Paths of Curiosity in an AI World

Who Really Makes Your Choices? Six Researchers on the Hidden Systems Shaping Your Life Paths of Curiosity in an AI World You get to pick. Make the predictions yourself, or hand the job to an algorithm. You get paid for how accurate they are. And before you choose, you watch the algorithm practice — and it's wrong a lot. But it's still better than you. It would earn you more money than yo...

Why Seeing an Algorithm Fail Makes You Trust It Less — Even When It's Still Better Than You Paths of Curiosity in an AI World What if the algorithm was actually right and you still refused to trust it? Dr. Berkeley Dietvorst discovered that people abandon algorithms the moment they see them make a mistake — even when those algorithms consistently outperform humans. And then he found something...

Technology Doesn't Fix Broken Systems. It Makes Them Worse. A Warning From Inside Microsoft. Paths of Curiosity in an AI World What if the most honest thing anyone in tech has ever said is that technology almost never does what we think it will? Dr. Kentaro Toyama spent a decade at Microsoft building technology for some of the world's most underserved communities. What he found changed e...

Sorted, Scored, and Steered: The Political Economy of AI With a Real Luddite Paths of Curiosity in an AI World You've been sorted, scored, and steered by systems you never agreed to. Someone built those systems. Someone profits from them. And the word we've been taught to use as an insult is actually the most precise tool we have to fight back. In this episode, we continue our AI, Data,...

Inside the Algorithm: What 5,000 Miles With Gig Workers Taught One Researcher About Power, Control, and Design Paths of Curiosity in an AI World What if the app that decides your Uber driver's next ride was specifically designed to make them feel free while controlling almost everything they do? Dr. Alex Rosenblat spent seven years finding out. In this episode, we continue our AI, Data, Behav...

Paths of Curiosity in an AI World For decades, banks discriminated against borrowers in person. Then algorithms inherited those same biases and made them invisible. Aaron Klein says AI could finally fix that — or make it far worse. In this episode, we continue our AI and Human Decision-Making: Choices, Bias, and Behavior miniseries with Aaron Klein, Miriam K. Carliner Chair and Senior Fellow in Ec...

Paths of Curiosity in an AI World Every cafeteria, every app, and every website you use today was designed to push you towards a decision before you even knew you were making one. And the people who built it? They're not thinking about you. In this episode, we kick off our AI and Human Decision-Making: Choices, Bias, and Behavior miniseries with Dr. Syon Bhanot, Associate Professor of Economi...

AI, Power, and the Laws That Haven't Caught Up Yet: A Miniseries Recap Paths of Curiosity in an AI World A 17-year-old boy had never been arrested. Never charged with anything. Never convicted of anything. But he was in a secret intelligence file, flagged by an algorithm as likely to become a criminal — and officers were showing up at his door before he had done a single thing wrong. This is...

AI, Access, and the Future of Law: Why This Might Be the Best Time Ever to Become a Lawyer Paths of Curiosity in an AI World What if the biggest crisis in American law is also its greatest opportunity? Right now, less than ten percent of Americans who need a lawyer can actually get one. Jennifer Leonard thinks AI might finally change that. In this episode, we continue our AI, Power, Law, and Civic...

Paths of Curiosity in an AI World What if the police showed up at your door — not because of anything you did, but because an algorithm predicted you might? That's not a dystopian novel. It already happened to 17,000 children in a Florida school district. And most of them never knew why. In this episode, we continue our AI, Power, Law, and Civic Life miniseries with Clarence Okoh, Senior Atto...

Paths of Curiosity in an AI World Every time you open TikTok or YouTube, a system you didn't choose has already decided what you're going to believe today. And the people who built it? They're not thinking about you. In this episode, we continue our AI, Power, Law, and Civic Life miniseries with Dr. Ramesh Srinivasan, Professor at UCLA and founder of the Digital Cultures Lab, whose...

Paths of Curiosity in an AI World What if the video used to convict someone never actually happened? That's not science fiction. With today's deepfake technology, it could happen in any courtroom - and soon! In this episode, we continue our AI, Power, Law, and Civic Life miniseries with Dr. Maura Grossman, Research Professor of Computer Science at the University of Waterloo and Adjunct P...

AI, Wages, and the Algorithm That Knows How Desperate You Are Paths of Curiosity in an AI World What if the app deciding how much to pay you already knows how little you're willing to accept? For millions of gig workers, that's not a hypothetical. That is your typical day.  In this episode, we continue our AI, Power, Law, and Civic Life miniseries with Dr. Veena Dubal, Professor of Law a...

AI, Surveillance, and Your Rights: The Case That Changed Privacy Forever Paths of Curiosity in an AI World What if the government could track everywhere you’ve been, everyone you’ve contacted, and everything you’ve searched, without ever asking permission? For years, that was dangerously close to reality. In this episode, we launch our AI, Power, Law, and Civic Life miniseries with Nathan Freed We...

AI in Healthcare Mini-Series Recap Paths of Curiosity in an AI World Hosted by Acadia Holve & Alora Holve What does AI in healthcare actually look like right now and who is building it? In this recap episode, Acadia and Alora step back from six conversations across medicine, engineering, and policy to connect the bigger picture. From an emergency room algorithm saving lives in real time, to AI...

AI in Healthcare: Turning Everyday Devices into Medical Sensors with Mayank Goel What if your earbuds could measure your blood pressure? Or your smartwatch could detect illness days before you feel sick? In this episode of Paths of Curiosity in an AI World , host Acadia explores the future of wearable health technology with Dr. Mayank Goel, assistant professor at the Carnegie Mellon University. Hi...

AI in Healthcare: The Data Behind the Decisions — Who Owns Your Health Information? with Dr. Erin Holve, PhD, MPH, MPP Your health data is being used to build the future of medicine. Dr. Erin Holve helped write the rules to make sure that future still belongs to you. In this episode of Paths of Curiosity in an AI World , we continue our AI and Healthcare mini-series with Dr. Erin Holve, a health s...

AI in Healthcare: Designing for the Patients Who Can't Speak for Themselves with Dr. Natalie Pageler, MD The choices we make for kids today echo for a lifetime. Dr. Natalie Pageler uses AI to help doctors notice the moments that could change a child's life — for better or worse. In this episode of *Paths of Curiosity in an AI World*, we continue our AI and Healthcare mini-series with Dr....

AI in Healthcare: Catching the Patients Who Slip Through the Cracks with Dr. Gabriel Wardi In emergency medicine, minutes matter, and some of the most dangerous conditions do not announce themselves clearly. In this episode of Paths of Curiosity in an AI World , we continue our AI and Healthcare mini-series with Dr. Gabriel Wardi, an emergency and critical care physician at UC San Diego Health and...

Episode: AI in Healthcare — When Systems, Not People, Catch the Mistakes    with Dr. Julia Adler-Milstein What if we’re asking doctors to do something humans are actually bad at? In this episode of Paths of Curiosity in an AI World , we continue our AI and Healthcare mini-series with Dr. Julia Adler-Milstein, founding chief of UCSF’s Division of Clinical Informatics and Digital Transformation and...

Episode 1: AI in Healthcare - People, Data, & Decisions with Dr. Chris Longhurst, CEO of Seattle Children’s Hospital What does it actually look like when artificial intelligence shows up in a real hospital, not as hype, but as a tool people rely on every day? In our first episode of Paths of Curiosity in an AI World , we sit down with Dr. Chris Longhurst , CEO of Seattle Children’s Hospital, t...