# Machines Like Us Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/machines-like-us-97796 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/machines-like-us-97796.md RSS feed: https://feeds.simplecast.com/FJSi7gLl Official site: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/podcasts/machines-like-us/?token=s3d Author: The Globe and Mail Episodes: 51 ## Resource Machines Like Us is a technology show about people. We are living in an age of breakthroughs propelled by advances in artificial intelligence. Technologies that were once the realm of science fiction will become our reality: robot best friends, bespoke gene editing, brain implants that make us smarter. Every other Tuesday Taylor Owen sits down with the people shaping this rapidly approaching future. He’ll speak with entrepreneurs building world-changing technologies, lawmakers trying to ensure they’re safe, and journalists and scholars working to understand how they’re transforming our lives. ## Machine-readable JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/machines-like-us-97796 Markdown: https://stenobird.com/podcast/machines-like-us-97796.md ## Episodes - [Age Gates & AI: Minister Marc Miller on The Safe Social Media Act](https://stenobird.com/podcast/machines-like-us-97796/age-gates-ai-minister-marc-miller-on-the-safe-social-media-act) — 2026-07-21T10:00:00+00:00 - [Canada’s AI minister to Big Tech: “We Won’t be a Digital Colony’](https://stenobird.com/podcast/machines-like-us-97796/canada-s-ai-minister-to-big-tech-we-won-t-be-a-digital-colony) — 2026-07-07T10:00:00+00:00 - [We Can Now Bet on Almost Anything. Should We?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/machines-like-us-97796/we-can-now-bet-on-almost-anything-should-we) — 2026-06-23T10:00:00+00:00 - [Social Media Bans Are Wildly Popular. They Might Also Be a Mistake.](https://stenobird.com/podcast/machines-like-us-97796/social-media-bans-are-wildly-popular-they-might-also-be-a-mistake) — 2026-06-09T10:00:00+00:00 - [Animals are Talking to Each Other. Can AI Help Us Understand Them?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/machines-like-us-97796/animals-are-talking-to-each-other-can-ai-help-us-understand-them) — 2026-05-05T10:00:00+00:00 - [Does 21st Century Politics Still Need Politicians?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/machines-like-us-97796/does-21st-century-politics-still-need-politicians) — 2026-04-21T10:00:00+00:00 - [Michael Pollan Says AI Isn’t Conscious – But Plants Might Be](https://stenobird.com/podcast/machines-like-us-97796/michael-pollan-says-ai-isn-t-conscious-but-plants-might-be) — 2026-04-07T10:00:00+00:00 - [Why Did We Stop Talking About The AI Apocalypse?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/machines-like-us-97796/why-did-we-stop-talking-about-the-ai-apocalypse) — 2026-03-24T10:00:00+00:00 - [In the Wake of Tumbler Ridge, Can We Trade Privacy for Safety?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/machines-like-us-97796/in-the-wake-of-tumbler-ridge-can-we-trade-privacy-for-safety) — 2026-03-10T10:00:00+00:00 - [When Did Common Sense AI Policy Become Radical?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/machines-like-us-97796/when-did-common-sense-ai-policy-become-radical) — 2026-02-24T11:00:00+00:00 - [Bonus: Inside the New Social Media Platform for AI Agents](https://stenobird.com/podcast/machines-like-us-97796/bonus-inside-the-new-social-media-platform-for-ai-agents) — 2026-02-12T17:00:00+00:00 - [The Future According to Gen Z](https://stenobird.com/podcast/machines-like-us-97796/the-future-according-to-gen-z) — 2026-02-10T11:00:00+00:00 - [Is China Winning the Technological Arms Race?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/machines-like-us-97796/is-china-winning-the-technological-arms-race) — 2026-01-27T11:00:00+00:00 - [Four Predictions on How AI Will Transform Your World This Year](https://stenobird.com/podcast/machines-like-us-97796/four-predictions-on-how-ai-will-transform-your-world-this-year) — 2026-01-13T11:00:00+00:00 - [The Man Behind the World’s Most Coveted Microchip](https://stenobird.com/podcast/machines-like-us-97796/the-man-behind-the-world-s-most-coveted-microchip) — 2025-12-30T11:00:00+00:00 - [Wikipedia Won Our Trust. Can We Use That Model Everywhere?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/machines-like-us-97796/wikipedia-won-our-trust-can-we-use-that-model-everywhere) — 2025-12-16T11:00:00+00:00 - [Could an Alternative AI Save Us From a Bubble?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/machines-like-us-97796/could-an-alternative-ai-save-us-from-a-bubble) — 2025-12-02T11:00:00+00:00 - [Can AI Lead Us to the Good Life?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/machines-like-us-97796/can-ai-lead-us-to-the-good-life) — 2025-11-18T11:00:00+00:00 - [How to Survive the “Broligarchy”](https://stenobird.com/podcast/machines-like-us-97796/how-to-survive-the-broligarchy) — 2025-11-04T11:00:00+00:00 - [AI Music is Everywhere. Is it Legal?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/machines-like-us-97796/ai-music-is-everywhere-is-it-legal) — 2025-10-21T10:00:00+00:00 - [Geoffrey Hinton vs. The End of the World](https://stenobird.com/podcast/machines-like-us-97796/geoffrey-hinton-vs-the-end-of-the-world) — 2025-10-07T10:00:00+00:00 - [AI is Upending Higher Education. Is That a Bad Thing?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/machines-like-us-97796/ai-is-upending-higher-education-is-that-a-bad-thing) — 2025-09-23T10:00:00+00:00 - [Jim Balsillie: ‘Canada’s Problem Isn’t Trump. Canada’s Problem Is Canada’](https://stenobird.com/podcast/machines-like-us-97796/jim-balsillie-canada-s-problem-isn-t-trump-canada-s-problem-is-canada) — 2025-04-22T10:00:00+00:00 - [The Changing Face of Election Interference](https://stenobird.com/podcast/machines-like-us-97796/the-changing-face-of-election-interference) — 2025-04-08T10:00:00+00:00 - [How Do You Report the News in a Post-Truth World?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/machines-like-us-97796/how-do-you-report-the-news-in-a-post-truth-world) — 2025-03-25T10:00:00+00:00 ## Actions Episode pages expose an explicit `request_transcript` action. A page view does not automatically enqueue transcription.