Unprompted

We had a conversation about AI in August, and already some parts of it are feeling out of date. The news around AI is moving so fast, it can feel hard to keep up. So how dangerous is it really? And how can we control it? We bring Professor David Danks back for a follow-up conversation to help us sort through these questions.

This episode was recorded on September 22, 2026.

To watch this conversation, visit ARIA's Youtube page.

To find out more about David's research, you can visit his website.

To learn more about ARIA, the National Science Foundation AI Institute housed at Brown University, go to aria.brown.edu

How are people thinking about Artificial Intelligence? To find out, we talked to some students and staff at Brown University. A lot of them said, I feel like AI is being forced on me. I can't avoid it.

Where does this feeling come from? And what can we do about it? On this episode, we talk to David Danks, a Professor of Philosophy, Artificial Intelligence, and Data Science at the University of Virginia, to put all of this in perspective.

This episode was recorded on August 26, 2026. Tomorrow we’ll be releasing a follow-up conversation with David where we hear his reactions to the most recent news about AI.

To watch this conversation, visit ARIA's Youtube page.

You can read David's paper on AI Hyping here, and find his full website here.

To learn more about ARIA, the National Science Foundation AI Institute housed at Brown University, go to aria.brown.edu

It seems like Artificial Intelligence chatbots and tools are coming at us faster and faster. What if we took a step back to ask what it's doing to us, and how we can make it better?

This is Unprompted, where host Megan Hall talks to AI researchers and everyday people about how we can keep humans at the center of the AI we're building. Check out the first episode tomorrow.