The Ars Technicast

Ars Technicast Special Edition: The Role of Open Systems in Connecting The Joint Force

In the second part of this two-part special edition of the Ars Technicast, we talk to Northrop Grumman's Richard Sullivan about the role of open systems in connecting wha

Ars Technicast Special Edition: The Internet of Military Things

For at least a couple of decades, the US Department of Defense has been trying to make the tools we use to fight battles more like the tools we use in peacetime with more

Ars Technicast Special 1.3: Adversarial AI

Join Ars Technica editors Sean Gallagher and Lee Hutchinson in this special AI-focused edition of the Ars Technicast, produced in cooperation with Darktrace. In this last

Ars Technicast Special 1.2: Insider Threats

Join Ars Technica editors Sean Gallagher and Lee Hutchinson in this special AI-focused edition of the Ars Technicast, produced in cooperation with Darktrace. In this seco

Ars Technicast Special 1.1: AI in Sports

Join Ars Technica editors Sean Gallagher and Lee Hutchinson in this special AI-focused edition of the Ars Technicast, produced in cooperation with Darktrace. In this firs

Ars Technicast Experimental #13.4: Rob Reid and Naval Ravikant, 4 of 4

Today we’re presenting the fourth and final installment of my conversation with Naval Ravikant about existential risks. The theme of today’s installment: there’s hope. Ye

Ars Technicast Experimental #13.3: Rob Reid and Naval Ravikant, 3 of 4

Today we’re presenting the third installment of my conversation with Naval Ravikant about existential risks. In this segment, Naval and I move on from yesterday’s topic o

Ars Technicast Experimental #13.2: Rob Reid and Naval Ravikant, 2 of 4

Today we’re presenting the second installment of my conversation with Naval Ravikant about existential risks. Today, we focus on that time-honored Hollywood staple—super

Ars Technicast Experimental #13.1: Rob Reid and Naval Ravikant, 1 of 4

This week’s guest is Naval Ravikant. Naval is a renowned angel investor and entrepreneur. But our topic this week is something quite a bit darker than entrepreneurial fin

Ars Technicast Experimental #12.3: Rob Reid and Sarah Parcak, 3 of 3

Today we present the third and final installment of my interview with Sarah Parcak, a prominent founding figuring the emerging field of astroarchaeology. Most of today’s

Ars Technicast Experimental #12.2: Rob Reid and Sarah Parcak, 2 of 3

Today we’re presenting the second installment of my interview with Sarah Parcak, a prominent founding figuring the emerging field of astroarchaeology. Sarah’s team may ju

Ars Technicast Experimental #12.1: Rob Reid and Sarah Parcak, 1 of 3

This week my guest is Sarah Parcak, a co-founder of the emerging field of astroarchaeology, which enlists satellite imagery to identify ancient, undiscovered sites on our

Ars Technicast Experimental #11.3: Rob Reid and Chris Anderson, 3 of 3

Today we present the third and final installment of my interview with Chris Anderson. Today’s episode starts in the greener pastures that Chris’s startup, 3DR, found afte

Ars Technicast Experimental #11.2: Rob Reid and Chris Anderson, 2 of 3

Today we’re presenting the second installment of my wide-ranging interview with Chris Anderson. He was Wired magazine’s editor-in-chief for twelve years, and then started

Ars Technicast Experimental #11.1: Rob Reid and Chris Anderson, 1 of 3

Our guest is Chris Anderson, who was the editor-in-chief of Wired magazine for twelve years—until he did something quite unusual for an editor and started a high-profile,

Ars Technicast Experimental #10.4: Rob Reid and Sam Harris, 4 of 4

We open today’s conversation talking about bioterrorism. Because that’s not uplifting enough, we then move on the dangers a super AI could present in certain worst-case s

Ars Technicast Experimental #10.3: Rob Reid and Sam Harris, 3 of 4

Today, we start off discussing Sam’s first bestselling book, The End of Faith. It was inspired by September 11th attacks. Having recently spent ten years on his own self-

Ars Technicast Experimental #10.2: Rob Reid and Sam Harris, 2 of 4

In today’s installment, we discuss some of the experiences that shaped Sam's perspectives. As a freshman at Stanford (where he and I happened to overlap as undergraduates

Ars Technicast Experimental #10.1: Rob Reid and Sam Harris, 1 of 4

This week my guest is Sam Harris: a neuroscientist turned bestselling author turned podcasting colossus. Sam has described his job as “thinking in public.” The uniqueness

Ars Technicast Experimental #9.3: Rob Reid and Adam Gazzaley, 3 of 3

The main topic today is consciousness. Adam has his own rather eclectic take on this mysterious force and presence. The final chunk of the podcast is a conversation betwe