The future is being forged in silicon – and sometimes, in a petri dish. From Taiwan’s massive chip investments to AI-powered biotech, we peer into the shifting landscape of semiconductor production, where policy, innovation, and biology collide. And with Sesame’s AI voice tech making machines more lifelike than ever, are we building a future where chips don’t just process – they whisper, argue, and maybe even scheme?

LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE

Sesame Conversational AI Demo
https://www.sesame.com/research/crossing_the_uncanny_valley_of_voice#demo

Cortical Labs – Synthetic Biological Intelligence
https://corticallabs.com/cl1.html

Merlin Bird ID (app)
https://merlin.allaboutbirds.org

PODCAST INFO:

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