FT Tech Tonic

Financial Times

We are in the midst of a digital revolution, where the line between our physical world and cyberspace is blurring. Tech Tonic is the show that investigates the promises and perils of this new technological age.

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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best FT Tech Tonic episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to FT Tech Tonic for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite FT Tech Tonic episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

Political disruption and the internet

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03/29/17 • 20 min

Helen Margetts, head of the Oxford Internet Institute, talks to the FT's Madhumita Murgia about fake news, echo chambers, big data and why we need more research to be able to combat the "pathologies" of the internet.

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Introducing Untold: The Retreat

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01/12/24 • 1 min

Introducing Untold, a new podcast from the special investigations team at the Financial Times. In its first series, The Retreat, host Madison Marriage examines the world of the Goenka network, which promotes a type of intensive meditation known as Vipassana. Thousands of people go on Goenka retreats every year. People rave about them. But some people go to these meditation retreats, and they suffer. They might feel a deep sense of terror, or a break with reality. And on the other side, they’re not themselves anymore. Untold: The Retreat launches Jan. 24.

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Dave Ferrucci on teaching computers to think

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12/02/19 • 26 min

Dave Ferrucci, CEO, founder and chief scientist of Elemental Cognition, talks to Richard Waters, the FT's West Coast editor, about his efforts to train computers to use language to reason.

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Digital technologies and the developing world

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11/18/19 • 26 min

Economist Stefan Dercon tells John Thornhill about the findings of a research project he led, showing how, used wisely, technology can enable development, rather than just replace labour and put people out of work. Read his report here

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Stuart Russell on losing control of AI

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10/21/19 • 30 min

John Thornhill discusses how to make artificial intelligence safe for humans with Stuart Russell, professor of computer science and engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, and author of new book ‘Human Compatible: Artificial Intelligence and the Problem of Control’.

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Alice Bentinck on harnessing tech talent

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09/09/19 • 24 min

Alice Bentinck, co-founder of Entrepreneur First, tells John Thornhill about her mission to harness the entrepreneurial talents of a new generation of people from diverse backgrounds.

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Priya Lakhani on AI's power to transform education

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08/26/19 • 30 min

Priya Lakhani, founder and chief executive AI company Century Tech, talks to John Thornhill about her mission to improve the life chances of students around the world using AI-assisted learning.

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Marcus du Sautoy on creative AI

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04/03/19 • 26 min

John Thornhill talks to Oxford mathematician Marcus du Sautoy about his book: The Creativity Code: How AI is Learning to Write, Paint and Think

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Tim Berners-Lee on reshaping the web

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03/12/19 • 25 min

John Thornhill talks to Tim Berners-Lee about the achievements of the world wide web which he invented 30 years ago, what he thinks has gone wrong and what he is doing to help fix some of these problems.

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Road testing self-drive cars

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02/14/18 • 23 min

John Thornhill talks to nuTonomy's Gretchen Effgen about why the company chose Singapore as well as Boston to test its self-drive cars and why it uses a formal methods approach to developing its software.

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How many episodes does FT Tech Tonic have?

FT Tech Tonic currently has 215 episodes available.

What topics does FT Tech Tonic cover?

The podcast is about Entrepreneurship, Podcasts, Technology and Business.

What is the most popular episode on FT Tech Tonic?

The episode title 'The future is here now' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on FT Tech Tonic?

The average episode length on FT Tech Tonic is 24 minutes.

How often are episodes of FT Tech Tonic released?

Episodes of FT Tech Tonic are typically released every 7 days.

When was the first episode of FT Tech Tonic?

The first episode of FT Tech Tonic was released on Oct 25, 2016.

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FT Tech Tonic

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Top 10 FT Tech Tonic Episodes

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