Conversations
Long conversations with people who know something.
I host The AI Lyceum podcast, where researchers and practitioners get the time to say something complicated properly. Thirty-six episodes so far. Occasionally I am the guest.
Selected episodes
Conversations worth starting with
Episode 35 · 24 August 2026
How AI is changing business — and the human skills that still matter
Dipika Sawhney
Google
Episode 33 · 16 June 2026
Should AI be in the classroom? The human cost of generative AI
Professor Wayne Holmes
UCL
Episode 29 · 26 April 2026
Inside the AI supply chain: how Cerebras powers fast AI
James Wang
Cerebras
Episode 24 · 12 March 2026
Agentic advertising: how AI agents will buy and sell media
Shailley Singh
IAB Tech Lab
Episode 23 · 2 March 2026
The magic mirror: the journey to $3M a month
Sunil Jindal
Co-founder, Magic AI
Episode 20 · 30 January 2026
AI's biggest blind spot: culture, not code
Dr Nina Begus
UC Berkeley
Episode 18 · 13 January 2026
Thinking with AI: what can't be automated?
Peter Danenberg
Google DeepMind
Episode 12 · 16 November 2025
Billion dollar ideas: AI's impact on the digital economy
Brian O'Kelley
CEO, Scope3
Episode 10 · 3 November 2025
Conscious AI and protopia: the future of intelligence
Dr Daniel Hulme
CEO of Satalia, WPP
Episode 7 · 13 October 2025
Designing AI we can trust: the right choices
Professor Claudio Pinhanez
IBM Research
Episode 4 · 29 September 2025
Can robots learn? On AI, robotics and intelligence
Professor Benjamin Rosman
TIME100 AI 2025 · University of the Witwatersrand
Guests have come from
Organisations represented
- Google DeepMind
- Cerebras
- IBM Research
- IAB Tech Lab
- UC Berkeley
- UCL
- Kellogg School of Management
- University of the Witwatersrand
- Satalia / WPP
- Ogilvy
- Scope3
- Magic AI
- Wondercraft
- Moonpig
- LMU Munich
- CUNY
Affiliations as stated at the time of recording.
Full archive
Every episode
#36
Is AI making us less capable?
Professor Sven Nyholm · AI ethics, LMU Munich
10 September 2026
#35
How AI is changing business — and the human skills that still matter
Dipika Sawhney · Google
24 August 2026
#34
If AI becomes conscious, does it deserve rights?
Anna Mikeda · AI psychology researcher
12 July 2026
#33
Should AI be in the classroom? The human cost of generative AI
Professor Wayne Holmes · UCL
16 June 2026
#32
Robots are leaving the lab: physical AI, humanoids and the future of work
Sacha Ghiglione · Robotics
26 May 2026
#31
How AI changes what we believe
Dr Jana Sedláková · AI ethics researcher
18 May 2026
#30
AI and the new economics of advertising
Ian Whittaker · Media analyst
3 May 2026
#29
Inside the AI supply chain: how Cerebras powers fast AI
James Wang · Cerebras
26 April 2026
#28
How advertising, AI and algorithms shape what we see
Alessandra Di Lorenzo · Advertising leader
20 April 2026
#27
Inclusive AI, trust and hidden harm
Sidrah Hassan · AI ethicist
14 April 2026
#26
How AI is changing education, ethics and the future of work
Tina Austin · AI educator
6 April 2026
#25
How Wondercraft is changing AI video for business
Dimitris Nikolaou · CEO, Wondercraft
29 March 2026
#24
Agentic advertising: how AI agents will buy and sell media
Shailley Singh · IAB Tech Lab
12 March 2026
#23
The magic mirror: the journey to $3M a month
Sunil Jindal · Co-founder, Magic AI
2 March 2026
#22
Governing AI at scale: understanding bias and fairness
Dr Chiara Gallese · Professor of digital ethics
15 February 2026
#21
Understanding AI ethics: trust and safety
Savneet Singh · AI ethicist
6 February 2026
#20
AI's biggest blind spot: culture, not code
Dr Nina Begus · UC Berkeley
30 January 2026
#19
AI is a question machine: teaching thinking, not answers
Casandra Sibilin · Philosophy lecturer, CUNY
21 January 2026
#18
Thinking with AI: what can't be automated?
Peter Danenberg · Google DeepMind
13 January 2026
#17
The future of law with AI: making sense of it all
Stephen Dnes · Lawyer
5 January 2026
#16
Winning the zero click: AI and marketing's future
Professor Jim Lecinski · Kellogg School of Management
11 December 2025
#15
Is AI listening to us? Voice AI as the new interface
Charles Cadbury · CEO, Say It Now
8 December 2025
#14
Recycling AI heat: how waste energy could save us
Scot Bryson · Founder, Orbital Farm
28 November 2025
#13
Can AI cure loneliness? The new human condition
Dr Lollie Mancey · Cyber-anthropologist
20 November 2025
#12
Billion dollar ideas: AI's impact on the digital economy
Brian O'Kelley · CEO, Scope3
16 November 2025
#11
Agentic AI, Sora and GPT-5: trends, thoughts and tricks
Peter Gostev · Head of AI, Moonpig
13 November 2025
#10
Conscious AI and protopia: the future of intelligence
Dr Daniel Hulme · CEO of Satalia, WPP
3 November 2025
#9
Can AI be green? The truth about data, power and planet
Pascal Joly · Silicon Valley
27 October 2025
#8
Smartphones to AGI: how to navigate exponential change
David Wood · London Futurists
19 October 2025
#7
Designing AI we can trust: the right choices
Professor Claudio Pinhanez · IBM Research
13 October 2025
#6
Marketing in the age of AI
Antonis Kocheilas · Chief Transformation Officer, Ogilvy
6 October 2025
#5
What is the agentic internet? Virtual economies and advertising
James Bentley · Agentic internet
3 October 2025
#4
Can robots learn? On AI, robotics and intelligence
Professor Benjamin Rosman · TIME100 AI 2025 · University of the Witwatersrand
29 September 2025
#3
Making AI 100% sustainable: renewable data centres
GreenPT · Renewable compute
26 September 2025
#2
Is AI super-intelligent? Beyond the hype
Calum Chace · Best-selling AI author
17 September 2025
#1
Can AI become conscious?
Peter Morgan · Lead AI tutor, Oxford
4 September 2025
Conversations I join
As a guest
Six Sells
17 September 2026
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