When a loved one passes away, it can be difficult to find the right words. Enter A.I. Drew Harwell is a technology reporter for The Washington Post, and he joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the rise of obituary-writing artificial intelligence, how funeral homes are eager to embrace it – and if a computer can find the right words to truly capture a human life. His article is <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/08/03/ai-obituaries-funeral-homes/">“The rise of AI tools that write about you when you die.” </a>

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 &lt;p&gt;When a loved one passes away, it can be difficult to find the right words. Enter A.I. Drew Harwell is a technology reporter for The Washington Post, and he joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the rise of obituary-writing artificial intelligence, how funeral homes are eager to embrace it – and if a computer can find the right words to truly capture a human life. His article is &lt;a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/08/03/ai-obituaries-funeral-homes/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;“The rise of AI tools that write about you when you die.” &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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Enter A.I. Drew Harwell is a technology reporter for The Washington Post, and he joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the rise of obituary-writing artificial intelligence, how funeral homes are eager to embrace it.

When a loved one passes away, it can be difficult to find the right words. Enter A.I. Drew Harwell is a technology reporter for The Washington Post, and he joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the rise of obituary-writing artificial intelligence, how funeral homes are eager to embrace it – and if a computer can find the right words to truly capture a human life. His article is <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/08/03/ai-obituaries-funeral-homes/">“The rise of AI tools that write about you when you die.” </a>

A.I. is writing obits now

College students sometimes get in trouble for using A.I. to complete assignments, but is there a way to use it as a teaching tool? Clay Shirky, vice provost for A.I. and technology in education at New York University, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how professors are using A.I. in the classroom and whether or not the technology gets in the way of critical thinking. His article “<a href="https://www.bing.com/search?pglt=137&amp;q=Is+AI+Enhancing+Education+or+Replacing+It%3F%E2%80%9D+was+published+in+The+Chronicle+of+Higher+Education.&amp;cvid=76323474811d46c581b460c6183be62c&amp;gs_lcrp=EgRlZGdlKgYIABBFGDkyBggAEEUYOTIICAEQ6QcY_FXSAQc3MzhqMGoxqAIAsAIA&amp;FORM=ANNAB1&amp;PC=U531">Is AI Enhancing Education or Replacing It?” was published in The Chronicle of Higher Education.</a>“

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 &lt;p&gt;College students sometimes get in trouble for using A.I. to complete assignments, but is there a way to use it as a teaching tool? Clay Shirky, vice provost for A.I. and technology in education at New York University, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how professors are using A.I. in the classroom and whether or not the technology gets in the way of critical thinking. His article “&lt;a href="https://www.bing.com/search?pglt=137&amp;amp;q=Is+AI+Enhancing+Education+or+Replacing+It%3F%E2%80%9D+was+published+in+The+Chronicle+of+Higher+Education.&amp;amp;cvid=76323474811d46c581b460c6183be62c&amp;amp;gs_lcrp=EgRlZGdlKgYIABBFGDkyBggAEEUYOTIICAEQ6QcY_FXSAQc3MzhqMGoxqAIAsAIA&amp;amp;FORM=ANNAB1&amp;amp;PC=U531"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Is AI Enhancing Education or Replacing It?” was published in The Chronicle of Higher Education.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;“&lt;/p&gt;

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Clay Shirky, vice provost for A.I. and technology in education at New York University, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how professors are using A.I. in the classroom and whether or not the technology gets in the way of critical thinking.

College students sometimes get in trouble for using A.I. to complete assignments, but is there a way to use it as a teaching tool? Clay Shirky, vice provost for A.I. and technology in education at New York University, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how professors are using A.I. in the classroom and whether or not the technology gets in the way of critical thinking. His article “<a href="https://www.bing.com/search?pglt=137&amp;q=Is+AI+Enhancing+Education+or+Replacing+It%3F%E2%80%9D+was+published+in+The+Chronicle+of+Higher+Education.&amp;cvid=76323474811d46c581b460c6183be62c&amp;gs_lcrp=EgRlZGdlKgYIABBFGDkyBggAEEUYOTIICAEQ6QcY_FXSAQc3MzhqMGoxqAIAsAIA&amp;FORM=ANNAB1&amp;PC=U531">Is AI Enhancing Education or Replacing It?” was published in The Chronicle of Higher Education.</a>“

How A.I. is getting in the way of real learning

A.I. is becoming smarter without much help from humans, and that should worry us all. Nate Soares, president of Machine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI), joins host Krys Boyd to discuss what happens when A.I. brain power surpasses what humans are capable of, why we don’t have the technology yet to understand what we’re building, and why everything will be just fine … until it isn’t. His book, co-written with Eliezer Yudkowsky, is <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Anyone-Builds-Everyone-Dies-Superhuman/dp/0316595640">“If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: Why Superhuman AI Would Kill Us All.”</a> This week, we're revisiting episodes that are all about A.I.

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 &lt;p&gt;A.I. is becoming smarter without much help from humans, and that should worry us all. Nate Soares, president of Machine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI), joins host Krys Boyd to discuss what happens when A.I. brain power surpasses what humans are capable of, why we don’t have the technology yet to understand what we’re building, and why everything will be just fine … until it isn’t. His book, co-written with Eliezer Yudkowsky, is &lt;a href="https://www.amazon.com/Anyone-Builds-Everyone-Dies-Superhuman/dp/0316595640"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;“If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: Why Superhuman AI Would Kill Us All.”&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;This week, we're revisiting episodes that are all about A.I.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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Nate Soares joins host Krys Boyd to discuss what happens when A.I. brain power surpasses what humans are capable of.

A.I. is becoming smarter without much help from humans, and that should worry us all. Nate Soares, president of Machine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI), joins host Krys Boyd to discuss what happens when A.I. brain power surpasses what humans are capable of, why we don’t have the technology yet to understand what we’re building, and why everything will be just fine … until it isn’t. His book, co-written with Eliezer Yudkowsky, is <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Anyone-Builds-Everyone-Dies-Superhuman/dp/0316595640">“If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: Why Superhuman AI Would Kill Us All.”</a>

This week, we're revisiting episodes that are all about A.I.

When will A.I. want to kill us?

Much of America’s racial wealth gap can be traced to economic policies dating back decades and even centuries. Mehrsa Baradaran is professor of law at the University of California, Irvine. She joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the history of the wealth gap, why she believes politics keeps that gap alive for Black Americans and solutions that could alleviate the disparity. Her book is “<a href="https://mitpressbookstore.mit.edu/book/9798228792531">The Racial Wealth Gap: A Brief History</a>.”

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 &lt;p&gt;Much of America’s racial wealth gap can be traced to economic policies dating back decades and even centuries. Mehrsa Baradaran is professor of law at the University of California, Irvine. She joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the history of the wealth gap, why she believes politics keeps that gap alive for Black Americans and solutions that could alleviate the disparity. Her book is “&lt;a href="https://mitpressbookstore.mit.edu/book/9798228792531"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Racial Wealth Gap: A Brief History&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.”&lt;/p&gt;

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Mehrsa Baradaran discusses the history of the wealth gap and why politics keep that gap alive for Black Americans.

Much of America’s racial wealth gap can be traced to economic policies dating back decades and even centuries. Mehrsa Baradaran is professor of law at the University of California, Irvine. She joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the history of the wealth gap, why she believes politics keeps that gap alive for Black Americans and solutions that could alleviate the disparity. Her book is “<a href="https://mitpressbookstore.mit.edu/book/9798228792531">The Racial Wealth Gap: A Brief History</a>.”

Why we haven’t fixed the racial wealth gap

We may live in a post-truth society, but facts can still be verified. Michael Shermer is publisher of Skeptic magazine, the executive director of the Skeptics Society and the host of the podcast The Michael Shermer Show. He joins host Krys Boyd to discuss misinformation and how to spot it, why we’re vulnerable to believing falsehoods and why it’s essential we reject the idea that nothing can be verified as truth. His book is “<a href="https://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/23073/truth?srsltid=AfmBOoo-u2qVHNJDEEnEu-ZT0AO5EkKc_usGERtMo6gq1cju_yhR_kMe">Truth: What It Is, How to Find It, and Why It Still Matters</a>.”

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 &lt;p&gt;We may live in a post-truth society, but facts can still be verified. Michael Shermer is publisher of Skeptic magazine, the executive director of the Skeptics Society and the host of the podcast The Michael Shermer Show. He joins host Krys Boyd to discuss misinformation and how to spot it, why we’re vulnerable to believing falsehoods and why it’s essential we reject the idea that nothing can be verified as truth. His book is “&lt;a href="https://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/23073/truth?srsltid=AfmBOoo-u2qVHNJDEEnEu-ZT0AO5EkKc_usGERtMo6gq1cju_yhR_kMe"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Truth: What It Is, How to Find It, and Why It Still Matters&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.”&lt;/p&gt;

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Michael Shermer discusses misinformation and why it’s essential we reject the idea that nothing can be verified as truth.

We may live in a post-truth society, but facts can still be verified. Michael Shermer is publisher of Skeptic magazine, the executive director of the Skeptics Society and the host of the podcast The Michael Shermer Show. He joins host Krys Boyd to discuss misinformation and how to spot it, why we’re vulnerable to believing falsehoods and why it’s essential we reject the idea that nothing can be verified as truth. His book is “<a href="https://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/23073/truth?srsltid=AfmBOoo-u2qVHNJDEEnEu-ZT0AO5EkKc_usGERtMo6gq1cju_yhR_kMe">Truth: What It Is, How to Find It, and Why It Still Matters</a>.”

Resisting the post-truth society

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