The Gradient: Perspectives on AI

Deeply researched, technical interviews with experts thinking about AI and technology. thegradientpub.substack.com

The Gradient: Perspectives on AI is a technology podcast hosted by Daniel Bashir, with 149 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Daniel Bashir hosts The Gradient: Perspectives on AI, a technology show with 149 episodes published.

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  2025 in AI, with Nathan Benaich

  Jan 22, 20261h 1mS0

  <p>Episode 144</p><p>Happy New Year! This is one of my favorite episodes of the year — for the fourth time, Nathan Benaich and I did our yearly roundup of AI news and advancements, including selections from this year’s State of AI Report.</p><p>If you’ve stuck around and continue to listen, I’m really thankful you’re here. I love hearing from you.</p><p>You can find Nathan and Air Street Press here on Substack and on Twitter, LinkedIn, and his personal site. Check out his writing at press.airstreet.com.</p><p>Find me on Twitter...

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  Iason Gabriel: Value Alignment and the Ethics of Advanced AI Systems

  Nov 26, 202559 minS0

  <p>Episode 143</p><p>I spoke with Iason Gabriel about:</p><p>* Value alignment</p><p>* Technology and worldmaking</p><p>* How AI systems affect individuals and the social world</p><p>Iason is a philosopher and Senior Staff Research Scientist at Google DeepMind. His work focuses on the ethics of artificial intelligence, including questions about AI value alignment, distributive justice, language ethics and human rights.</p><p>You can find him on his website and Twitter/X.</p><p>Find me on Twitter (or LinkedIn if you want…) for updates, and reach me at editor@thegradient.pub for feedback, id...

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  2024 in AI, with Nathan Benaich

  Dec 26, 20241h 49mS0

  <p>Episode 142</p><p>Happy holidays! This is one of my favorite episodes of the year — for the third time, Nathan Benaich and I did our yearly roundup of all the AI news and advancements you need to know. This includes selections from this year’s State of AI Report, some early takes on o3, a few minutes LARPing as China Guys……… </p><p>If you’ve stuck around and continue to listen, I’m really thankful you’re here. I love hearing from you. </p><p>You can find Nathan and Air Street Press here on Substack and on Twitter, LinkedIn...

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  Philip Goff: Panpsychism as a Theory of Consciousness

  Dec 12, 20241 hourS0

  <p>Episode 141</p><p>I spoke with Professor Philip Goff about:</p><p>* What a “post-Galilean” science of consciousness looks like</p><p>* How panpsychism helps explain consciousness and the hybrid cosmopsychist view</p><p>Enjoy!</p><p>Philip Goff is a British author, idealist philosopher, and professor at Durham University whose research focuses on philosophy of mind and consciousness. Specifically, it focuses on how consciousness can be part of the scientific worldview. He is the author of multiple books including Consciousness and Fundamental Reality, Galileo's Error: Foundations for a New Science of Consciousness and Why? The Purpose of the Univ...

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  Some Changes at The Gradient

  Nov 21, 202434 minS0

  <p>Hi everyone!</p><p>If you’re a new subscriber or listener, welcome. </p><p>If you’re not new, you’ve probably noticed that things have slowed down from us a bit recently. Hugh Zhang, Andrey Kurenkov and I sat down to recap some of The Gradient’s history, where we are now, and how things will look going forward. </p><p>To summarize and give some context:</p><p>The Gradient has been around for around 6 years now – we began as an online magazine, and began producing our own newsletter and podcast about 4 years ago. With a team of vol...

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