Machines Like Us

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Machines Like Us is a technology show about people. We are living in an age of breakthroughs propelled by advances in artificial intelligence. Technologies that were once the realm of science fiction will become our reality: robot best friends, bespoke gene editing, brain implants that make us smarter. Every other Tuesday Taylor Owen sits down with the people shaping this rapidly approaching future. He’ll speak with entrepreneurs building world-changing technologies, lawmakers trying to ensure they’re safe, and journalists and scholars working to understand how they’re transforming our lives.

Latest episodeTaylor Owen on The Decibel: The new AI moment we're inOctober 14, 2026 · 27 min

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Latest episodes

1. Taylor Owen on The Decibel: The new AI moment we're inOctober 14, 2026 · 27 min
2. Taylor Lorenz on the dark money buying your social feedSeptember 15, 2026 · 45 min
3. Why does AI sound so much like religion?September 1, 2026 · 41 min
4. Demis Hassabis wanted to solve intelligence. Then came ChatGPT.August 18, 2026 · 51 min
5. Can You Really Teach a Robot Empathy? This Roboticist Says Yes.August 4, 2026 · 32 min
6. Age Gates & AI: Minister Marc Miller on The Safe Social Media ActJuly 21, 2026 · 34 min
7. Canada’s AI minister to Big Tech: “We Won’t be a Digital Colony’July 7, 2026 · 29 min
8. We Can Now Bet on Almost Anything. Should We?June 23, 2026 · 52 min
9. Social Media Bans Are Wildly Popular. They Might Also Be a Mistake.June 9, 2026 · 58 min
10. Animals are Talking to Each Other. Can AI Help Us Understand Them?May 5, 2026 · 42 min

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