Last Week on Earth with GARI

In this podcast, we explore whether it's possible to augment stability and safeguard freedom in liberal democracies amidst rapid socio-political changes and growing extremism across the ideological spectrum. We assess the shifting dynamics within developed democracies of the Euro-Atlantic space, where increasing activism at both ends of the political spectrum complicates the search for a mode...

Trade Realities: European Uncertain Autonomy and Global Geoeconomics  - N100 2024 Berlin This discussion explored the implications of Europe's quest for resiliency and selective autonomy on its global trade relationships, regional economic stability, and overall competitiveness in an uncertain global environment. The debate dissected the state of global trade, examining the precarious balance...

In this episode, we discuss navigating the dualities of the digital economy amidst rising entropy and the unexpected effects of regulations. Staying a tech optimist can feel challenging. The past decade of rapid digitalization has improved interactions between citizens and governments, amplified marginalized voices, and increased social and economic interconnectedness. However, these benefits aren...

Big Global Energy Question - N100 2024 Berlin This session provides a holistic overview of crucial trends and strategic realignments in global energy, emphasizing both a scientifically informed understanding and the practical aspect of crafting future policies. This stage debate addresses the critical trends shaping global energy futures, strategies, and policies with a focus on adapting to the de...

Fusion energy, at the cutting edge of scientific advancement, offers a promising yet challenging path to sustainable power. Recent breakthroughs in magnetic confinement and laser-driven inertial fusion have moved us closer to net energy gain. However, significant obstacles remain in scaling stable fusion reactions for commercial use, requiring substantial investments and stringent safety regulatio...

Underestimating AI's long-term impact - the 21st century's industrial revolution In this episode, we delve into the transformative world of AI, discussing how it's become the Industrial Revolution of the 21st century.  Nowcasting: the high-resolution forecasting of rain up to two hours ahead, the generative model that ranked first for its accuracy and usefulness, Alphafold, which ca...

Theresa Kushner's journey in the world of high technology serves as an inspiration to aspiring professionals. From her early days in the field of journalism to her influential roles in renowned companies she is a true data-vangelist.  Theresa graduated from the Mayborn School of Journalism at the University of North Texas. Over the course of her career, Theresa has held prominent positions in...

Luís de Almeida Sampaio , the Ambassador from Portugal to the Czech Republic, has held numerous posts around the world and has a deep interest in global health care. In this episode he covers the M8 Alliance.  With regards to Ukraine, what has been the war's impact on European healthcare? What changes in the discussions when there is a war like this?  How do politics and policy impact the glo...

Bjorn Stevens is the Director of the Max Plank Institute for Meteorology in Berlin - Bjorn is a top climate scientist, with particular expertise in clouds.  New climate model simulations of the world - EVE) Earth Virtualisation Engines Human vs science-centric climate science Earth in 100 years Darwin and the theory of e-0volution It's also clear that humans are responsible for global warming...

Henry Ajder, a globally recognised advisor, speaker, and broadcaster working at the frontier of the generative AI and synthetic media revolution.  AI-generated deep fakes - their current and future impact, synthetic media  How to do news sourcing and verifications and break breaking news as soon as possible? especially when Twitter has become the place for breaking news AI generated fakes are bein...

Sibylle Barden is an author and SDG and ESG strategist. She is an early champion of Stakeholder Capitalism. Her latest political novel „The Honeyguide“ was selected by the Frankfurt Book Fair as “one of 8 revolutionary books recommended for film adaptation”. Your host for this episode is Michal Koran, the Founder of the Global Arena Research Institute. Enjoy subscribe and share! Stakeholder capita...

All there is to know about the metaverse with Claudia May del Pozo, Executive Director of the Eon Resilience Lab, under C Minds, a women-led action tank that works at the intersection of digitalization, new technologies, and society with a strong focus on Latin America. We’re going to be chatting about the metaverse. monopoly on metaverse? or utopian version built on blockchain? when will we have...

Today’s guest is Stanford Institute of Human Centered AI’s Nestor Maslej here to chat about this year’s AI Index Report - this is the second time we’re here together and I’d highly recommend listening to last year’s episode with Nestor on the 2022 Report. What are the trends, opportunities and challenges in AI from this last year? AI is being used to tangibly increase scientific advancement in ene...

We chat today about chat GPT, Destination Earth as well as the changing approach to discovery and the advancement of science and technology . Enjoy, subscribe and share! Destination Earth (DestinE), is an ambitious initiative to create a digital twin – an interactive computer simulation – of our planet to empower climate change adaptation and to prevent environmental degradation. As extreme weathe...

We’re excited to launch a new series of shorter podcast episodes where we give you a deeper look into what is happening right now globally and regionally and GARI’s insights into it. GARI’s digital twin of the globalised world enables us to do complex analyses and have valuable insight into topics we deal with. Today we delve into the changing landscape of global interconnectedness, regionalizatio...

Today we’re chatting with intelligence expert Joanna Bryson on: The definition of intelligence, artificial and natural?  AI as an efficiency tool Putting AI products into ordinary product law How do we perceive the global bi-polar AI situation? Why Google and Apple don’t patent that much China, Russia, Iran, the EU - who, what, and why? with degrees in social and computer sciences from Chicago, Ed...

Today we are welcoming back Sebastian Hallensleben to talk about the new perception of the EU, the imprecision of the Commissions regulations on AI, the level of technological understanding amongst EU commissioners, the challenges that poses, funding innovation and more. How does interdisciplinary and inter-sector dialogue work in the EU?  The European Commission is working on AI regulation, and t...

2022 AI Index Report by Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI The AI Index is an independent initiative. The annual report tracks , collates , distills , and visualizes data relating to artificial intelligence, enabling decision-makers to take meaningful action to advance AI responsibly and ethically with humans in mind. The latest edition includes data from a broad set of academic, private, an...

"There are no autonomous weapons, only autonomy in weapons systems" Frank Sauer is a Senior Research Fellow at Bundeswehr University Munich and the Head of Research at the Metis Institute for Strategy and Foresight. He currently serves as a senior advisor on the International Panel on the Regulation of Autonomous Weapons (iPRAW) and as a subject matter expert in the commission on the res...

Today I’m chatting with Florian Neukart from Terra Quantum about all things quantum, what is quantum physics and technology, how can it be applied and what will it look like in the automotive, medical,  pharmacy, finance, and energy sectors, and why is combining the first and second quantum revolutions exciting? To see more of the transcript, please see the transcript ;) What is quantum computing?...

Today’s podcast with Sebastian Hallensleben includes topics on the impact of generative AI with tools like deep fake, the future of platforms like Facebook and the creation of new platforms for constructive discourse, quantum computing, using a piece of the sun for energy on earth, and lastly, how to fund foundational research.  Sebastian Hellensleben is the head of digitalization and AI at VDE, a...

What is surprising about the Russian aggression toward Ukraine? Is it possible Putin didn’t have contingency plans for partial or total failure? Russian doctrine of power and success Did the Russian intelligence community really get it wrong or did they try to please Putin with their assessment? The problem of cognitive dissonance What will be the biggest challenge now for Ukraine and the Western...

Welcome to the new year of GARI podcasts! We’re excited by our 2022 guest lineup, starting with the brilliant Shmuel Bar ! Dr. Bar is the founder and CEO of IntuView – an Israeli based software company that has developed an integrated semantics-driven platform for fully-automated real-time analysis and “meaning mining” of unstructured textual documents in various languages. Dr. Bar served for thir...

This episode’s guest is the American physicist Dr. William Colglazier. With an impressive resume, Colglazier’s long career has taken him to the Secretary of State, where he provided scientific and technical expertise and advice in support of the development and implementation of U.S. foreign policy as a Science and Technology Adviser. Today, he is the Editor-in-Chief of Science & Diplomacy   a...

Our 18th episode is joined by Alexander Ruiz , Founder of Phaedrus LLC , an engineering company supporting the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community, and Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council , who discusses the transforming digital arena and the ensuing threats. Ruiz got into the cyber-digital domain in his early years. Inspired by 90s movies like Top Gun, Alex devoted himself to compu...