Pioneers of AI

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Pioneers of AI is your guide to the latest technological frontier. Each week, host Rana el Kaliouby (AI scientist, investor, author, co-founder of Affectiva) is joined by the leading creators, critics, and thinkers behind mind-blowing technology and asks the important questions about how artificial intelligence is changing the way we live. As we venture together into the unknown, Pioneers is your tool to understanding and anticipating what comes next.

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Pioneers of AI

Episodes (89)

Today We have a power grid problem. Can AI fix it?
Wed Mar 4th Possible: R.I.P. Computer Keyboard (1964 – 2025)
Feb 25th Can an AI agent be your CEO?

Pioneers of AI

Mar 11, 2026
36½ minutes
33 MB

There's no shortage of headlines about AI's environmental toll — but what if this technology could also help solve the climate crisis? Priya Donti, MIT Assistant Professor and co-founder of Climate Change AI, believes AI can play a critical role in the fight against climate change, though she's quick to say it's no silver bullet. Donti is using machine learning to tackle some of our most urgent environmental challenges, from optimizing power grids to training the next generation of climate leaders. In this episode, she gets candid about what AI can and can't do, what it's like doing cl...

Pioneers of AI

We have a power grid problem. Can AI fix it?

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