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The incredible creativity of deepfakes -- and the worrying future of AI | Tom Graham from 2023-09-08T04:00

AI-generated media that looks and sounds exactly like the real world will soon permeate our lives. How should we prepare for it? AI developer Tom Graham discusses the extraordinary power of this...

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The outlaws of the ocean -- and how we're reeling them in | Tony Long from 2023-09-01T04:00

Pirate fishing, oil spills and other undetected crimes are destroying ocean ecosystems -- but we can't stop what we can't see. Harnessing the power of satellite data and AI to catch maritime off...

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How wireless energy from space could power everything | Ali Hajimiri from 2023-08-25T04:00

Modern life runs on wireless technology. What if the energy powering our devices could also be transmitted without wires? Electrical engineer Ali Hajimiri explains the principles behind wireless...

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Why the passport needs an upgrade | Karoli Hindriks from 2023-08-18T04:00

It's time to give paper passports a digital upgrade, says entrepreneur Karoli Hindriks. Looking to Estonia's technology-driven government for inspiration, she envisions a world where immigration...

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The energy Africa needs to develop -- and fight climate change | Rose M. Mutiso from 2023-08-11T04:00

In this perspective-shifting talk, energy researcher Rose M. Mutiso makes the case for prioritizing Africa's needs with what's left of the world's carbon budget, to foster growth and equitably a...

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The disappearing computer -- and a world where you can take AI everywhere | Imran Chaudhri from 2023-08-04T04:00

In this exclusive preview of groundbreaking, unreleased technology, former Apple designer and Humane cofounder Imran Chaudhri envisions a future where AI enables our devices to "disappear" -- s...

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How one small idea led to $1 million of paid water bills | Tiffani Ashley Bell from 2023-07-21T04:00

When programmer Tiffani Ashley Bell learned that thousands of people in Detroit were facing water shutoffs because they couldn't afford to pay their bills, she decided to take action -- in the s...

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How AI could save (not destroy) education | Sal Khan from 2023-07-14T04:00

Sal Khan, the founder and CEO of Khan Academy, thinks artificial intelligence could spark the greatest positive transformation education has ever seen. He shares the opportunities he sees for st...

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The Internet's First Main Character? | The Redemption of Jar Jar Binks from 2023-07-12T04:00

It's 1999, and sixteen years after its original release, a new Star Wars is finally coming. Fans have been camping out in front of theaters across the country just to be the first to see it. The...

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The AI Dilemma | Your Undivided Attention from 2023-07-07T04:00

This is an episode from Your Undivided Attention, another podcast from the TED Audio Collective.

At Center for Humane Technology, we want to close the gap between what the world hears pu...

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Why AI is incredibly smart -- and shockingly stupid | Yejin Choi from 2023-06-30T04:00

Computer scientist Yejin Choi is here to demystify the current state of massive artificial intelligence systems like ChatGPT, highlighting three key problems with cutting-edge large language mod...

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TikTok's CEO on its future -- and what makes its algorithm different | Shou Chew from 2023-06-23T04:00

TikTok CEO Shou Chew dives into how the trend-setting video app and cultural phenomenon works -- from what distinguishes its algorithm and drives virality to the challenges of content moderation...

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The inside story of ChatGPT's astonishing potential | Greg Brockman from 2023-06-16T04:00

In a talk from the cutting edge of technology, OpenAI cofounder Greg Brockman explores the underlying design principles of ChatGPT and demos some mind-blowing, unreleased plug-ins for the chatbo...

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How we could solve the dark matter mystery | Chanda Prescod-Weinstein from 2023-06-09T04:00

The universe that we know, with its luminous stars and orbiting planets, is largely made up of elements we can't actually see -- like dark energy and dark matter -- and therefore don't fully und...

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Cultivating good power with longtime IBM CEO Ginni Rometty | ReThinking with Adam Grant from 2023-06-02T04:00

Ginni Rometty rose through the ranks at IBM to become their first female CEO. After leading the iconic tech company from 2012 to 2020, Ginni chronicled the experiences and lessons learned in her...

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Why people and AI make good business partners | Shervin Khodabandeh from 2023-05-26T04:00

What happens when the data-driven capabilities of AI are combined with human creativity and ingenuity? Shining a light on the opportunities this futuristic collaboration could bring to the workp...

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What if buildings created energy instead of consuming it? | Ksenia Petrichenko from 2023-05-19T04:00

Buildings are bad news for the climate -- but they don't have to be. While our structures are currently responsible for a third of global energy consumption and emissions, a future where they cr...

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Fixable: Nai’a - "How do I get the attention of a distracted manager?" from 2023-05-12T04:00

Nai’a is a product operations manager at an education technology company that has gone through a major restructuring. With a shifting team and a brand new manager, she struggles to make sure her...

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Meet the massive machines removing carbon from Earth's atmosphere | Jan Wurzbacher from 2023-05-05T04:00

To prevent global warming, we need to drastically reduce pollution. After that, we need to trap as much excess carbon dioxide from the air as possible. Enter Orca, the world's first large-scale ...

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May the 4th Be With You: Introducing The Redemption of Jar Jar Binks from 2023-05-04T04:00

Love him or hate him, ever since his debut in Star Wars Episode 1, Jar Jar Binks has been one of the most divisive characters in movie history. And the backlash against him? It almost destroyed ...

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Are insect brains the secret to great AI? | Frances S. Chance from 2023-04-21T04:00

Are insects the key to brain-inspired computing? Neuroscientist Frances S. Chance thinks so. In this buzzy talk, she shares examples of the incredible capabilities of insects -- like the dragonf...

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What the discovery of exoplanets reveals about the universe | Jessie Christiansen from 2023-04-14T04:00

What are the planets outside our solar system like? Astrophysicist and TED Fellow Jessie Christiansen has helped find thousands of them (and counting), and the variety is more wonderful and wild...

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The internet's accessibility problem -- and how to fix it | Clive Loseby from 2023-04-07T04:00

The internet provides access to knowledge for billions across the world, but how accessible is it really? Website accessibility advocate Clive Loseby sheds light on why many parts of the web are...

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Exploring how we think: Mind, Body, Spirit - Part 1 | TED Radio Hour from 2023-03-31T04:00

For millennia, humans have debated the mind, body, spirit connection. But today, the phrase sounds trite -- a hallmark of the #selfcare industry. We need fresh perspectives on how we think, move...

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Demystifying the wild world of crypto | Laura Shin from 2023-03-24T04:00

Is crypto truly the next big thing, or is it just a money-sucking flash in the pan? In a wide-ranging interview, journalist Laura Shin explains what crypto is (and what it definitely isn't), tak...

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Are video calls the best we can do in the age of the metaverse? | Josephine Eyre from 2023-03-17T04:00

Remote work, while redefining the workplace landscape, seems stuck behind endless video conference calls that hinder free-flowing conversation and collaboration. In the 21st century, is that rea...

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How will AI change the world? | George Zaidan and Stuart Russell from 2023-03-10T05:00

In the coming years, artificial intelligence is probably going to change your life -- and likely the entire world. But people have a hard time agreeing on exactly how AI will affect our society....

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A brain implant that turns your thoughts into text | Tom Oxley from 2022-08-26T14:00

What if you could control your digital devices using just the power of thought? That's the incredible promise behind the Stentrode -- an implantable brain-computer interface that collects and wi...

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Visions for the future | Kai-Fu Lee and Chen Qiufan from 2022-02-25T05:00

How will the rise of artificial intelligence change our world? Former head of Google China Kai-Fu Lee and science-fiction writer Chen Qiufan (aka Stanley Chan) set out to answer this question in...

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Why don't we cover the desert with solar panels? | Dan Kwartler from 2022-02-04T14:54:42


Stretching over roughly nine million square kilometers and with sands reaching temperatures of up to 80° Celsius, the Sahara Desert receives about 22 million terawatt hours of energy f...

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Siri, Alexa, Google ... what comes next? | Karen Lellouche Tordjman from 2022-01-28T05:00


From Siri to Alexa to Google, virtual assistants already permeate our lives. What will the next generation of these digital helpers look and sound like? Customer experience professiona...

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The race to build AI that benefits humanity | Sam Altman from 2022-01-21T16:02:12


Will innovation in artificial intelligence drastically improve our lives, or destroy humanity as we know it? From the unintended consequences we've suffered from platforms like Faceboo...

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An ever-evolving map of everything on Earth | Jack Dangermond from 2022-01-14T05:00


What if we had a map of ... everything? Jack Dangermond, a visionary behind the geographic information system (GIS) technology used to map and analyze all kinds of complex data, walks ...

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Could you recover from illness ... using your own stem cells? | Nabiha Saklayen from 2022-01-07T05:00

What if diseases could be treated with a patient's own cells, precisely and on demand? Biotech entrepreneur Nabiha Saklayen explains how we could harness advances in biology, machine learning an...

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Could you recover from illness ... using your own stem cells? | Nabiha Saklayen from 2022-01-07T05:00

What if diseases could be treated with a patient's own cells, precisely and on demand? Biotech entrepreneur Nabiha Saklayen explains how we could harness advances in biology, machine learning an...

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What happens when biology becomes technology? | Christina Agapakis from 2021-12-31T05:00


"We've been promised a future of chrome -- but what if the future is fleshy?" asks biological designer Christina Agapakis. In this awe-inspiring talk, Agapakis details her work in synt...

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Why we have an emotional connection to robots | Kate Darling from 2021-12-17T05:00

We're far from developing robots that feel emotions, but we already have feelings towards them, says robot ethicist Kate Darling, and an instinct like that can have consequences. Learn more abou...

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Why we have an emotional connection to robots | Kate Darling from 2021-12-17T05:00

We're far from developing robots that feel emotions, but we already have feelings towards them, says robot ethicist Kate Darling, and an instinct like that can have consequences. Learn more abou...

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How NFTs are building the internet of the future | Kayvon Tehranian from 2021-12-09T17:23:29

In this revelatory talk, technologist Kayvon Tehranian explores why NFTs -- digital assets that represent a certificate of ownership on the internet -- are a technological breakthrough. Learn ho...

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How NFTs are building the internet of the future | Kayvon Tehranian from 2021-12-09T17:23:29

In this revelatory talk, technologist Kayvon Tehranian explores why NFTs -- digital assets that represent a certificate of ownership on the internet -- are a technological breakthrough. Learn ho...

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Stuck in the gig economy? Try platform co-ops instead | Trebor Scholz from 2021-10-27T14:50:54


Co-ops date back almost 200 years, run by groups of people that work together to own and operate a company. What does it look like when this tried-and-true business model merges with t...

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A new way to restore Earth's biodiversity -- from the air | Susan Graham from 2021-09-03T14:48:57


Land restoration is about more than planting trees, says environmentalist Susan Graham. Check out how her team combines drone technology with ecology-trained AI to restore degraded lan...

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An interactive map to track (and end) pollution in China | Ma Jun from 2021-08-10T14:57:13


China has pledged to be carbon neutral by 2060 -- and its citizens are helping industries across the country reach that goal. Environmentalist Ma Jun introduces the Blue Map, an app th...

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Why we're more honest with machines than people | Anne Scherer from 2021-06-29T15:10:26


For a genuine conversation, consider talking to a robot; the less humanized, the better. Consumer researcher Anne Scherer shares her findings on why some machines get us to open up bet...

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What farmers need to be modern, climate-friendly and profitable | Beth Ford from 2021-05-26T14:53:46


Farming feeds all of us -- yet in rural communities, farmers are under pressure from mounting climate volatility and limited access to modern tools like the internet. How can agricultu...

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How your body could become its own diagnostic lab | Aaron Morris from 2021-05-24T13:15:06


We need an inside-out approach to how we diagnose disease, says immuno-engineer and TED Fellow Aaron Morris. Introducing cutting-edge medical research, he unveils implantable technolog...

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The future diagnostic lab ... inside your body | Aaron Morris from 2021-05-24T13:15:06


We need an inside-out approach to how we diagnose disease, says immuno-engineer and TED Fellow Aaron Morris. Introducing cutting-edge medical research, he unveils implantable technolog...

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How NASA invented a ventilator for COVID-19 ... in 37 days | Dan Goods from 2021-05-19T15:07:30


Get the behind-the-scenes story from visual strategist Dan Goods about how a single question launched NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab into action at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, p...

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The future of flying is electrifying | Cory Combs from 2021-05-05T14:41:24


If you're a frequent flier, you're also a major polluter. What if there was a way to travel the world with less impact on the environment? In this quick, exciting talk, aviation entrep...

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The giant leaps in language technology -- and who's left behind | Kalika Bali from 2021-04-12T15:11:35


Thousands of languages thrive across the globe, yet modern speech technology -- with all of its benefits -- supports just over a hundred. Computational linguist Kalika Bali dreams of a...

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How we can curb climate change by spending two percent more on everything | Jens Burchardt from 2021-04-08T14:50:26


Would you pay two percent more for the carbon-neutral version of the products you buy and use every day? In this innovative talk, climate pathfinder Jens Burchardt walks us through the...

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Possible futures from the intersection of nature, tech and society | Natsai Audrey Chieza from 2021-03-23T14:55:48


Biodesigner Natsai Audrey Chieza prototypes the future, imagining a world where people and nature can thrive together. In this wildly imaginative talk, she shares the vision behind her...

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The innovations we need to avoid a climate disaster | Bill Gates from 2021-03-22T11:51:31


The single most important thing for avoiding a climate disaster is cutting carbon pollution from the current 51 billion tons per year to zero, says philanthropist and technologist Bill...

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Meditations on the intersection of humanity and technology | Olivia Arthur from 2021-02-18T15:50:05


Documentary photographer Olivia Arthur has been exploring a new frontier: the evolution of the blurring line between humanity and technology. In this meditative talk, she shows her wor...

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What should electric cars sound like? | Renzo Vitale from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Electric cars are extremely quiet, offering some welcome silence in our cities. But they also bring new dangers, since they can easily sneak up on unsuspecting pedestrians. What kind of so...

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What obligation do social media platforms have to the greater good? | Eli Pariser from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Social media has become our new home. Can we build it better? Taking design cues from urban planners and social scientists, technologist Eli Pariser shows how the problems we're encounteri...

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Why "biofabrication" is the next industrial revolution | Suzanne Lee from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

What if we could "grow" clothes from microbes, furniture from living organisms and buildings with exteriors like tree bark? TED Fellow Suzanne Lee shares exciting developments from the fie...

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How AI can help shatter barriers to equality | Jamila Gordon from 2021-01-08T15:54:58


Jamila Gordon believes in the power of human connection -- and artificial intelligence -- to help people who might otherwise be left behind. Telling the story of her own path from refu...

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6 big ethical questions about the future of AI | Genevieve Bell from 2020-12-18T15:51


Artificial intelligence is all around us ... and the future will only bring more of it. How can we ensure the AI systems we build are responsible, safe and sustainable? Ethical AI expe...

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This is what happens when you reply to spam email | James Veitch from 2020-10-23T15:51:31


Suspicious emails: unclaimed insurance bonds, diamond-encrusted safe deposit boxes, close friends marooned in a foreign country. They pop up in our inboxes, and standard procedure is t...

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The agony of trying to unsubscribe | James Veitch from 2020-10-23T13:51:36


It happens to all of us: you unsubscribe from an unwanted marketing email, and a few days later another message from the same company pops up in your inbox. Comedian James Veitch turne...

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The global movement to restore nature's biodiversity | Thomas Crowther from 2020-10-10T18:36:55


Biodiversity is the key to life on Earth and reviving our damaged planet, says ecologist Thomas Crowther. Sharing the inside story of his headline-making research on reforestation, whi...

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How cities are detoxing transportation | Monica Araya from 2020-10-10T18:03:17


People around the world are demanding clean air -- and cities are starting to respond, says electrification advocate Monica Araya. She takes us on a world tour of urban areas that are ...

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How humanity can reach the stars | Philip Lubin from 2020-09-25T14:46:55


Could we exit our solar system, and enter another? Astrophysicist Philip Lubin discusses the awesome potential of using lasers to propel small spacecraft, enabling humanity's first int...

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How digital innovation can fight pandemics and strengthen democracy | Audrey Tang from 2020-06-22T14:54:06


Can technology create a democracy that's fast, fair ... and even fun? Digital minister Audrey Tang shares how Taiwan avoided a COVID-19 shutdown in early 2020 through innovations like ...

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How tech companies can help combat the pandemic and reshape public health | Karen DeSalvo from 2020-06-03T19:56:23


Karen DeSalvo, the chief health officer at Google, explains the partnership between big tech and public health in slowing the spread of COVID-19 -- and discusses a new contact tracing ...

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Autofocusing reading glasses of the future | Nitish Padmanaban from 2020-05-28T15:00:34


As you age, you gradually lose the ability to refocus your eyes -- a phenomenon as old as humanity itself -- leading to a reliance on bifocals, contacts and procedures like LASIK surge...

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How we're using AI to discover new antibiotics | Jim Collins from 2020-05-05T15:02:32


Before the coronavirus pandemic, bioengineer Jim Collins and his team combined the power of AI with synthetic biology in an effort to combat a different looming crisis: antibiotic-resi...

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A global hackathon to take on the coronavirus pandemic | Marko Russiver from 2020-04-08T20:04:51


Looking to put your skills to use to fight the pandemic? Consider joining The Global Hack, a virtual hackathon designed to rapidly develop solutions to the coronavirus crisis. Designer...

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Simple, effective tech to connect communities in crisis | Johanna Figueira from 2020-03-25T14:48:21


The world is more connected than ever, but some communities are still cut off from vital resources like electricity and health care. In this solution-oriented talk, activist Johanna Fi...

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A camera that can see around corners | David Lindell from 2020-03-24T15:14:45


To work safely, self-driving cars must avoid obstacles -- including those just out of sight. And for this to happen, we need technology that sees better than humans can, says electrica...

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A fascinating time capsule of human feelings toward AI | Lucy Farey-Jones from 2020-03-17T14:59:28


How comfortable are you with robots taking over your life? Covering a wide range of potential applications -- from the mundane (robot house cleaner) to the mischievous (robot sex partn...

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What happens when a Silicon Valley technologist works for the government | Matt Cutts from 2020-03-09T19:54:34


What if the government ran more like Silicon Valley? Engineer Matt Cutts shares why he decided to leave Google (where he worked for nearly 17 years) for a career in the US government -...

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What you need to know about stalkerware | Eva Galperin from 2020-02-28T15:47:41


"Full access to a person's phone is the next best thing to full access to a person's mind," says cybersecurity expert Eva Galperin. In an urgent talk, she describes the emerging danger...

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How technology has changed what it's like to be deaf | Rebecca Knill from 2020-02-26T16:03:54


"Complete silence is very addictive," says Rebecca Knill, a writer who has cochlear implants that enable her to hear. In this funny, insightful talk, she explores the evolution of assi...

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Why you should get paid for your data | Jennifer Zhu Scott from 2020-02-20T15:58:34


The world's most valuable tech companies profit from the personal data you generate. So why aren't you getting paid for it? In this eye-opening talk, entrepreneur and technologist Jenn...

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Tiny robots with giant potential | Paul McEuen and Marc Miskin from 2020-02-04T15:58:48


Take a trip down the microworld as roboticists Paul McEuen and Marc Miskin explain how they design and mass-produce microrobots the size of a single cell, powered by atomically thin le...

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What a digital government looks like | Anna Piperal from 2020-01-09T15:50:40


What if you never had to fill out paperwork again? In Estonia, this is a reality: citizens conduct nearly all public services online, from starting a business to voting from their lapt...

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How we can protect truth in the age of misinformation | Sinan Aral from 2019-12-17T21:06:01


Fake news can sway elections, tank economies and sow discord in everyday life. Data scientist Sinan Aral demystifies how and why it spreads so quickly -- citing one of the largest stud...

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The unforeseen consequences of a fast-paced world | Kathryn Bouskill from 2019-12-09T17:21:06


Why does modern technology promise efficiency, but leave us constantly feeling pressed for time? Anthropologist Kathryn Bouskill explores the paradoxes of living in a fast-paced societ...

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A video game that helps us understand loneliness | Cornelia Geppert from 2019-12-05T15:59:53


Step into artist Cornelia Geppert's visually stunning video game "Sea of Solitude," which explores how battling the "monsters" of loneliness and self-doubt can help us better grapple w...

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How I'm using biological data to tell better stories -- and spark social change | Heidi Boisvert from 2019-12-02T20:55:25


What kinds of stories move us to act? To answer this question, creative technologist Heidi Boisvert is measuring how people's brains and bodies unconsciously respond to different media...

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The incredible chemistry powering your smartphone | Cathy Mulzer from 2019-11-27T15:45:30


Ever wondered how your smartphone works? Take a journey down to the atomic level with scientist Cathy Mulzer, who reveals how almost every component of our high-powered devices exists ...

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In the war for information, will quantum computers defeat cryptographers? | Craig Costello from 2019-11-12T20:49:11


In this glimpse into our technological future, cryptographer Craig Costello discusses the world-altering potential of quantum computers, which could shatter the limits set by today's m...

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The price of a "clean" internet | Hans Block and Moritz Riesewieck from 2019-10-29T20:03:37


Millions of images and videos are uploaded to the internet each day, yet we rarely see shocking and disturbing content in our social media feeds. Who's keeping the internet "clean" for...

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How to bring affordable, sustainable electricity to Africa | Rose M. Mutiso from 2019-10-28T14:50:11


Energy poverty, or the lack of access to electricity and other basic energy services, affects nearly two-thirds of Sub-Saharan Africa. As the region's population continues to increase,...

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How you can help transform the internet into a place of trust | Claire Wardle from 2019-10-24T20:05:48


How can we stop the spread of misleading, sometimes dangerous content while maintaining an internet with freedom of expression at its core? Misinformation expert Claire Wardle explores...

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The danger of AI is weirder than you think | Janelle Shane from 2019-10-22T17:30:32


The danger of artificial intelligence isn't that it's going to rebel against us, but that it's going to do exactly what we ask it to do, says AI researcher Janelle Shane. Sharing the w...

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How we're using DNA tech to help farmers fight crop diseases | Laura Boykin from 2019-10-10T14:53:47


Nearly 800 million people worldwide depend on cassava for survival -- but this critical food source is under attack by entirely preventable viruses, says computational biologist and TE...

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The transformative power of video games | Herman Narula from 2019-10-08T14:33:45


A full third of the world's population -- 2.6 billion people -- play video games, plugging into massive networks of interaction that have opened up opportunities well beyond entertainm...

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How we use astrophysics to study earthbound problems | Federica Bianco from 2019-09-17T20:11:56


To study a system as complex as the entire universe, astrophysicists need to be experts at extracting simple solutions from large data sets. What else could they do with this expertise...

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How deepfakes undermine truth and threaten democracy | Danielle Citron from 2019-09-11T14:19:17


The use of deepfake technology to manipulate video and audio for malicious purposes -- whether it's to stoke violence or defame politicians and journalists -- is becoming a real threat...

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Origami robots that reshape and transform themselves | Jamie Paik from 2019-07-10T14:51:53


Taking design cues from origami, robotician Jamie Paik and her team created "robogamis": folding robots made out super-thin materials that can reshape and transform themselves. In this...

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How augmented reality is changing activism | Glenn Cantave from 2019-07-01T14:59:22


Glenn Cantave uses technology to highlight narratives of the oppressed. In a tour of immersive visual projects, he shares his work with the team at Movers and Shakers NYC, a coalition ...

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The living tech we need to support human life on other planets | Lynn Rothschild from 2019-06-20T14:57:12


What would it take to settle Mars? In a talk about the future of space exploration, Lynn Rothschild reviews the immense challenges to living elsewhere in the universe and proposes some...

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The most detailed map of galaxies, black holes and stars ever made | Juna Kollmeier from 2019-06-07T14:48:13


Humans have been studying the stars for thousands of years, but astrophysicist Juna Kollmeier is on a special mission: creating the most detailed 3-D maps of the universe ever made. Jo...

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What it takes to launch a telescope | Erika Hamden from 2019-05-30T14:44:41


TED Fellow and astronomer Erika Hamden leads the team building FIREBall, a telescope that hangs from a giant balloon at the very edge of space and looks for clues about how stars are c...

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How AI could become an extension of your mind | Arnav Kapur from 2019-05-16T14:50:09


Try talking to yourself without opening your mouth, by simply saying words internally. What if you could search the internet like that -- and get an answer back? In the first live publ...

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Digital humans that look just like us | Doug Roble from 2019-05-13T14:55:09


In an astonishing talk and tech demo, software researcher Doug Roble debuts "DigiDoug": a real-time, 3-D, digital rendering of his likeness that's accurate down to the scale of pores a...

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Everything around you can become a computer | Ivan Poupyrev from 2019-05-06T15:00:19


Designer Ivan Poupyrev wants to integrate technology into everyday objects to make them more useful and fun -- like a jacket you can use to answer phone calls or a houseplant you can p...

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Can we cure genetic diseases by rewriting DNA? | David R. Liu from 2019-04-23T14:53:04


In a story of scientific discovery, chemical biologist David R. Liu shares a breakthrough: his lab's development of base editors that can rewrite DNA. This crucial step in genome editi...

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The artificial muscles that will power robots of the future | Christoph Keplinger from 2019-04-16T14:55:13


Robot brains are getting smarter and smarter, but their bodies are often still clunky and unwieldy. Mechanical engineer Christoph Keplinger is designing a new generation of soft, agile...

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Wearable tech that helps you navigate by touch | Keith Kirkland from 2019-04-10T14:43:01


Keith Kirkland is developing wearable tech that communicates information using only the sense of touch. He's trying to figure out: What gestures and vibration patterns could intuitivel...

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The beautiful future of solar power | Marjan van Aubel from 2019-03-22T14:53:25


The Sun delivers more energy to Earth in one hour than all of humanity uses in an entire year. How can we make this power more accessible to everyone, everywhere? Solar designer Marjan...

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How to keep human bias out of AI | Kriti Sharma from 2019-03-15T15:22:20


AI algorithms make important decisions about you all the time -- like how much you should pay for car insurance or whether or not you get that job interview. But what happens when thes...

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How we can store digital data in DNA | Dina Zielinski from 2019-03-06T15:47:53


From floppy disks to thumb drives, every method of storing data eventually becomes obsolete. What if we could find a way to store all the world's data forever? Bioinformatician Dina Zi...

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The self-assembling computer chips of the future | Karl Skjonnemand from 2019-02-27T15:38:31


The transistors that power the phone in your pocket are unimaginably small: you can fit more than 3,000 of them across the width of a human hair. But to keep up with innovations in fie...

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How do we find dignity at work? | Roy Bahat and Bryn Freedman from 2019-02-19T15:48:38


Roy Bahat was worried. His company invests in new technology like AI to make businesses more efficient -- but, he wondered, what was AI doing to the people whose jobs might change, go ...

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Ink made of air pollution | Anirudh Sharma from 2019-02-08T15:54:01


What if we could capture pollution in the air around us and turn it into something useful? Inventor Anirudh Sharma shares how he created AIR-INK, a deep black ink that's made from PM 2...

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How do we learn to work with intelligent machines? | Matt Beane from 2019-02-04T15:56:32


The path to skill around the globe has been the same for thousands of years: train under an expert and take on small, easy tasks before progressing to riskier, harder ones. But right n...

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A beginner's guide to quantum computing | Shohini Ghose from 2019-01-11T15:55:14


A quantum computer isn't just a more powerful version of the computers we use today; it's something else entirely, based on emerging scientific understanding -- and more than a bit of ...

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How India's smartphone revolution is creating a new generation of readers and writers | Chiki Sarkar from 2019-01-08T20:51:30


India has the second largest population of any country in the world -- yet it has only 50 decent bookstores, says publisher Chiki Sarkar. So she asked herself: How do we get more peopl...

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How to be "Team Human" in the digital future | Douglas Rushkoff from 2018-12-13T20:57:32


Humans are no longer valued for our creativity, says media theorist Douglas Rushkoff -- in a world dominated by digital technology, we're now just valued for our data. In a passionate ...

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Why you should treat the tech you use at work like a colleague | Nadjia Yousif from 2018-12-12T15:54:30


Imagine your company hires a new employee and then everyone just ignores them, day in and day out, while they sit alone at their desk getting paid to do nothing. This situation actuall...

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When technology can read minds, how will we protect our privacy? | Nita Farahany from 2018-11-27T15:56:41


Tech that can decode your brain activity and reveal what you're thinking and feeling is on the horizon, says legal scholar and ethicist Nita Farahany. What will it mean for our already...

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How video games turn players into storytellers | David Cage from 2018-11-20T20:46:36


Have you ever watched a film or read a novel, wishing that you could change the narrative to save your favorite character? Game designer David Cage allows you do just that in his video...

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How a fleet of wind-powered drones is changing our understanding of the ocean | Sebastien de Halleux from 2018-11-20T15:43:20


Our oceans are unexplored and undersampled -- today, we still know more about other planets than our own. How can we get to a better understanding of this vast, important ecosystem? Ex...

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The case for a decentralized internet | Tamas Kocsis from 2018-11-09T15:51:35


Who controls the internet? Increasingly, the answer is large corporations and governments -- a trend that's threatening digital privacy and access to information online, says web devel...

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The case for curiosity-driven research | Suzie Sheehy from 2018-11-05T15:55:33


Seemingly pointless scientific research can lead to extraordinary discoveries, says physicist Suzie Sheehy. In a talk and tech demo, she shows how many of our modern technologies are t...

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How tech companies deceive you into giving up your data and privacy | Finn Lützow-Holm Myrstad from 2018-10-31T14:26:20


Have you ever actually read the terms and conditions for the apps you use? Finn Lützow-Holm Myrstad and his team at the Norwegian Consumer Council have, and it took them nearly a day a...

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What everyday citizens can do to claim power on the internet | Fadi Chehadé and Bryn Freedman from 2018-10-30T14:39:23


Technology architect Fadi Chehadé helped set up the infrastructure that makes the internet work -- essential things like the domain name system and IP address standards. Today he's foc...

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How will we survive when the population hits 10 billion? | Charles C. Mann from 2018-10-26T14:44:19


By 2050, an estimated 10 billion people will live on earth. How are we going to provide everybody with basic needs while also avoiding the worst impacts of climate change? In a talk pa...

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The simple genius of a good graphic | Tommy McCall from 2018-09-24T14:46:11


In a talk that's part history lesson, part love letter to graphics, information designer Tommy McCall traces the centuries-long evolution of charts and diagrams -- and shows how comple...

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Your fingerprints reveal more than you think | Simona Francese from 2018-09-17T14:53:38


Our fingerprints are what make us unique -- but they're also home to a world of information hidden in molecules that reveal our actions, lifestyles and routines. In this riveting talk,...

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3 ways to make better decisions -- by thinking like a computer | Tom Griffiths from 2018-09-14T14:41:37


If you ever struggle to make decisions, here's a talk for you. Cognitive scientist Tom Griffiths shows how we can apply the logic of computers to untangle tricky human problems, sharin...

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How AI could compose a personalized soundtrack to your life | Pierre Barreau from 2018-09-10T14:55:50


Meet AIVA, an artificial intelligence that has been trained in the art of music composition by reading more than 30,000 of history's greatest scores. In a mesmerizing talk and demo, Pi...

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How we can use light to see deep inside our bodies and brains | Mary Lou Jepsen from 2018-08-24T14:59:43


In a series of mind-bending demos, inventor Mary Lou Jepsen shows how we can use red light to see and potentially stimulate what's inside our bodies and brains. Taking us to the edge o...

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What a scrapyard in Ghana can teach us about innovation | DK Osseo-Asare from 2018-08-16T14:54:06


In Agbogbloshie, a community in Accra, Ghana, people descend on a scrapyard to mine electronic waste for recyclable materials. Without formal training, these urban miners often teach t...

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Fake videos of real people -- and how to spot them | Supasorn Suwajanakorn from 2018-07-25T14:52:30


Do you think you're good at spotting fake videos, where famous people say things they've never said in real life? See how they're made in this astonishing talk and tech demo. Computer ...

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How AI is making it easier to diagnose disease | Pratik Shah from 2018-07-24T14:41:50


Today's AI algorithms require tens of thousands of expensive medical images to detect a patient's disease. What if we could drastically reduce the amount of data needed to train an AI,...

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What your smart devices know (and share) about you | Kashmir Hill and Surya Mattu from 2018-07-18T14:57:18


Once your smart devices can talk to you, who else are they talking to? Kashmir Hill and Surya Mattu wanted to find out -- so they outfitted Hill's apartment with 18 different internet-...

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The mission to create a searchable database of Earth's surface | Will Marshall from 2018-07-16T15:01:36


What if you could search the surface of the Earth the same way you search the internet? Will Marshall and his team at Planet use the world's largest fleet of satellites to image the en...

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A new way to monitor vital signs (that can see through walls) | Dina Katabi from 2018-07-12T14:57:32


At MIT, Dina Katabi and her team are working on a bold new way to monitor patients' vital signs in a hospital (or even at home), without wearables or bulky, beeping devices. Bonus: it ...

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How autonomous flying taxis could change the way you travel | Rodin Lyasoff from 2018-06-29T14:54:13


Flight is about to get a lot more personal, says aviation entrepreneur Rodin Lyasoff. In this visionary talk, he imagines a new golden age of air travel in which small, autonomous air ...

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Technology that knows what you're feeling | Poppy Crum from 2018-06-19T14:58:19


What happens when technology knows more about us than we do? Poppy Crum studies how we express emotions -- and she suggests the end of the poker face is near, as new tech makes it easy...

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The incredible potential of flexible, soft robots | Giada Gerboni from 2018-06-14T14:54:26


Robots are designed for speed and precision -- but their rigidity has often limited how they're used. In this illuminating talk, biomedical engineer Giada Gerboni shares the latest dev...

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How technology can fight extremism and online harassment | Yasmin Green from 2018-06-06T15:05:19


Can technology make people safer from threats like violent extremism, censorship and persecution? In this illuminating talk, technologist Yasmin Green details programs pioneered at Jig...

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How we'll become cyborgs and extend human potential | Hugh Herr from 2018-05-30T18:27:23


Humans will soon have new bodies that forever blur the line between the natural and synthetic worlds, says bionics designer Hugh Herr. In an unforgettable talk, he details "NeuroEmbodi...

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Why fascism is so tempting -- and how your data could power it | Yuval Noah Harari from 2018-05-18T14:56:29


In a profound talk about technology and power, author and historian Yuval Noah Harari explains the important difference between fascism and nationalism -- and what the consolidation of...

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How Pakistani women are taking the internet back | Nighat Dad from 2018-05-17T19:40:42


TED Fellow Nighat Dad studies online harassment, especially as it relates to patriarchal cultures like the one in her small village in Pakistan. She tells the story of how she set up P...

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To design better tech, understand context | Tania Douglas from 2018-05-03T14:57:48


What good is a sophisticated piece of medical equipment to people in Africa if it can't handle the climate there? Biomedical engineer Tania Douglas shares stories of how we're often bl...

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SpaceX's plan to fly you across the globe in 30 minutes | Gwynne Shotwell from 2018-04-23T14:54:13


What's up at SpaceX? Engineer Gwynne Shotwell was employee number seven at Elon Musk's pioneering aerospace company and is now its president. In conversation with TED curator Chris And...

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A printable, flexible, organic solar cell | Hannah Bürckstümmer from 2018-04-17T12:27:50


Unlike the solar cells you're used to seeing, organic photovoltaics are made of compounds that are dissolved in ink and can be printed and molded using simple techniques. The result is...

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Let's launch a satellite to track a threatening greenhouse gas | Fred Krupp from 2018-04-13T01:43:51


When we talk about greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide gets the most attention -- but methane, which often escapes unseen from pipes and wells, has a far greater immediate impact on globa...

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How we need to remake the internet | Jaron Lanier from 2018-04-12T15:57:46


In the early days of digital culture, Jaron Lanier helped craft a vision for the internet as public commons where humanity could share its knowledge -- but even then, this vision was h...

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How we can teach computers to make sense of our emotions | Raphael Arar from 2018-04-02T14:59:03


How can we make AI that people actually want to interact with? Raphael Arar suggests we start by making art. He shares interactive projects that help AI explore complex ideas like nost...

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How quantum physics can make encryption stronger | Vikram Sharma from 2018-03-27T14:58:41


As quantum computing matures, it's going to bring unimaginable increases in computational power along with it -- and the systems we use to protect our data (and our democratic processe...

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3 myths about the future of work (and why they're not true) | Daniel Susskind from 2018-03-14T14:52:07


"Will machines replace humans?" This question is on the mind of anyone with a job to lose. Daniel Susskind confronts this question and three misconceptions we have about our automated ...

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A funny look at the unintended consequences of technology | Chuck Nice from 2018-02-27T20:59:21


Technology should work for us, but what happens when it doesn't? Comedian Chuck Nice explores the unintended consequences of technological advancement and human interaction -- with hil...

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A life-saving invention that prevents human stampedes | Nilay Kulkarni from 2018-02-21T20:54:28


Every three years, more than 30 million Hindu worshippers gather for the Kumbh Mela in India, the world's largest religious gathering, in order to wash away their sins. With massive cr...

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How we can build AI to help humans, not hurt us | Margaret Mitchell from 2018-02-20T15:47:49


As a research scientist at Google, Margaret Mitchell helps develop computers that can communicate about what they see and understand. She tells a cautionary tale about the gaps, blind ...

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6 space technologies we can use to improve life on Earth | Danielle Wood from 2018-02-01T20:51:44


Danielle Wood leads the Space Enabled research group at the MIT Media Lab, where she works to tear down the barriers that limit the benefits of space exploration to only the few, the r...

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What's it like to be a robot? | Leila Takayama from 2018-01-25T20:55:50


We already live among robots: tools and machines like dishwashers and thermostats so integrated into our lives that we'd never think to call them that. What will a future with even mor...

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Mammoths resurrected, geoengineering and other thoughts from a futurist | Stewart Brand and Chris Anderson from 2018-01-05T15:56:45


Stewart Brand is a futurist, counterculturist and visionary with a very wide-ranging mind. In conversation with TED Curator Chris Anderson, Brand discusses ... just about everything: h...

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The power of citizen video to create undeniable truths | Yvette Alberdingk Thijm from 2017-12-19T20:53:46


Could smartphones and cameras be our most powerful weapons for social justice? Through her organization Witness, Yvette Alberdingk Thijm is developing strategies and technologies to he...

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A vehicle built in Africa, for Africa | Joel Jackson from 2017-12-19T15:56:57


Joel Jackson wants to reimagine transportation around the needs of the African consumer. He's designed an SUV that's rugged enough for long stretches of uneven terrain and affordable e...

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How China is changing the future of shopping | Angela Wang from 2017-12-14T19:59:35


China is a huge laboratory of innovation, says retail expert Angela Wang, and in this lab, everything takes place on people's phones. Five hundred million Chinese consumers -- the equi...

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Free yourself from your filter bubbles | Joan Blades and John Gable from 2017-12-12T15:40:55


Joan Blades and John Gable want you to make friends with people who vote differently than you do. A pair of political opposites, the two longtime pals know the value of engaging in hon...

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What AI is -- and isn't | Sebastian Thrun and Chris Anderson from 2017-11-30T16:01:29


Educator and entrepreneur Sebastian Thrun wants us to use AI to free humanity of repetitive work and unleash our creativity. In an inspiring, informative conversation with TED Curator ...

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How we're using drones to deliver blood and save lives | Keller Rinaudo from 2017-11-28T15:49:46


Keller Rinaudo wants everyone on earth to have access to basic health care, no matter how hard it is to reach them. With his start-up Zipline, he has created the world's first drone de...

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How Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google manipulate our emotions | Scott Galloway from 2017-11-21T15:33:31


The combined market capitalization of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google is now equivalent to the GDP of India. How did these four companies come to infiltrate our lives so completely?...

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We're building a dystopia just to make people click on ads | Zeynep Tufekci from 2017-10-27T14:59:43


We're building an artificial intelligence-powered dystopia, one click at a time, says techno-sociologist Zeynep Tufekci. In an eye-opening talk, she details how the same algorithms com...

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The awful logic of land mines -- and an app that helps people avoid them | Carlos Bautista from 2017-10-26T19:57:55


Fifty years of armed conflict in Colombia has left the countryside riddled with land mines that maim and kill innocent people who happen across them. To help keep communities safe from...

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How we'll earn money in a future without jobs | Martin Ford from 2017-10-26T15:01:45


Machines that can think, learn and adapt are coming -- and that could mean that we humans will end up with significant unemployment. What should we do about it? In a straightforward ta...

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Future tech will give you the benefits of city life anywhere | Julio Gil from 2017-09-27T14:56:47


Don't believe predictions that say the future is trending towards city living. Urbanization is actually reaching the end of its cycle, says logistics expert Julio Gil, and soon more pe...

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How a video game might help us build better cities | Karoliina Korppoo from 2017-09-22T15:00:22


With more than half of the world population living in cities, one thing is undeniable: we are an urban species. Part game, part urban planning sketching tool, "Cities: Skylines" encour...

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What intelligent machines can learn from a school of fish | Radhika Nagpal from 2017-09-21T15:01:35


Science fiction visions of the future show us AI built to replicate our way of thinking -- but what if we modeled it instead on the other kinds of intelligence found in nature? Robotic...

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Can a robot pass a university entrance exam? | Noriko Arai from 2017-08-30T15:00:51


Meet Todai Robot, an AI project that performed in the top 20 percent of students on the entrance exam for the University of Tokyo -- without actually understanding a thing. While it's ...

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What would happen if we upload our brains to computers? | Robin Hanson from 2017-08-24T14:51:28


Meet the "ems" -- machines that emulate human brains and can think, feel and work just like the brains they're copied from. Futurist and social scientist Robin Hanson describes a possi...

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What moral decisions should driverless cars make? | Iyad Rahwan from 2017-08-22T19:40:47


Should your driverless car kill you if it means saving five pedestrians? In this primer on the social dilemmas of driverless cars, Iyad Rahwan explores how the technology will challeng...

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The era of blind faith in big data must end | Cathy O'Neil from 2017-08-22T14:45:41


Algorithms decide who gets a loan, who gets a job interview, who gets insurance and much more -- but they don't automatically make things fair. Mathematician and data scientist Cathy O...

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How AI can enhance our memory, work and social lives | Tom Gruber from 2017-08-07T14:39:11


How smart can our machines make us? Tom Gruber, co-creator of Siri, wants to make "humanistic AI" that augments and collaborates with us instead of competing with (or replacing) us. He...

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How computers learn to recognize objects instantly | Joseph Redmon from 2017-08-04T15:16:40


Ten years ago, researchers thought that getting a computer to tell the difference between a cat and a dog would be almost impossible. Today, computer vision systems do it with greater ...

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Meet Spot, the robot dog that can run, hop and open doors | Marc Raibert from 2017-07-31T15:08:41


That science fiction future where robots can do what people and animals do may be closer than you think. Marc Raibert, founder of Boston Dynamics, is developing advanced robots that ca...

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The human insights missing from big data | Tricia Wang from 2017-07-19T15:02:04


Why do so many companies make bad decisions, even with access to unprecedented amounts of data? With stories from Nokia to Netflix to the oracles of ancient Greece, Tricia Wang demysti...

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Why our screens make us less happy | Adam Alter from 2017-07-14T14:58:43


What are our screens and devices doing to us? Psychologist Adam Alter studies how much time screens steal from us and how they're getting away with it. He shares why all those hours yo...

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Why we need to imagine different futures | Anab Jain from 2017-06-19T15:05:01


Anab Jain brings the future to life, creating experiences where people can touch, see and feel the potential of the world we're creating. Do we want a world where intelligent machines ...

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How I built a jet suit | Richard Browning from 2017-06-13T15:07:35


We've all dreamed of flying -- but for Richard Browning, flight is an obsession. He's built an Iron Man-like suit that leans on an elegant collaboration of mind, body and technology, b...

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3 principles for creating safer AI | Stuart Russell from 2017-05-15T14:29:46


How can we harness the power of superintelligent AI while also preventing the catastrophe of robotic takeover? As we move closer toward creating all-knowing machines, AI pioneer Stuart...

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The future we're building -- and boring | Elon Musk from 2017-04-30T23:58:03


Elon Musk discusses his new project digging tunnels under LA, the latest from Tesla and SpaceX and his motivation for building a future on Mars in conversation with TED's Head Curator,...

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How to take a picture of a black hole | Katie Bouman from 2017-04-04T15:10:25


At the heart of the Milky Way, there's a supermassive black hole that feeds off a spinning disk of hot gas, sucking up anything that ventures too close -- even light. We can't see it, ...

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How I'm fighting bias in algorithms | Joy Buolamwini from 2017-03-09T16:08:53


MIT grad student Joy Buolamwini was working with facial analysis software when she noticed a problem: the software didn't detect her face -- because the people who coded the algorithm ...

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Don't fear superintelligent AI | Grady Booch from 2017-02-17T16:09:47


New tech spawns new anxieties, says scientist and philosopher Grady Booch, but we don't need to be afraid an all-powerful, unfeeling AI. Booch allays our worst (sci-fi induced) fears a...

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The incredible inventions of intuitive AI | Maurice Conti from 2017-02-06T15:48:32


What do you get when you give a design tool a digital nervous system? Computers that improve our ability to think and imagine, and robotic systems that come up with (and build) radical...

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Help discover ancient ruins -- before it's too late | Sarah Parcak from 2017-01-30T15:48:37


Sarah Parcak uses satellites orbiting hundreds of miles above Earth to uncover hidden ancient treasures buried beneath our feet. There's a lot to discover; in the Egyptian Delta alone,...

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Where is cybercrime really coming from? | Caleb Barlow from 2017-01-25T16:12:56


Cybercrime netted a whopping $450 billion in profits last year, with 2 billion records lost or stolen worldwide. Security expert Caleb Barlow calls out the insufficiency of our current...

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How online abuse of women has spiraled out of control | Ashley Judd from 2017-01-18T15:55:34


Enough with online hate speech, sexual harassment and threats of violence against women and marginalized groups. It's time to take the global crisis of online abuse seriously. In this ...

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Meet the inventor of the electronic spreadsheet | Dan Bricklin from 2017-01-11T15:52:50


Dan Bricklin changed the world forever when he codeveloped VisiCalc, the first electronic spreadsheet and grandfather of programs you probably use every day like Microsoft Excel and Go...

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How AI can bring on a second Industrial Revolution | Kevin Kelly from 2016-12-13T16:04:08


"The actual path of a raindrop as it goes down the valley is unpredictable, but the general direction is inevitable," says digital visionary Kevin Kelly -- and technology is much the s...

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The playful wonderland behind great inventions | Steven Johnson from 2016-11-16T16:22:17


Necessity is the mother of invention, right? Well, not always. Steven Johnson shows us how some of the most transformative ideas and technologies, like the computer, didn't emerge out ...

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Your smartphone is a civil rights issue | Christopher Soghoian from 2016-10-31T15:06:44


The smartphone you use reflects more than just personal taste ... it could determine how closely you can be tracked, too. Privacy expert and TED Fellow Christopher Soghoian details a g...

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What a driverless world could look like | Wanis Kabbaj from 2016-10-24T15:15:37


What if traffic flowed through our streets as smoothly and efficiently as blood flows through our veins? Transportation geek Wanis Kabbaj thinks we can find inspiration in the genius o...

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Machine intelligence makes human morals more important | Zeynep Tufekci from 2016-10-19T15:18:26


Machine intelligence is here, and we're already using it to make subjective decisions. But the complex way AI grows and improves makes it hard to understand and even harder to control....

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How we talk about sexual assault online | Ione Wells from 2016-10-10T15:25:42


We need a more considered approach to using social media for social justice, says writer and activist Ione Wells. After she was the victim of an assault in London, Wells published a le...

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Technology hasn't changed love. Here's why | Helen Fisher from 2016-09-30T15:03:27


In our tech-driven, interconnected world, we've developed new ways and rules to court each other, but the fundamental principles of love have stayed the same, says anthropologist Helen...

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Can we build AI without losing control over it? | Sam Harris from 2016-09-29T14:51:38


Scared of superintelligent AI? You should be, says neuroscientist and philosopher Sam Harris -- and not just in some theoretical way. We're going to build superhuman machines, says Har...

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Hunting for Peru's lost civilizations -- with satellites | Sarah Parcak from 2016-08-17T15:07:50


Around the world, hundreds of thousands of lost ancient sites lie buried and hidden from view. Satellite archaeologist Sarah Parcak is determined to find them before looters do. With t...

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A forgotten Space Age technology could change how we grow food | Lisa Dyson from 2016-07-18T15:06:40


We're heading for a world population of 10 billion people -- but what will we all eat? Lisa Dyson rediscovered an idea developed by NASA in the 1960s for deep-space travel, and it coul...

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How computers are learning to be creative | Blaise Agüera y Arcas from 2016-06-28T14:46:01


We're on the edge of a new frontier in art and creativity -- and it's not human. Blaise Agüera y Arcas, principal scientist at Google, works with deep neural networks for machine perce...

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How better tech could protect us from distraction | Tristan Harris from 2016-06-17T15:13:22


How often does technology interrupt us from what we really mean to be doing? At work and at play, we spend a startling amount of time distracted by pings and pop-ups -- instead of help...

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The birth of virtual reality as an art form | Chris Milk from 2016-06-16T20:00:55


Chris Milk uses innovative technologies to make personal, interactive, human stories. Accompanied by Joshua Roman on cello and McKenzie Stubbert on piano, Milk traces his relationship ...

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A sci-fi vision of love from a 318-year-old hologram | Monica Byrne from 2016-05-05T15:04:45


Science fiction writer Monica Byrne imagines rich worlds populated with characters who defy our racial, social and gender stereotypes. In this performance, Byrne appears as a hologram ...

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The mind behind Linux | Linus Torvalds from 2016-04-08T16:00:29


Linus Torvalds transformed technology twice -- first with the Linux kernel, which helps power the Internet, and again with Git, the source code management system used by developers wor...

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How a start-up in the White House is changing business as usual | Haley Van Dyck from 2016-04-04T14:51:40


Haley Van Dyck is transforming the way America delivers critical services to everyday people. At the United States Digital Service, Van Dyck and her team are using lessons learned by S...

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A futuristic vision of the age of holograms | Alex Kipman from 2016-03-25T15:52:24


Explore a speculative digital world without screens in this fanciful demo, a mix of near reality and far-future possibility. Wearing the HoloLens headset, Alex Kipman demos his vision ...

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A glimpse of the future through an augmented reality headset | Meron Gribetz from 2016-03-18T15:44:30


What if technology could connect us more deeply with our surroundings instead of distracting us from the real world? With the Meta 2, an augmented reality headset that makes it possibl...

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How Airbnb designs for trust | Joe Gebbia from 2016-03-14T16:20:31


Joe Gebbia, the co-founder of Airbnb, bet his whole company on the belief that people can trust each other enough to stay in one another's homes. How did he overcome the stranger-dange...

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Meet the dazzling flying machines of the future | Raffaello D'Andrea from 2016-02-19T17:03:22


When you hear the word "drone," you probably think of something either very useful or very scary. But could they have aesthetic value? Autonomous systems expert Raffaello D'Andrea deve...

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Shape-shifting tech will change work as we know it | Sean Follmer from 2016-02-09T17:03:20


What will the world look like when we move beyond the keyboard and mouse? Interaction designer Sean Follmer is building a future with machines that bring information to life under your...

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A delightful way to teach kids about computers | Linda Liukas from 2016-02-01T17:08:57


Computer code is the next universal language, and its syntax will be limited only by the imaginations of the next generation of programmers. Linda Liukas is helping to educate problem-...

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A robot that runs and swims like a salamander | Auke Ijspeert from 2016-01-28T17:37:23


Roboticist Auke Ijspeert designs biorobots, machines modeled after real animals that are capable of handling complex terrain and would appear at home in the pages of a sci-fi novel. Th...

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Can a computer write poetry? | Oscar Schwartz from 2016-01-20T17:06:06


If you read a poem and feel moved by it, but then find out it was actually written by a computer, would you feel differently about the experience? Would you think that the computer had...

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