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Unexplainable

Vox

Life Sciences, Science, Natural Sciences

4.6 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 17 November 2021

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Will scientists ever fully understand the human brain? In their quest for knowledge, they’ve tried knives, magnets, computers, blood, and even a good metaphor. For more, go to http://vox.com/unexplainable It’s a great place to view show transcripts and read more about the topics on our show. Also, email us! unexplainable@vox.com We read every email. Support Unexplainable by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Support for this week's episode of Unexplainable comes from UC San Diego.
0:05.0	UC San Diego is working with artificial intelligence to try to get
0:08.6	closer to answering some enormous challenges.
0:11.7	Whether they're using AI to inform the development of complicated
0:15.2	cures or creating predictive models that could help fight wildfires,
0:19.5	researchers at UC San Diego want to help move us forward,
0:23.1	improve our communities, and shape our future.
0:25.7	You can learn more about how UC San Diego is advancing AI
0:29.3	at ucsd.edu slash AI.
0:32.9	What if there was a better way to talk to all your friends than through
0:37.0	a thousand different messaging apps on a thousand different platforms?
0:40.0	What if you could just find the show you wanted without browsing through
0:43.7	infinite tiles in a hundred different streaming apps?
0:46.5	What if you could have all of your stuff everywhere without
0:50.1	dealing with some crummy user interface on some
0:53.5	unknowable file sharing platform?
0:55.6	This month on the Vergecast, we're looking into connectivity.
0:58.4	How we talk to each other, how we talk to our stuff,
1:01.3	how we find things online.
1:03.7	All this month on the Vergecast, available wherever you get podcasts.
1:23.9	It's unexplainable.
1:24.8	I'm know I'm hasn't failed.
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