Machines Like Us

Machines Like Us

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.

Well researched; energetically and engagingly hosted. Kudos!

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Stimulating, interesting and occasionally challenging.

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A top ten show. Taylor asks important tech related questions to guests who have keen insights.

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Season 2

August 4, 2026
Can You Really Teach a Robot Empathy? This Roboticist Says Yes.
July 21, 2026
Age Gates & AI: Minister Marc Miller on The Safe Social Media Act
July 7, 2026
Canada’s AI minister to Big Tech: “We Won’t be a Digital Colony’
June 23, 2026
We Can Now Bet on Almost Anything. Should We?
June 9, 2026
Social Media Bans Are Wildly Popular. They Might Also Be a Mistake.
May 5, 2026
Animals are Talking to Each Other. Can AI Help Us Understand Them?
April 21, 2026
Does 21st Century Politics Still Need Politicians?
April 7, 2026
Michael Pollan Says AI Isn’t Conscious – But Plants Might Be
March 24, 2026
Why Did We Stop Talking About The AI Apocalypse?
March 10, 2026
In the Wake of Tumbler Ridge, Can We Trade Privacy for Safety?
February 24, 2026
When Did Common Sense AI Policy Become Radical?
February 12, 2026
Bonus: Inside the New Social Media Platform for AI Agents
February 10, 2026
The Future According to Gen Z
January 27, 2026
Is China Winning the Technological Arms Race?
January 13, 2026
Four Predictions on How AI Will Transform Your World This Year
December 30, 2025
The Man Behind the World’s Most Coveted Microchip
December 16, 2025
Wikipedia Won Our Trust. Can We Use That Model Everywhere?
December 2, 2025
Could an Alternative AI Save Us From a Bubble?
November 18, 2025
Can AI Lead Us to the Good Life?
November 4, 2025
How to Survive the “Broligarchy”
October 21, 2025
AI Music is Everywhere. Is it Legal?
October 7, 2025
Geoffrey Hinton vs. The End of the World
September 23, 2025
AI is Upending Higher Education. Is That a Bad Thing?

Season 1

April 22, 2025
Jim Balsillie: ‘Canada’s Problem Isn’t Trump. Canada’s Problem Is Canada’
April 8, 2025
The Changing Face of Election Interference
March 25, 2025
How Do You Report the News in a Post-Truth World?
March 11, 2025
A Chinese Company Upended OpenAI. We May Be Looking at the Story All Wrong.
February 25, 2025
Big Tech Hijacked Our Attention. Chris Hayes Wants To Win It Back.
February 11, 2025
New Spyware Has Made Your Phone Less Secure Than You Might Think
January 28, 2025
A Computer Scientist Answers Your Questions About AI
January 20, 2025
Questions About AI? We Want to Hear Them
January 14, 2025
This Mother Says a Chatbot Led to Her Son’s Death
December 31, 2024
Bonus ‘The Decibel’: How an algorithm missed a deadly listeria outbreak
December 17, 2024
AI Has Mastered Chess, Poker and Go. So Why Do We Keep Playing?
December 3, 2024
How Silicon Valley Monopolized Our Imagination
November 19, 2024
Margrethe Vestager Fought Big Tech and Won. Her Next Target is AI
November 5, 2024
Bonus ‘Lately’: The Great Decline of Everything Online
October 22, 2024
Musk, Money and Misinformation: Tech & The U.S. Election
October 8, 2024
Emily St. John Mandel Imagines The Future
September 24, 2024
Yoshua Bengio Doesn’t Think We’re Ready for Superhuman AI. We’re Building it Anyway.
September 10, 2024
There’s a Way to Cool the Planet. Scientists are Terrified of It.
August 27, 2024
Gaza is a Window into the Future of War
August 13, 2024
Why Journalism Made a Devil’s Bargain with Big Tech
July 30, 2024
How to Hack Democracy
July 16, 2024
How AI Turbocharged the Economy (For Now)
July 2, 2024
Douglas Rushkoff Doesn’t Want to Talk About AI
June 18, 2024
The Real World Cost of AI
June 4, 2024
Can AI Bring Humanity Back to Health Care?
May 21, 2024
The Battle for Your Brain
May 7, 2024
Can AI Companions Cure Loneliness?
May 7, 2024
Maria Ressa saw the dangers of social media. AI might be worse.
April 29, 2024
Introducing Machines Like Us