Can AI help with the chaos of family life? | Avni Patel Thompson
Tech innovator Avni Patel Thompson designed an app to shield busy parents from the chaos of scheduling school pickups, coordinating playdates, plannin...
A parent's guide to raising kids after loss | Andy Laats
Andy Laats had the textbook fairytale family setup ... a great job, a happy marriage, three wonderful kids and everything going for them. Until one da...
You are the bridge to the next generation | Ndinini Kimesera Sikar
"Do you know what you want to preserve for the next generation?" asks community leader Ndinini Kimesera Sikar. Drawing on her experience growing up in...
Are we still human if robots help raise our babies? | Sarah Blaffer Hrdy
AI is transforming the way we work — could it also reshape what makes us human? In this quick and insightful talk, evolutionary anthropologist Sarah B...
The mental health AI chatbot made for real life | Alison Darcy
Who do you turn to when panic strikes in the middle of the night — and can AI help? Psychologist Alison Darcy shares the vision behind Woebot, a menta...
How art helped me grapple with grief | Navied Mahdavian
With just a few lines, cartoons can say so much with so little. In a moving talk, cartoonist Navied Mahdavian shares his process for distilling huge c...
The economic opportunity hidden in the climate transition | Marielle Remillard
The energy grid of the future demands a massive amount of materials: billions of solar panels, millions of wind turbines and more. Climate strategist ...
Star Wars changed visual effects — AI is doing it again | Rob Bredow
Jedi master of visual effects Rob Bredow, known for his work at Industrial Light & Magic and Lucasfilm, takes us on a cinematic journey through the ev...
TED Talks Daily Book Club: Talk to Me | Rich Benjamin
Rich Benjamin is a cultural critic, anthropologist and author of the new memoir "Talk to Me: Lessons from a Family Forged by History." In this intervi...
Why AI is our ultimate test and greatest invitation | Tristan Harris
Technologist Tristan Harris has an urgent question: What if the way we’re deploying the world’s most powerful technology — artificial intelligence — i...