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MINDWORKS
Join Aptima CEO, Daniel Serfaty, as he speaks with scientists, technologists, engineers, other practitioners, and thought leaders to explore how AI, data science, and technology is changing how humans think, learn, and work in the Age of AI.
Episodes
101 episodes
BONUS: The Human Side of AI: How Two Scientists Found Their Way from Curiosity to Career
In this MINDWORKS Mini, Drs. Svitlana Volkova and Robert McCormack share with Daniel Serfaty how early fascinations became lifelong work in artificial intelligence. They describe how formative experiences, from math and optimization to philosop...
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Season 5
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Mini: AI and the Privacy Paradox: When Sharing Becomes Prediction
As artificial intelligence grows more capable, it thrives on personal data, yet every piece of information we share deepens the privacy challenge. In this MINDWORKS Mini, Daniel Serfaty talks with Drs. Svitlana Volkova and Robert McCormack abou...
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Season 5
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Mini: Your Human Digital Twin: Coming Soon to a Device Near You
What happens when AI can mirror your thinking, preferences, and decisions? In this MINDWORKS Mini, Daniel Serfaty explores the coming era of human digital twins with Dr. Svitlana Volkova and Robert McCormack. Together they look ahead to AI that...
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Season 5
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Mini: When AI Stops Waiting for Your Prompt: Agentic Workflows
AI is moving from passive assistant to proactive teammate. In this MINDWORKS Mini, Daniel Serfaty and Drs. Svitlana Volkova and Robert McCormack explore the rise of compound AI and agentic workflows: systems of specialized AI agents that ...
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Season 5
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Mini: Rise of the LLMs
In this MINDWORKS Mini, join host Daniel Serfaty as he talks with Drs. Svitlana Volkova and Robert McCormack about the birth of Large Language Models and how we got to where we are today. Listen to the full episode, AI: The End of t...
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Season 5
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AI: The End of the Prologue
Tracing the breakthroughs behind today’s AI, and the human future it’s shaping nextWelcome to season five of MINDWORKS. Over the next 12 months, together, we’re going to explore how artificial intelligence is red...
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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Mini: Can AI really improve learning and training? How do we know?
In this MINDWORKS Mini, join host Daniel Serfaty as he talks with Drs. Andy Van Schaack, Yair Shapira, and Svitlana Volkova about real world examples of how AI is fundamentally changing education and learning and the challenges of measuring its...
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Season 4
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Mini: Deep Fakes "Here's looking at you, kid... or at least a digitally altered version of you."
Join host Daniel Serfaty for a MINDWORKS Mini exploring the creation of Deep Fakes — and how the technology is only going to get better — with Vladimir Barash of Graphika and Laura Cassani of Aptima.
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Season 4
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Deep Fakes: With Vladimir Barash and Laura Cassani
How do we distinguish fact from fiction in an age where seeing is no longer believing? Join MINDWORKS host Daniel Serfaty as he explores one of the most intriguing and controversial developments of artificial intelligence today – D...
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Mini: Will GenAI Enhance or Inhibit Human Innovation?
MINDWORKS host Daniel Serfaty talks with guest Gene Kesselman of MIT about the impact of GenAI on its human users' ability to innovate. Listen to the full episode, "Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation," with Chris Wolfel a...
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Season 4
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Mini: Will GenAI make teachers' jobs obsolete?
MINDWORKS host Daniel Serfaty talks with guests with Drs. Andy Van Schaack, Yair Shapira, and Svitlana Volkova, about whether GenAI will eliminate the need altogether for human teachers. (Spoiler alert: The answer is "No.")Listen to the...
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Season 4
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Mini: Building for Innovation with Chris Wolfel and Gene Kesselman
For more, listen to the entire episode, "Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation with Chris Wolfel and Gene Kesselman."
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Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation with Chris Wolfel and Gene Kesselman
Join MINDWORKS host Daniel Serfaty as he continues a special series on the nature and practice of innovation. In Episode 3, Daniel talks with Gene Keselman of MIT and Chris Wolfel of Northeastern University about the connection between ...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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The GenAI Education Revolution with Andy Van Schaack, Yair Shapira, & Svitlana Volkova
Join MINDWORKS host Daniel Serfaty as he talks with Drs. Andy Van Schaack, Yair Shapira, and Svitlana Volkova about how Generative AI is fundamentally changing education and learning in today's digital world.This podcast is a follow-up ...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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Bonus: The Magic of Value Creation with Curt Carlson
Bonus material! Join host Daniel Serfaty for a bite-sized discussion with innovator Curt Carlson on the magic of value creation using the NABC methodology.To listen to the rest of the interview with Curt Carlson, check out Episode 1 of ...
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What is Innovation? With Curt Carlson
Join MINDWORKS host Daniel Serfaty as he kicks off Season 4 with a special series on the nature and practice of innovation. In Episode 1, Daniel talks one-on-one with Curt Carlson, Founder and CEO of The Practice of Innovation and ...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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Leadership: How Doing Good Leads to Doing Well with Dr. Raj Sisodia and Kelly Lockwood Primus Part 2
Join MINDWORKS host Daniel Serfaty for Part 2 of a very special two-part conversation with global thought leader and best-selling author Dr. Raj Sisodia, and Kelly Lockwood Primus, an expert on inclusive leadership and cultural dynamics, and a ...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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Mini: Leadership: The SELFLESS Paradigm
Culture. Inclusion. Consciousness. Diversity. Empathy. Community. Leadership today is not only about setting a vision for the road ahead and a business plan to execute against it, but also about building a culture and mindset that makes busines...
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Mini: Leadership: Removing Ambiguity
Culture. Inclusion. Consciousness. Diversity. Empathy. Community. Leadership today is not only about setting a vision for the road ahead and a business plan to execute against it, but also about building a culture and mindset that makes busines...
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Mini: Leadership: Balance and Trust
Culture. Inclusion. Consciousness. Diversity. Empathy. Community. Leadership today is not only about setting a vision for the road ahead and a business plan to execute against it, but also about building a culture and mindset that makes busines...
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Leadership: How Doing Good Leads to Doing Well with Dr. Raj Sisodia and Kelly Lockwood Primus Part 1
Culture. Inclusion. Consciousness. Diversity. Empathy. Community. Leadership today is not only about setting a vision for the road ahead and a business plan to execute against it, but also about building a culture and mindset that makes busines...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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Mini: Leadership Soft Skills Required
Join MINDWORKS host Daniel Serfaty as he talks with world-renowned leadership expert Betsy Myers and Denovo Ventures CEO David Shimoni as they explore the yin and the yang of what makes great leaders in today’s complex world: leadership from th...
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Mini: The Listening Leader
Join MINDWORKS host Daniel Serfaty as he talks with world-renowned leadership expert Betsy Myers and Denovo Ventures CEO David Shimoni as they explore the yin and the yang of what makes great leaders in today’s complex world: leadership from th...
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