteorite 💥 Can science, philosophy, and religion work together to address humanity's biggest questions? What lessons can the cosmos teach us about our place in the universe and... |
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