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Episode 18: Joost Broekens and Thomas Moerland: AI, revolution or bubble?
Associate Professor Joost Broekens and Assistant Professor Thomas Moerland explore the rapid rise of AI. Are we in the middle of a hype cycle, or is something truly transformative happening? And how do we keep these increasingly powerful systems safe? These questions—and more—drive this new CDB episode.
AI brings huge advantages, but not without trade‑offs. Is today’s AI revolution comparable to the invention of the steam engine? Cultural evolution is accelerating as knowledge fuels more knowledge, while humans become the limiting factor. Yet AI still mirrors us, shaped by human ideas and behavior. And doesn't the Turing test feel a bit outdated
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Episodes
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Episode 28: Derya Soydaner: The Art of Artificial Intelligence
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Episode 27: Sebastián Fajardo Bernal: Ancient minds, modern machines
In this episode a surprising crossover between ancient archaeology and modern computer science. Anthropologist‑turned‑computer‑scientist Sebastiá...
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Episode 26: Tom Kouwenhoven: Can AI ever truly understand us?
In this episode postdoc in Hybrid Intelligence Centre, Tom Kouwenhoven tells all about his research which focusses on how humans and machines lea...
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Episode 25: Anna Dawid: From Tetris to quantum breakthroughs
In this episode, assistant-porfessor Anna Dawid outlines how quantum technologies are rapidly moving from theoretical science to practical innova...
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Episode 24: Elena Raponi: What pizza can teach us about optimization
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Episode 23: Mike Preuss: Beyond entertainment, the science of games
Game AI expert Mike Preuss takes us from the world of Go‑playing algorithms to cutting‑edge chemistry. Hear how Monte Carlo Tree Search, the tech...
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Episode 22: Eleftheria Makri: Rethinking privacy in a data-driven world
In this episode, assistant professor Eleftheria Makri takes us from a classic 1980s cryptography puzzle to today’s urgent questions about data pr...
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Episode 21: Henning Basold: from biology to rockets, the science of systems
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Episode 20: Rita Pucci: Reading the stripes, AI meets wildlife
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Episode 19: Arno Knobbe: Engineering Gold, the science behind Dutch speed skating
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Episode 18: Joost Broekens and Thomas Moerland: AI, revolution or bubble?
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Episode 17: Evert van Nieuwenburg: Tiq Taq Toe, exploring quantum concepts through gameplay
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Episode 16: Marco Spruit: Ai powered pets, a new indicator of elderly well-being?
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Episode 15: Anna Kononova: Lenses for chip manufacturing, unveiling the complexity of their design
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Episode 14: Mitra Baratchi: Designing the perfect algorithm to understand the world
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Episode 13: Peter van der Putten: Tamagotchi, a precursor to today’s human loved home robots
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Episode 12: Hao Wang: From Amsterdam to Paris, real-life applications of Pareto optimum
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Episode 11: Lu Cao: Hay Fever, how AI improves pollen monitoring
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Episode 10: Joost Broekens: Robots & Emotions, are we moving from AI to EI?
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Episode 9: Vedran Dunjko: Next level computing, exploring the world of quantum
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Episode 8: Hazel Doughty: Video Understanding, a step towards the real world
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Episode 7: Jan van Rijn: Robustness, unveiling the black box of AI
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Episode 6: Tessa Verhoef: Robots, a way to better understand humans
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Episode 5: Rob van Nieuwpoort: Efficient computing, a journey starting with a Commodore 64
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Episode 4: Joost Batenburg: detecting fingerprints with tomography
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Episode 3: Max van Duijn, using language as a window on the mind
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Episode 2: Niki van Stein: can explainable AI save lives?
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Aflevering 1: Suzan Verberne: the future of chatbots is human