In this episode, we sit down with Dave Jilk, an author and former serial entrepreneur with a unique blend of experience in the software and startup world. These days, Dave dedicates much of his time to writing, recently releasing his latest work, Epoch: A Poetic Psy-Phi Saga . This science fiction novel, uniquely written as an epic poem from the first-person point of view of an AGI (Artificial General Intelligence), offers a fresh and realistic take on how AGI will likely come about. It explores...
Oct 10, 2024•1 hr 46 min•Season 1Ep. 19
In this episode, we meet Dr. Bita Sarah Haynes, founder, and CEO of CoachEra ™, a new frontier coaching platform for top performers designed to optimize professional and personal goals and performances and avoid burnout for individuals, businesses, institutions, and organizations that value continued growth and learning. Bita is a renowned executive coach and clinical psychologist and has been called the real-life Wendy Rhoades, the famous character from the TV show Billions. She has a proven tr...
Jul 22, 2024•1 hr 30 min•Season 1Ep. 18
In this episode, we meet Alok Aggarwal, Founder, CEO, and Chief Data Scientist of Scry AI, a software company with technologists and domain experts that develops enterprise applications using proprietary AI algorithms for different domains. In this interview, we discuss his recently published book “The Fourth Industrial Revolution & 100 Years of AI (1950-2050): The Truth About AI and Why It’s Only a Tool.” Alok has been working as an innovator and developer in the field of AI for four decade...
Jun 24, 2024•1 hr 44 min•Season 1Ep. 17
In this episode, we meet Raphaelle Moatti, founder of Delicious Future, a public benefit corporation with a mission to accelerate the shift to regenerative eating. We discuss her work and how she combines human perspectives, systemic thinking, and rigorous research with technology to impact individual health and environmental sustainability. An added subtext narrative is about her journey of diverse skill acquisition and how courage and creativity can open new quests aligned with one’s identity ...
Jun 05, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 16
In this episode, we meet Candace Locklear, co-founder of Mighty PR, a boutique PR agency, and We Are From Dust, a non-profit dedicated to putting participatory art in public spaces. She has worked with various cutting-edge companies in tech and beyond and has been deeply involved in the Burning Man community since the late 90’s. Candace embraces creativity and cogency like no other. In this conversation, we dive into her early embracement of her inner provocateur and clown persona, her work in t...
May 24, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 15
In this episode, we meet Stephen Messer, an active serial entrepreneur, founder of Collective[i], and co-founder of LinkShare. Stephen has been an investor in the digital economy since the commercialization of the Internet. He is also an angel investor, a winner of several prestigious entrepreneurial awards, an affiliated research fellow at Columbia Business School, and a prominent speaker and keynote on technology and Artificial Intelligence. He has been featured in the NYTimes, WSJ, Fortune, F...
Mar 12, 2024•1 hr 17 min•Season 1Ep. 14
I denne episoden møter vi Kjetil Kjernsmo, en teknolog med Ph.d. i informatikk, som har arbeidet med teknologiutvikling og informasjonsutvikling i mange år. Samtalen har fokus på tech og normer og hvordan normer i samfunnet kan dannes og inkorporeres i teknologisk utvikling og samfunnsstrukturer. Vi snakker også om kompleksiteten i det moderne samfunnet, alle de forhold som regulering av kunstig teknologi må navigere i et slik landskap, og hvordan dyp kunnskap innebærer et ansvar for aktiv delta...
Mar 05, 2024•1 hr 45 min•Season 1Ep. 13
In this episode, we meet Arjun Chandra, a computer scientist, entrepreneur, CEO, and founder of the AI-tech company Brua.io , who has extensive experience building machine learning and artificial intelligence systems. Arjun has a human-centered vision for AI, in which the technologies we make can contribute to closing the gaps between us rather than competing with us. In this episode we discuss the depth of his journey of combining his interest in math, programming, robotics, and natural computa...
Feb 28, 2024•1 hr 15 min•Season 1Ep. 12
In this episode, we meet Jonathan Kolber, an author and investor, with a fascinating idea for raising the experimental and disruptive approach of Silicon Valley to the level of society itself, albeit tempered by consensual values. Jonathan shares his vision of science-driven model society, based on ever-evolving systems, which he and his allies call A Celebration Society. We discuss the depth of the challenges and opportunities humanity faces, including sustainability, automation, and job displa...
Oct 16, 2023•1 hr 54 min•Season 1Ep. 11
In this episode, we meet Eric Bowman, a technology leader with a rich background in software engineering and architecture. Eric is a seasoned technologist with a fascinating background spanning from his early days as a mountaineer in Montana to his groundbreaking work on The Sims game and now exploring the potential of generative AI. Join us as we dive into Eric’s journey, his insights on the importance of purpose and values, and how he utilizes AI to enhance his decision-making and productivity...
Sep 17, 2023•1 hr 19 min•Season 1Ep. 10
In this two-parts episode, we meet Bobby Chang, entrepreneur, philanthropist, industrial designer, and co-founder of Incase. Bobby is a Bay era native, who’s had a frontal seat to the meteoric rise in the transformation of technology. In this conversation we decided to do things a bit differently. We go down a more chronological path to elaborate on some pivotal aha moments that Bobby has experienced on his journey, to see if there are some patterns that connects it all. I am incredibly humbled ...
Jul 11, 2023•1 hr 28 min•Season 1Ep. 9
In this two-parts episode, we meet Bobby Chang, entrepreneur, philanthropist, industrial designer, and co-founder of Incase. Bobby is a Bay era native, who’s had a frontal seat to the meteoric rise in the transformation of technology. In this conversation we decided to do things a bit differently. We go down a more chronological path to elaborate on some pivotal aha moments that Bobby has experienced on his journey, to see if there are some patterns that connects it all. I am incredibly humbled ...
Jul 11, 2023•1 hr 41 min•Season 1Ep. 9
In this episode, we meet Melissa Daimler, a culture and learning thought leader, author and speaker, and Chief Learning Officer at Udemy, a leading learning technology company. The conversation focuses on her background as a learning and organization development leader in the field of tech and learning, about her new book ReCulturing, company cultures, as well as some ideas about education for the future. We also discuss the importance of understanding how to continuously adapt and transform whe...
Jul 03, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 8
In this episode, we meet Michael Morgenstern , Film Director and Founder/CEO of @ This is Definitely Real, a company that makes Alternate Reality Cinema that blurs the lines between reality and fiction. The conversation focuses on what's coming next with disinformation enhanced by AI, how tribalism forms, and how experiential storytelling can be used to modify our existing meta-narratives. How will we operate in a world where reality has broken down? We also discuss the film he is currently maki...
Jun 27, 2023•1 hr 21 min•Season 1Ep. 7
In this double episode (episode #5 for English speaking listeners recorded on June 15, 2023, and episode #6 for Norwegian listeners, recorded on March 20, 2023), we meet Jon von Tetzchner, CEO of Vivaldi. The conversations focus on the internet, its development, and impacts, as well as what we need to be informed about to benefit from all the opportunities without putting ourselves or our societies at risk. In the English episode, we briefly touch upon web3, blockchain and crypto. Recommended re...
Jun 20, 2023•1 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 6
In this double episode release (episode #5 for English speaking listeners recorded on June 15, 2023 and episode #6 for Norwegian listeners, recorded on March 20, 2023), we meet Jon von Tetzchner, CEO of Vivaldi. The conversations focus on the internet, its development, and impacts, as well as what we need to be informed about to benefit from all the opportunities without putting ourselves or our societies at risk. In episode #5, we briefly touch upon web3, blockchain and crypto. Recommended read...
Jun 20, 2023•1 hr 17 min•Season 1Ep. 5
I denne episoden møter vi futurist og CEO i Amesto NextBridge, Lars Rinnan. Samtalen fokuserer på hva vi kan forvente fra AI i nær og ikke så nær fremtid, implikasjonene av AI for samfunnet, selskaper og individer, og AI for the good. Anbefalt lesing: 1. Rapport fra Goldman Sachs: https://www.key4biz.it/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Global-Economics-Analyst_-The-Potentially-Large-Effects-of-Artificial-Intelligence-on-Economic-Growth-Briggs_Kodnani.pdf 2. Tegmark, M. (2017). Life 3.0 – Being human i...
Jun 12, 2023•1 hr 36 min•Season 1Ep. 4
In this episode, we meet Dr. Eric Daimler, CEO and co-founder of Conexus AI and an esteemed AI expert with an extraordinary in-depth and broad knowledge of AI and decades of experience in the field – as an entrepreneur, executive, investor, technologist, educator, and policy advisor. The focus of this conversation will be on his journey in tech and AI, his passion for Category Theory and its potential for scaling deterministic and symbolic AI, as well as some contemplations about the future of A...
Jun 05, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 3
I denne episoden møter vi Ina von Turow, en av Norges første kvante-nettverksbyggere som er tilknyttet tenketanken OneQuantum. Samtalen vil handle om hvordan gjøre kvantefysikk og kvantekomputasjoner mer tilgjengelig, og hvorfor det er viktig for folk flest å engasjere seg allerede nå. Ina mener det er et stort og voksende behov for folkeopplysning om dette temaet, og at temaet må gjøres mer tilgjengelig for folk flest, fordi denne teknologien kommer til å ha en enorm effekt på samfunnet som hel...
May 29, 2023•56 min•Season 1Ep. 2
In this first Episode of the Chameleons podcast, we meet Dr. Mark Jackson, Senior Quantum Evangelist at Quantinuum. The conversation will focus on how quantum computing is applied in technological solutions today, some historical anecdotes and technological potential of quantum in the future. Quantum computing combines physics, computer science, and engineering. It is a new interdisciplinary field, and the development of modern quantum computers has tremendous implications for complex problem so...
May 22, 2023•57 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Welcome to The Chameleons Podcast with host Imac Zambrana.
May 11, 2023•2 min
