{"podcast":{"title":"Inside AI","slug":"inside-ai-7168420","podcast_index_feed_id":7168420,"rss_url":"https://feeds.async.com/5ed1350c-adaf-4a49-8cf8-3c221320cd8a.rss","website_url":"https://async.com/show/inside-ai-0KvFk6ld","image_url":"https://feeds.podcastle.ai/e7748041-24e8-4859-8e7a-27056b0ea81d/inside-ai-podcast-png.jpeg","author":"EPFL AI Center","episode_count":19,"summary":"Exploring AI with brilliant global innovators and EPFL researchers. Discover the technology that's transforming our future.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/inside-ai-7168420"},"episode":{"title":"Conversation with Robert West, EPFL","slug":"conversation-with-robert-west-epfl","published_at":"2026-02-05T12:46:56+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/inside-ai-7168420/conversation-with-robert-west-epfl","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/inside-ai-7168420","url":"https://feeds.async.com/8ec9c550-105b-4f97-add9-25f3795b1839/Conversation%20with%20Bob%20West.mp3","audio_url":"https://feeds.async.com/8ec9c550-105b-4f97-add9-25f3795b1839/Conversation%20with%20Bob%20West.mp3","summary":"What happens when AI stops being just a tool—and starts acting like an autonomous agent? In this episode of Inside AI, host Marcel Salathé speaks with EPFL professor and Applied Machine Learning Days co-founder Bob West about the growing rift shaping today’s AI landscape. Drawing on insights from his sabbatical at Microsoft Research, West unpacks how AI has evolved into a general-purpose technology with real-world power. From the surprising persuasive abilities of large language models, to hidden English-centric biases, to the emerging need for “machine psychology,” the conversation explores how modern AI systems think, adapt, and influence us. They also tackle the risks of AI as a self-improving actor—and the hopeful promise of accelerating scientific discovery and medical breakthroughs. A deep dive into the future of human–machine intelligence, and what it means for the world we’re rapidly entering. Production: Melissa Anchisi","meta_description":"What happens when AI stops being just a tool—and starts acting like an autonomous agent? In this episode of Inside AI, host Marcel Salathé speaks with EPF…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5188,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/inside-ai-7168420/episodes/conversation-with-robert-west-epfl/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/inside-ai-7168420/conversation-with-robert-west-epfl.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}