GAEA Talks

This week on GAEA Talks, a very special edition. Graeme Scott and Professor Yi-Zhe Song - Co-Founders of Turing Elite Research Labs - announce the launch of a new venture built to democratise AI from the United Kingdom, and debut the 'Me' augmented human AI model running entirely on local compute. This episode begins as a real conversation between Graeme and Professor Song - then, without...

This week on GAEA Talks, Graeme Scott sits down with Kay Firth-Butterfield - the world's first Chief AI Ethics Officer, former Head of Artificial Intelligence at the World Economic Forum, TIME Magazine 100 Impact Awardee, barrister, former judge, and author of the new book Coexisting with AI: Work, Love, and Play in a Changing World. Kay's career spans law, government, academia and the highest lev...

This week on GAEA Talks, Graeme Scott sits down with Nathalie Nahai - behavioural scientist, best-selling author of Webs of Influence: The Psychology of Online Persuasion and Business Unusual, classically trained artist and musician, and one of the world's leading voices on the intersection of persuasive technology, human behaviour and AI.Nathalie has spent over a decade examining how our online e...

This week on GAEA Talks, Graeme Scott sits down with Dr Daniel Hulme - Chief AI Officer at WPP, founder of Satalia, co-founder of Conscium, UCL Computer Science Entrepreneur in Residence, and one of the world's leading authorities on artificial intelligence, machine consciousness and the singularity. Daniel has spent 27 years at the frontier of AI research and application. His PhD at University Co...

This week on GAEA Talks, Graeme Scott sits down with Jacob Ward - former NBC News technology correspondent, former editor-in-chief of Popular Science, Stanford lecturer, and author of the bestselling book The Loop: How Technology Is Creating a World Without Choices and How to Fight Back. Jacob spent years reporting on the intersection of technology, human behaviour and social change for NBC Nightl...

AI machine learning models are not just a little bit faster than traditional weather forecasting - they're tens of thousands of times faster. But speed alone isn't enough when lives depend on the forecast. In this episode of GAEA Talks, Professor Kirstine Dale, the Met Office's Chief AI Officer and Principal Fellow for Data Science, joins Graeme Scott to explore how AI is driving a paradigm shift...

This week on GAEA Talks, Graeme Scott sits down with Alberto Prado - former Global Head of R&D Digital & Partnerships at Unilever, former Head of R&D Strategy at Nokia, and one of the few executives in the world who has had a front-row seat to two of the biggest technology disruptions of our lifetime. Alberto was inside Nokia when the company held over 50% of the global mobile market —...

In this episode of Gaea Talks, host Graeme Scott sits down with Max Sebti, Co-Founder and CEO of Score, to explore how AI moves beyond chatbots and into real-world decision systems. Using elite football as a case study, Max explains how his team built a fully automated vision AI system capable of annotating an entire match in under two minutes — more accurately than human analysts. From there, the...

Melissa Reeve is an organizational transformation and AI integration expert who focuses on how companies must evolve—not just technologically, but structurally and culturally—to succeed with AI. Rather than concentrating on tools or models, her work examines how leadership, operating models, governance, and human systems must change as AI becomes embedded in everyday work. Drawing on decades of ex...

This podcast features a discussion with Richard Saldanha, who shares his background of spending 25 years in the City of London as a risk analyst, quant trader, portfolio manager and even serving as a global head of risk for a large investment manager. His career has focused on linking mathematics, problem-solving and real-world issues. He has an academic background, holding a doctorate in graph th...

This episode explores how leaders, organisations, and individuals should think about AI beyond hype, focusing on governance, ethics, risk, and human responsibility. Oliver Patel shares deep insight into how AI should be used intentionally, not blindly, especially in high-stakes decision-making environments like enterprise, government, and education. The conversation unpacks what AI really is, wher...

This episode explores the deep and often overlooked relationship between artificial intelligence and human potential. Nichol Bradford brings a long-term perspective on technology, drawing from her background in gaming, investing, and human-centred innovation to argue that AI’s true value lies not in efficiency alone, but in enhancing agency, creativity, and connection. The conversation moves beyon...

This episode explores the future of creativity in the age of AI through the lens of actress, physicist and producer Eline Van Der Velden, creator of AI character Tilly Norwood. The conversation covers her journey from musical theatre and physics into film production, her experiments with AI actors, and the backlash surrounding them. Rather than focusing on fear, the episode reframes AI as a creati...

This episode is a deep, strategic conversation about the next phase of AI adoption in business , moving beyond surface-level automation and failed proof-of-concepts. Graeme Scott reframes AI not as a tool for short-term efficiency, but as a long-term infrastructure decision rooted in trust, transparency, human expertise, and real-world context. The discussion explores why many 2025 AI initiatives...

This episode explores what it really takes to move AI from hype to reality inside enterprise environments. Host Graeme Scott is joined by AI architect and data science leader Sumitro Ghatak to unpack why most AI proof-of-concepts fail, the hidden risks of rushing agentic and generative AI into production, and why trust, governance, cost, and energy usage matter as much as capability. The conversat...

This episode features Ben Legg, former Google COO, and explores the AI revolution through the lens of work, value, leadership, and human identity. Drawing on Ben's decades of experience across the military, consulting, big tech, and global leadership, the conversation examines how AI is reshaping not just industries, but how humans define work, purpose, creativity, and status. The discussion m...

This episode explores how businesses should really think about artificial intelligence beyond hype, headlines, and fear-driven adoption. Jeremy Dalton, founder of XRHQ and a global expert in emerging technologies, breaks down why AI initiatives often fail - not because of the technology, but because organisations forget to anchor innovation to real business problems and human outcomes. Ultimately,...

This episode features AI strategist and policy expert Walter Pasquarelli (YouTube Channel:  ⁨@WalterPasquarelli⁩  ) diving deep into the rapid evolution of artificial intelligence and its effect on society, business, creativity, and the human mind. The conversation explores personal vs enterprise AI adoption, the rise of AI companions, the emotional impacts of synthetic relationships, robotics and...

This episode is a deep, big-picture conversation with Zack Kass, Global AI Advisor and Former Head of Go-To-Market at OpenAI. The episode explores how AI is reshaping society, work, policy, human happiness, and our collective future. Zack breaks down the history of modern AI, explains why goalposts keep moving, and why society often misunderstands technological progress. Together, Zack and Graeme...

Artificial intelligence isn't just another technological shift - it's a fundamental restructuring of how society operates. In this episode, Tim Gordon explains why AI represents a deeper disruption than previous technological revolutions, and what that means for everyone navigating this transformation. Drawing on two decades of leadership across media, consulting, politics, and AI strategy...

This episode features Kim Simmonds, a tech-savvy lawyer and founder of a Law 365, exploring the future of law in the age of artificial intelligence. The discussion examines whether lawyers will still exist in five years, how automation and AI are reshaping legal work, and what new roles legal professionals might play in training and overseeing AI systems. Host, Graeme Scott, and Kim both discuss A...

This episode features Dr Joanna Michalska, and explores the human side of AI — how awareness, ethics, and responsibility shape the technology we build. The conversation delves into human psychology, risk, and decision-making within AI systems, questioning who holds accountability when algorithms influence lives. Also discussed; data sovereignty, trust, conscious design, and the balance between inn...

Written by Dr Antonio Weiss, his book 'AI Demystified: Unleash the power of artificial intelligence at work' is out now! Purchase it at various retailers including Amazon, linked here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/AI-Demystified-Unleash-artificial-intelligence/dp/1292742674This episode features Dr Antonio Weiss, author of AI Demystified, in a deep and wide-ranging discussion about how artifici...

This episode of GAEA Talks with Major General (Ret.) John Seumas Kerr CBE, former Major General and business leader, dives deep into leadership, critical thinking, and AI’s evolving role in society. Drawing on lessons from decades in the military and global business, Seumas unpacks how decision-making frameworks, strategy, and consequence management translate directly to modern organisations. The...

Governing the Machine, out 23rd October on Amazon and other retailers. Pre-order now: https://amzn.eu/d/9PSBRAtGoverning the Machine is the essential guide to harnessing the transformative potential of AI, while navigating and mitigating its inherent risks. Authors: Ray Eitel-Porter, Dr Paul Dongha, and Miriam Vogel. This episode dives deep into AI safety, ethics, and risk governance with Dr. Paul...