Can a Chatbot Treat Depression?
Nick Jacobson and his team at Dartmouth medical school spent over 100,000 hours trying to build an AI chatbot that can serve as a safe, effective ther...
Will AI Radically Change the World by 2027?... from Risky Business
This week, Nate and Maria discuss AI 2027, a new report from the AI Futures Project that lays out some pretty doom-y scenarios for our near-term AI fu...
Is the Future of Flight Supersonic?
Blake Scholl is the founder and CEO of Boom Supersonic. Blake's problem is this: Can you build a commercial airplane that flies faster than the speed ...
The Secrets of Silk
Fiorenzo Omenetto is a professor of biomedical engineering at Tufts University and the director of Silklab. Fiorenzo's problem is this: How do you tur...
Infiltrating an International Ransomware Gang
A few years ago, a ransomware gang called LockBit rose from obscurity to extort over $100 million from organizations around the world. A security stra...
Preparing for the Future of War
Christopher Kirchhoff helped launch a Defense Department office that aimed to bring Silicon Valley technology to the US military. Christopher’s probl...
Stopping HIV Without a Vaccine
Jared Baeten is senior vice president in virology at Gilead Sciences. Jared's problem is this: In a world without a vaccine, how do you make a medicin...
Harnessing the Heat Deep Beneath Our Feet
Carlos Araque is the co-founder and CEO of Quaise Energy. Carlos' problem is this: How do you make drilling for geothermal energy as routine, widespre...
The Brain Implant That Could Change Medicine
Ben Rapoport is the co-founder and CSO of Precision Neuroscience. Ben's problem is this: Can you build a device that allows a paralyzed person to use ...
Building a Mass Market Robot
Jeff Cardenas is the co-founder and CEO of Apptronik. Jeff's problem is this: Can you make a safe, reliable humanoid robot – for less than $50,000? ...