Infinite Corridor
Stories of faith and discovery from the halls of MIT and beyond, shared by the Octet Collaborative
Podcasting since 2023 • 12 episodes
Infinite Corridor
Latest Episodes
Safeguarding the Future
The promise of AI seems unlimited - but what about the downside?Last March, the Octet Collaborative hosted an interdisciplinary colloquium devoted to the question of AI & Human Formation, which became the basis for this special seaso...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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27:20
AI and Human Flourishing
AI’s potential seems limitless - and not only according to those building it and profiting from the current AI boom. Curing disease, solving the climate crisis, ending the epidemic of loneliness: there seems no end to the intractable problems t...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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20:18
What Does AI Form in Us?
What will we become with AI? It’s a question easily lost alongside fevered speculation about what AI will do to the economy, politics, national security — and yet it may be the most important question of all. How will AI shape us, as we build i...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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22:14
Alan Love: Restoring a Common Table to the Sciences
Alan Love ‘95, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Minnesota and Director of the Minnesota Center for the Philosophy of Science, talks about how his personal journey of faith and career — traversing an undergrad biology degree at MIT a...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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28:20
Nathan Matias: Algorithms, Equity, and Citizen Science
Computer Scientist Nathan Matias, PhD ‘17, a professor at Cornell University and founder of the Citizens and Technology Lab, talks about the ethics and implications for equity and justice of machine learning — including how they take a crash co...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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