Universities like Vanderbilt serve as vibrant catalysts for groundbreaking ideas, discoveries and innovations. In the second season of the Quantum Potential podcast, Provost C. Cybele Raver digs into Vanderbilt progress in medicine, society and innovation by connecting listeners to experts who take on today’s biggest issues.
FUTURE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
This season, Raver brings listeners into the room with a diverse group of experts who are innovating and examining the implications of artificial intelligence.
- Envisioning the future of AI and robotics in our daily lives and in the career fields
- Exposing political propaganda and AI–driven misinformation infiltrating social media accounts: a Vanderbilt political science-engineering research team explains the evidence they uncovered and shared with the U.S. government
- Preparing future faith leaders to deal with society’s evolving relationship with technology and how AI affects faith communities
Brett V. Benson, associate professor of political science, Provost C. Cybele Raver, and Brett J. Goldstein, research professor of engineering and special advisor to the chancellor on national security and strategic initiatives (Vanderbilt University)
The ‘Quantum Potential’ podcast is hosted by Provost C. Cybele Raver. Here, she speaks with guest Jaco Hamman, director of the Program in Theology and Practice, professor of religion, psychology and culture. (Vanderbilt University)
HEALTH CARE INNOVATIONS
Some upcoming podcasts center around innovations in health care:
- Brain development research to combat addiction
- Innovations in hearing technology
- Changing landscape of pain management
OUR WORLD
Experts will also examine topics tied to society and our world:
- Understanding the psychology behind purchase decisions and how marketing influences what we buy
- The meaning of music and the significance of different genres of music over time and culture
- Storytelling through writing, film and audio
- The power of art with the director of New York City’s Whitney Museum
‘Quantum Potential’ podcast host Provost C. Cybele Raver and guest Mariah Kramer, senior lecturer in cinema and media arts (Vanderbilt University)
‘Quantum Potential’ podcast host Provost C. Cybele Raver talks with guest Melanie Lowe, associate professor of music.
EPISODES AVAILABLE NOW
Curious listeners can find satisfaction in the dozen robust episodes of Season One of Quantum Potential, including episodes on how Vanderbilt’s Institute of National Security helps tackle pressing security challenges; how storytelling sparks change; what it takes to motivate young people; how chemists are creating personalized medicine treatments and more.
Provost C. Cybele Raver and Amanda Little, writer-in-residence at Vanderbilt’s College of Arts and Science (Vanderbilt University)
Provost C. Cybele Raver and Professor Lauren Sudeall, director of the Vanderbilt Access to Justice Initiative (Vanderbilt University)
Provost C. Cybele Raver and Professor Major Jackson, author and holder of the Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Chair in Humanities (Vanderbilt University)
Associate Professor Ji Hye Jung and the Attacca Quartet (Vanderbilt University)
Provost C. Cybele Raver and Craig Lindsley, William K. Warren, Jr. Professor of Medicine, University Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry, Chemistry and Pharmacology and executive director of the Warren Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery (Vanderbilt University)
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