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Hosted by Seb Agertoft · technology · EN · 22 episodes
Humans in the Loop, hosted by Seb Agertoft, is a podcast for thoughtful technologists asking the hard questions at the intersection of technology and society.Guests include founders, investors, researchers, artists, policymakers and even a Zen Master, covering topics like the AI bubble debate, tech sovereignty, the Chinese tech industry, radicalisation and conspiracy theories, AGI, quantum computing, technology and democracy, the future of work, and much more.Seb is a coach to tech company founders and leadership teams. You can find out more about his work at www.theuncommonfounder.com
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Signup to Generate a PitchHumans in the Loop, hosted by Seb Agertoft, is a podcast for thoughtful technologists asking the hard questions at the intersection of technology and society.
Humans in the Loop is hosted by Seb Agertoft. The show has published 22 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "What is AI actually good at? | Rohit Krishnan - Engineer, Economist, Investor & Author" (13 October 2026, 60 minutes), "What Quantum Computing is Actually Good For | Scott Aaronson- Computer Scientist Complexity Theorist" (29 September 2026, 63 minutes), and "Don't Be Evil. The Cost of Speaking out as a Google Insider | Claire Stapleton - Fmr Google Employee" (25 August 2026, 51 minutes).
Humans in the Loop publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 55 minutes across 22 episodes.
Booking probability for Humans in the Loop is 30%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Humans in the Loop requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Humans in the Loop's contact route on record: verified email.
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Seb Agertoft hosts Humans in the Loop, a technology show with 22 episodes published.
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So much of the debate around AI is on the level of vibes or mystic predictions. I wanted to come back to a grounded view of what AI is actually good at today. No doom, no hype. I've long admired Rohit's work and his...
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Scott Aaronson is a Computer Scientist, Complexity Theorist and leading authority on Quantum Computing. As he says himself, he's spent twenty years trying to dispel some of the commonly held myths about it. As a...
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Claire Stapleton spent 12 years at Google from 2007 - 2019. She joined as a fresh grad at a time of peak optimism and idealism in Silicon Valley, and soon became somewhat of a 'Bard' - responsible for shaping the story...
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Benedict Evans is a tech analyst and former partner at A16z. His newsletter with rational takes on tech goes out to over 175k people. In amongst the noise around AI and the tech industry more broadly, Benedict has built...
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Few people understand language quite like today's guest. Emily M. Bender is a Professor of Computational Linguistics at the University of Washington. She's also the person who coined the term 'Stochastic Parrots' in the...
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I sat down with Paul Kedrosky - investor, researcher and one of the smartest voices out there on the economics of AI and the risks of a bubble. Here are a few of the questions we talked about: What is a bubble? Is AI a...
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<p>Many of us have a sense that even well-meaning companies and institutions lose their way, sometimes becoming downright evil.Eric Ries is a legend when it comes to building tech companies and his new book is written...
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<p>How to lift an entire country out of poverty?</p><p>Does philanthropy make a difference?</p><p>What if wealthy tech founders gave away their money?</p><p>Will AI make poor countries even poorer?</p><p>How does...
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<p>China is shaping the world.In direct ways, like innovation, foreign policy, investment.And indirectly, by provoking a response from countries such as the US who see it as a competitor.China's transformation into one...
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<p>Henry Shukman is a Zen Master, a meditation teacher, and co-founder of The Way meditation app.As AI poses some hard questions about what it means to be human, I thought Henry might help make some sense of...
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<p>My guests today are artists, film makers, educators, technologists and founders of Fuser, a company building an AI workspace for creatives. </p><p>With so much noise around what AI should or shouldn’t be used for...
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<p>Mike Masnick wrote the paper that helped inspire Bluesky and now he sits on the Bluesky board.A long-time advocate of decentralised tech, Mike's paper 'Protocols not platforms' outlined how a more open protocol-based...
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<p>Alex Komoroske is one of the smartest voices out there talking about better forms of technology right now.</p><p>He spent a long chapter of his career at the likes of Google and Stripe and is now the Founder and CEO...
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<p>How to describe Kevin Kelly?</p>Founder of Wired Magazine. Writer of industry defining essays like '1000 true fans' - https://kk.org/thetechnium/1000-true-fans/Co-chair of The Long Now Foundation encouraging people...
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<p>Ed has spent his career thinking systemically about the future and consulting with governments and corporations on topics as varied as the environment, politics, healthcare and education.</p><p><br></p><p>He's also...
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<p>Benedikt Lehnert is former design leader at Microsoft and Chief Design Officer at SAP. He's had a seat at the top table in big tech and brings his own clear-eyed perspective based on that experience.I really enjoyed...
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<p>Summary</p><p>In this conversation, I speak to Kate Armstrong, the Executive Director of InterSpecies Internet, about the latest advancements in how we communicate with animals through...
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<p>This episode features an OG in the world of internet security, the Godfather of Cybersecurity, Bruce Schneier.</p><p>Bruce describes himself as a public interest technologist, and has done many things under that...
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<p>This episode features Tara Fung, co-founder of CO:CREATE - a digital platform for tattooing. </p><p>Tara raised $25m in seed funding from A16z at the height of the NFT hype with a technical vision for how to scale...
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<p>This episode features Sam Stephenson, co-founder of Granola - one of the standout UK success stories in AI product building.</p><p>Sam and I discussed his background as a designer, his journey to becoming a...
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creator of the Lean Startup method, founder of the Long-Term Stock Exchange, author of Incorruptible, Long-Term Stock Exchange
president and CEO, GiveDirectly
Zen Master, meditation teacher, co-founder of The Way meditation app, Mountain Cloud Zen Center
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