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The AI Lyceum

The AI Lyceum

Samraj Matharu 34 episodes Nov 4, 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

AI Agents: Why Human Oversight Isn’t Enough | AI Ethicist Dr Reid Blackman #39
AI Agents: Why Human Oversight Isn’t Enough | AI Ethicist Dr Reid Blackman #39 Nov 4, 2026 47:53 Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!What happens when an AI agent makes more decisions than a human can realistically check?Dr Reid Blackman joins Samraj Matharu on The AI Lyceum™ to explore why AI governance needs more than human approval and a list of ethical principles. Reid is an AI ethicist, philosopher and author of The Ethi
AI and the Myth of Originality | Dr Nana Ariel #38
AI and the Myth of Originality | Dr Nana Ariel #38 Oct 26, 2026 45:16 Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!What does AI reveal about how original we really are?In episode 38 of The AI Lyceum™, Samraj Matharu is joined by Dr Nana Ariel, Scholar of Rhetoric and AI Literacy and former Fulbright visiting scholar at Harvard. Together, they explore what our conversations with artificial intelligence reveal
Do You Really Need AI Agents? | Dr Quentin Reul #37
Do You Really Need AI Agents? | Dr Quentin Reul #37 Sep 24, 2026 1:00:01 Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Does every business need AI agents, or could a simpler workflow do the job better?In this episode of The AI Lyceum™, Samraj Matharu speaks with Dr Quentin Reul about AI agents, knowledge graphs and what it takes to turn enterprise AI experiments into useful business outcomes.Quentin explains why
Is AI Making Us Less Capable? AI Ethics with Professor Sven Nyholm #36
Is AI Making Us Less Capable? AI Ethics with Professor Sven Nyholm #36 Sep 10, 2026 59:44 Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!What happens to human judgement when a chatbot can think, write and advise us at any moment?In episode 36 of The AI Lyceum™, Samraj Matharu speaks with Professor Sven Nyholm, Professor of the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence at LMU Munich and author of The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence: A P
How AI Is Changing Business - and the Human Skills That Still Matter | Dipika Sawhney, Google #35
How AI Is Changing Business - and the Human Skills That Still Matter | Dipika Sawhney, Google #35 Aug 24, 2026 29:14 Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!AI is making it faster and cheaper to build, test and launch new ideas—but it is not replacing judgement, resilience or humanity.Dipika Sawhney leads SMB growth for Google across EMEA, helping hundreds of thousands of small and medium-sized businesses gain practical value from AI-powered technol
If AI Becomes Conscious, Does It Deserve Rights? – Anna Mikeda | 34
If AI Becomes Conscious, Does It Deserve Rights? – Anna Mikeda | 34 Jul 12, 2026 49:54 Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!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 As
Should AI Be in the Classroom? The Human Cost of Generative AI [UCL Professor Wayne Holmes] #33
Should AI Be in the Classroom? The Human Cost of Generative AI [UCL Professor Wayne Holmes] #33 Jun 16, 2026 54:41 Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!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
How AI Changes What We Believe [AI Ethics Researcher, Dr Jana Sedláková] #31
How AI Changes What We Believe [AI Ethics Researcher, Dr Jana Sedláková] #31 May 18, 2026 51:16 Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!‘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 situat
AI and the New Economics of Advertising [Media Analyst, Ian Whittaker] #30
AI and the New Economics of Advertising [Media Analyst, Ian Whittaker] #30 May 3, 2026 45:53 Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!‘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 ha
Inside the AI Supply Chain: How Cerebras Powers Fast AI [James Wang] #29
Inside the AI Supply Chain: How Cerebras Powers Fast AI [James Wang] #29 Apr 26, 2026 54:40 Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!'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 become
How Advertising, AI and Algorithms Shape What We See [Alessandra Di Lorenzo, Advertising Leader] #28
How Advertising, AI and Algorithms Shape What We See [Alessandra Di Lorenzo, Advertising Leader] #28 Apr 20, 2026 1:03:21 Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!‘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 TED
Inclusive AI, Trust and Hidden Harm [Sidrah Hassan, AI Ethicist] #27
Inclusive AI, Trust and Hidden Harm [Sidrah Hassan, AI Ethicist] #27 Apr 14, 2026 1:08:45 Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!'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 r

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