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The Quanta Podcast

Every Tuesday, editor in chief Samir Patel sits down with writers and editors to discuss our most thought-provoking stories in science and math. Audio editions of Quanta’s stories with Susan Valot will appear biweekly on Thursdays.

All Episodes about artificial intelligence

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Researchers Uncover Hidden Ingredients Behind AI Creativity

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Using AI, Mathematicians Find Hidden Glitches in Fluid Equations

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Distinct AI Models Seem To Converge On How They Encode Reality

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How Can AI Researchers Save Energy? By Going Backward.

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Cryptographers Show That AI Protections Will Always Have Holes

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Self-Assembly Gets Automated in Reverse of ‘Game of Life’

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The AI Was Fed Sloppy Code. It Turned Into Something Evil.

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When ChatGPT Broke an Entire Field: An Oral History

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Can AI Models Show Us How People Learn? Impossible Languages Point a Way.

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AI Is Nothing Like a Brain, and That’s OK

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Introducing The Quanta Podcast

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Tiny Language Models Come of Age

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Chatbots Don’t Know What Stuff Isn’t

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Machines Learn Better if We Teach Them the Basics

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New Chip Expands the Possibilities for AI

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Machine Learning Gets a Quantum Speedup

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