Home Podcasts The AI Lyceum

The AI Lyceum

Samraj Matharu 34 Episodes Jul 12, 2026

The AI Lyceum Podcast explores the intersection of artificial intelligence, ethics, and society, bringing together voices from academia, industry, and policy. Hosted by Samraj Matharu, an AI ethicist and founder of The AI Lyceum, each episode unpacks the real-world impact of AI on business, governance, and human values. Listeners hear sharp discussions on AI ethics, regulation, and governance, insights from leading experts, practical perspectives on responsible AI adoption, and philosophical reflections on how AI reshapes our world. The show is aimed at policymakers, business leaders, and AI practitioners seeking critical thinking and practical wisdom.

Episodes

If AI Becomes Conscious, Does It Deserve Rights? – Anna Mikeda | 34 Jul 12, 2026 2994 What happens when AI stops being a tool and begins to resemble a mind—and what might humanity owe it?In Episode 34 of The AI Lyceum™, Samraj Matharu speaks with Anna Mikeda, an AI psychology engineer and researcher helping to establish the emerging field of robopsychology.Beginning with Isaac Asimov’s vision of robot psychology, they examine how artificial minds might develop motivations, make dec

Should AI Be in the Classroom? The Human Cost of Generative AI [UCL Professor Wayne Holmes] #33 Jun 16, 2026 3281 In this episode of The AI Lyceum®, Samraj Matharu speaks with Professor Wayne Holmes, Professor of Critical Studies of AI and Education at UCL Knowledge Lab and UNESCO Chair in the Ethics of AI and Education.Wayne offers a direct challenge to the hype around generative AI. He argues that many AI tools are being adopted in schools, universities, workplaces, and public life without enough independen

How AI Changes What We Believe [AI Ethics Researcher, Dr Jana Sedláková] #31 May 18, 2026 3076 ‘AI provides the view from nowhere. And I don’t mean it in a good way. I don’t mean the view from nowhere as an objective view. I mean it as AI doesn’t have experiences. It literally doesn’t have a point of view. But if you talk to another human being, it gives you a point of view on your situation. So you see that another human being, that is like you, could perceive things differently. So it pro

AI and the New Economics of Advertising [Media Analyst, Ian Whittaker] #30 May 3, 2026 2753 ‘You are perceived as you price’ - Ian WhittakerAdvertising is entering a new economic era. AI is changing what gets automated, what gets valued, and how agencies prove their worth.In this episode of The AI Lyceum®, Samraj Matharu speaks with Ian Whittaker, a media and advertising analyst who has spent more than 25 years looking at the industry through a financial markets lens.Ian argues that adve

Inside the AI Supply Chain: How Cerebras Powers Fast AI [James Wang] #29 Apr 26, 2026 3280 'STEM is reducible to math and math is verifiable. So anything verifiable is automatable.'In this episode of The AI Lyceum®, Samraj Matharu speaks with James Wang, Product Marketing Director at Cerebras, about the AI supply chain, inference, agents and what remains human when intelligence becomes infrastructure.James previously spent nearly a decade at NVIDIA before joining Cerebras, where he focu

How Advertising, AI and Algorithms Shape What We See [Alessandra Di Lorenzo, Advertising Leader] #28 Apr 20, 2026 3801 ‘The web is one big fat ad.'That was Alessandra DiLorenzo’s quote of the podcast, and it gets right to the point.In this episode of The AI Lyceum®, Samraj Matharu speaks with Alessandra DiLorenzo, former CEO of lastminute.com media and former leader at eBay and Vodafone, following her recent TEDx Royal Tunbridge Wells talk at the March 8, 2026 event themed ‘Momentum’. Her TEDx speaker profile fram

Inclusive AI, Trust and Hidden Harm [Sidrah Hassan, AI Ethicist] #27 Apr 14, 2026 4125 'AI just feels like another frontier of exclusion' – Sidrah HassanIn this episode of The AI Lyceum®, Samraj Matharu speaks with Sidrah Hassan, AI Governance and AI Ethics Specialist, about inclusive AI, AI ethics, AI governance, algorithmic bias, trust in AI, transparency, human oversight, and responsible AI in practice.Sidrah is an AI Governance and Ethics Manager at Kainos, an AI Ethics and Stra

How AI Is Changing Education, Ethics, and the Future of Work [Tina Austin] #26 Apr 6, 2026 3052 ‘Failure is not something to be ashamed of. I want my students to know why they were wrong'AI is changing education, work, and judgment faster than most institutions can keep up.In Episode #26 of The AI Lyceum®, I speak with Tina Austin, an AI educator, bioethics and computational biology lecturer, AI ethics adviser, and OpenAI presenter, about what it means to teach, think, and stay human in the

How Wondercraft Is Changing AI Video for Business [Wondercraft CEO, Dimitris Nikolaou] #25 Mar 29, 2026 2663 'The problem is that more people want to be creating videos, but they can’t'AI video is moving from novelty to utility, and Wondercraft is betting the real opportunity is not just generating content, but making video genuinely usable for business.In Episode 25 of The AI Lyceum®, we sat down with Dimitris Nikolaou, Co-Founder and CEO of Wondercraft, to explore how he went from Imperial and Palantir

Agentic Advertising: How AI Agents Will Buy and Sell Media [IAB Tech Lab, Shailley Singh] #24 Mar 12, 2026 3432 This episode is sponsored by Advertising Protocols™ — a free and open directory for the entire advertising ecosystem, built to help people explore the protocols, standards, tools, and infrastructure shaping the future of media and ad tech.🌐 https://advertisingprotocols.com'Bot is the old world. Agent is the new world' – Shailley SinghWhat happens when AI agents start buying and selling media?In th

The Magic Mirror: The Journey to $3M a Month [Sunil Jindal, Magic AI] #23 Mar 2, 2026 2795 'When you see that image of yourself on the screen, suddenly it feels much more possible'- Sunil Jindal, Co-Founder, Magic AIWhat if your mirror could train you using a future version of you as the trainer?In this episode of The AI Lyceum, Samraj Matharu sits down with Sunil Jindal, Co-Founder of Magic AI - the award-winning consumer tech company behind the AI-powered smart mirror named one of TIM

Governing AI at Scale: Understanding Bias & Fairness [Dr. Chiara Gallese, Digital Ethics Prof] #22 Feb 15, 2026 3146 'We should improve our critical thinking' — Chiara GalleseAs AI systems move from experimentation to infrastructure, governance becomes the real test.In Episode 22 of The AI Lyceum, Samraj speaks with Dr Chiara Gallese — Philosophy PhD, Adjunct Professor of Digital Ethics at Collegio Internazionale Ca’ Foscari, Researcher at Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology, and Society (TILT), and Academic E

Understanding AI Ethics: Trust and Safety [Savneet Singh, AI Ethicist] #21 Feb 6, 2026 3254 AI ethics, trust & safety explained — Savneet Singh (AI Ethicist) on building trustworthy AI systems, safety frameworks & responsible AI deployment. The AI Lyceum #21'The machine is there to support you — not to replace your judgment. You are the one in control' — Savneet SinghAs AI becomes more human-like, trust becomes harder to define — and more critical to get right.In this episode, Sa

AI's Biggest Blind Spot: Culture, Not Code [Dr. Nina Begus, Berkeley] #20 Jan 30, 2026 3643 Why AI’s biggest blind spot is culture, not code — Dr Nina Begus (UC Berkeley) on cultural bias in AI, language models & cross-cultural AI development. The AI Lyceum #20🎓 20% Off | Oxford AI Executive Programmeshttps://oxsbs.link/ailyceum"Humanities scholars need to be at the table where AI is being built — ethics must be embedded from the start, not added as a band-aid afterward" — Dr. Nina B

#19 - AI Is a Question Machine: Teaching Thinking, Not Answers [Casandra Sibilin, Philosophy Lecturer, CUNY] Jan 21, 2026 3389 AI is not an oracle — it is a question machine.In this episode, Samraj Matharu speaks with Cassandra Sibilin, Philosophy Lecturer at CUNY (City University of New York) and a leading practitioner in AI-assisted education.Cassandra works at the intersection of philosophy, pedagogy, and emerging AI tools, helping educators and students move beyond fear, hype, and automation toward deeper thinking. Ra

#18 – Thinking With AI: What Can’t Be Automated? [Peter Danenberg, Google DeepMind] Jan 13, 2026 6207 “The things we can say are limited by the things we can think.”In this episode, Samraj Matharu speaks with Peter Danenberg, Senior Software Engineer specialising in rapid LLM prototyping at Google DeepMind, based in Palo Alto, California.Peter works at the frontier where large language models move from research to real-world systems. Together, they explore what it really means to think with AI — n

#17 – The Future of Law with AI: Making Sense of It All [Stephen Dnes, Lawyer] Jan 5, 2026 4288 “Law does not stop innovation — but poor regulation can quietly distort it.”In this episode, Samraj speaks with Stephen Dnes, media lawyer, partner at Dnes & Felver, and lecturer in law at Royal Holloway, University of London, about one of the most important questions facing AI today:How should law assign responsibility when AI systems act, decide, and transact autonomously?Stephen brings a ra

#16 – Winning the Zero Click: AI and Marketing’s Future [Professor Jim Lecinski Kellogg. School of Management] Dec 11, 2025 3021 🎓 20% Off | Oxford AI Ethics Executive Programme https://oxsbs.link/ailyceum“AI raises the ceiling and raises the floor. It is not the end of marketing. It is the beginning of better marketing.” — Jim LecinskiIn this episode, Samraj speaks with Jim Lecinski, Clinical Professor of Marketing at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management and former Google VP. He created ZMOT (Zero Moment

#15 – Is AI Listening to Us? Voice AI as the New Interface [Charles Cadbury | CEO, Say It Now] Dec 8, 2025 2622 🎓 20% Off | Oxford AI Ethics Executive Programme - https://oxsbs.link/ailyceum🍫 The answer is yes — he is related to 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 Cadbury.“Conversation is the most natural interface there is.” — Charles CadburyCharles Cadbury — CEO, Say It Now and Amazon Alexa Cup winner — explores why Voice AI is becoming the new interface for search. From early Alexa development to powering actionable audio ads for Marr

#14 – Recycling AI Heat: How Waste Energy Could Save Us [Scot Bryson | Founder, Orbital Farm and NASA Contributor] Nov 28, 2025 3267 “It’s really a question of will… Do we want the exciting future or the scary future?” — Scot BrysonScot Bryson — Founder of Orbital Farm, General Partner at Impactful Capital, circular-systems thinker and long-standing NASA collaborator — joins Samraj to explore how AI is heating the planet, how waste heat could become one of the most powerful sustainability tools we have, and why the future of da

#13 – Can AI Cure Loneliness? The New Human Condition [Dr. Lollie Mancey, Cyber-Anthropologist] Nov 20, 2025 3257 “AI is amplifying both our cognition and our blind spots… it’s showing us who we are.” — Dr. Lollie ManceyDr. Lollie Mancey — anthropologist, futurist and Program Director at UCD’s Innovation Academy — joins Samraj to explore how AI is reshaping identity, intimacy, culture, empathy and the future human condition. A grounded, human conversation on loneliness, AI companions, ethics, neuroscience, si

#12 – Billion Dollar Ideas: AI’s impact on the digital economy [Brian O'Kelley | CEO, Scope3] Nov 16, 2025 3274 “If this works, we can make the entire global economy a trillion dollars bigger… That’s a massive opportunity for humanity.” — Brian O’KelleyBrian O’Kelley has made over $2B in selling his businesses — Inventor of the ad exchange, former CEO of AppNexus (acquired for $1.6B), Right Media (acquired for $600M) and now CEO of Scope3 — has shaped the economic and technical foundations of the open inter

#11 – Agentic AI, Sora & GPT-5: Trends, thoughts and tricks [Head of AI, Moonpig – Peter Gostev] Nov 13, 2025 2996 “People overthink AI. The value is in quickly testing small ideas and seeing what actually works.” - Peter GostevMoonpig is one of the UK’s largest personalised gifting and card platforms, used by millions. In this episode, Samraj speaks with Moonpig’s Head of AI, Peter Gostev — a leading voice in practical, hype-free AI. Peter oversees generative AI initiatives across the entire business: custome

#10 – Conscious AI and Protopia: The Future of Intelligence [Dr.Daniel Hulme, CEO of Satalia | WPP] Nov 3, 2025 2678 “Generative AI is still a bit like an intoxicated graduate.” — Daniel HulmeWhat happens when intelligence stops following instructions — and starts adapting?In this episode of The AI Lyceum, Samraj speaks with Daniel Hulme, Chief AI Officer at WPP and Founder of Satalia (acquired by WPP), about adaptive intelligence, neuromorphic computing, sustainability, and Protopia — a world that gets a little

#9 – Can AI Be Green? The Truth About Data, Power, and Planet [Silicon Valley's Pascal Joly] Oct 27, 2025 3245 “Sustainable AI means using AI without destroying the planet.” – Pascal JolyWhat if the next great challenge for AI isn’t bias or privacy — but energy?In this episode of The AI Lyceum™, Samraj Matharu speaks with Pascal Joly, a Silicon Valley product leader turned sustainability advocate, to unpack the true cost of intelligence: the carbon, water, and energy footprint behind AI.Pascal combines dec

#8 – Smartphones to AGI: How to Navigate Exponential Change [London Futurists, David Wood] Oct 19, 2025 3288 💬 “We must learn not just faster, but better — unlearning the old while emotionally preparing for the new.” — David WoodWhat can the smartphone revolution teach us about the AI era?David Wood — futurist, author of 12 books, and co-founder of Symbian, the operating system that powered over half the world’s smartphones before iOS and Android — joins Samraj Matharu to explore how humanity can steer t

#7 – Designing AI We Can Trust: The Right Choices [IBM Research Lead, Professor Claudio Pinhanez] Oct 13, 2025 2879 🙏 What does it take to design AI that earns - and deserves - our trust?“Prompt engineering is a bug” - Claudio PinhanezIn this episode, Samraj Matharu speaks with Claudio Pinhanez, Principal Scientist at IBM Research Brazil, about building AI systems that are transparent, consistent, and human-centred. With 40 years of experience across computer science and design, Claudio shares lessons from the

#6 – Marketing in the Age of AI [Ogilvy's Chief Transformation Officer, Antonis Kocheilas] Oct 6, 2025 3056 🧠 How Can Marketers Use AI — Without Losing the Human Touch?“What I would like to ask for our industry is to stop asking what AI can do and start asking what we can do with AI.” — Antonis KocheilasIn this episode, Samraj Matharu speaks with Antonis Kocheilas, Global Chief Transformation Officer of one of the world’s leading advertising agencies – Ogilvy – to explore how AI is reshaping creativity,

#5 – What is the Agentic Internet? Virtual economies' impact on advertising [James Bentley] Oct 3, 2025 3729 🤖 WHAT WOULD YOU WANT AN AI AGENT TO BUY FOR YOU?In this episode of The AI Lyceum Podcast, Samraj Matharu speaks with James Bentley — Director of AI Strategy at Awin (ex-Adobe ML) — to unpack how autonomous agents, real-time search, and ledger-based attribution could reshape the commercial internet.James shares lessons from two decades in digital advertising, from early ML forecasting at Adobe to

#4 - Can Robots Learn? TIME 100 Prof. Benjamin Rosman on AI, Robotics & Intelligence Sep 29, 2025 2780 🤖 Can Robots Learn How to Learn?“If we could have infinite intelligence, what would we do with it?” — Prof. Benjamin RosmanIn this episode, Samraj Matharu speaks with Prof. Benjamin Rosman – who is one of TIME Magazine's 100 Most Influential People in AI 2025, Google-award winning, Professor of Machine Learning & Robotics at the University of Witwatersrand, and Director of the RAIL Lab. Benjam

#3 - Making AI 100% Sustainable: Is it Possible? Renewable Data Centres with GreenPT Sep 26, 2025 1959 🌳 How Can AI Be Made More Sustainable?"By 2030, we will be using 2x the energy we use right now.”In this episode, Samraj Matharu speaks with Robert Keus, founder of GreenPT, to explore the vital intersection of AI and environmental sustainability.Robert explains how GreenPT is creating a privacy-friendly, energy-efficient AI ecosystem – from improving data centre efficiency to educating users on m

#2 - Is AI Super-Intelligent? Beyond the Hype - Calum Chace (Best selling AI Author) Sep 17, 2025 2637 🧠 Is AI Super-Intelligent — and when will it become super-intelligent?“𝗪𝗲 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁-𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴-𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁. 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸, 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗮 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀.”In this episode of The AI Lyceum Podcast, Samraj Matharu speaks with Calum Chace — Oxford-educated philosopher, best-selling AI au

#1 - Can AI Become Conscious? Lead AI Tutor at Oxford Explains [Peter Morgan] Sep 4, 2025 3335 👉 20% OFF University of Oxford Executive Programmes @Theailyceum.comIn this episode of The AI Lyceum Podcast, Samraj Matharu speaks with Peter Morgan — Head Tutor on AI executive programmes at the University of Oxford and founder of Deep Learning Partnership — to tackle one of today’s biggest questions: Is AI conscious?❓ Questions we answer in this episode:What’s the difference between everyday AI

Robots Are Leaving the Lab: Physical AI, Humanoids and the Future of Work [Sacha Ghiglione] #32 May 26, 2026 2316 ‘In the age where machines are becoming more intelligent, maybe that’s one of the most human questions left: what are we actually serving?’In this episode of The AI Lyceum®, Samraj Matharu speaks with Sacha Ghiglione, Executive Director of Davos Tech Summit 2026, about physical AI, humanoid robots, Robot City, work, purpose and the future of intelligent machines in the real world.From Brazilian ji

The AI Lyceum

Episodes

Recommended