Humans in the Loop
Hosted by Seb · Seb Agertoft
5.0from 8 ratings
- 22
- Episodes
- 10
- Transcribed
- 8
- Ratings
- Bi-weekly
- Cadence
- 2025
- First episode
About Humans in the Loop
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
- Publisher
- Seb Agertoft
- Category
- technology
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 5 Aug 2025
- Latest episode
- 13 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
10 of 22 episodes have a transcript.
13 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
What is AI actually good at? | Rohit Krishnan - Engineer, Economist, Investor & Author
29 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
What Quantum Computing is Actually Good For | Scott Aaronson- Computer Scientist Complexity Theorist
15 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
British Energy Sovereignty | Sir Dieter Helm - Leading UK Energy Economist
Inside a recent episode
What is AI actually good at? | Rohit Krishnan - Engineer, Economist, Investor & Author
Published 13 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] I feel like a lot of these questions kind of start with the assumption that if we do nothing, the end of the world is a result, but not think about the fact that doing nothing is never the base case. The base case is that we deal with it the exact same way that we have dealt with everything else that has happened so far. And like we react, the society reacts, the laws react, the insurance companies react so that like we reach a new equilibrium where we are able to sort of constrain these things sufficiently well enough that we are able to go to, you know, use them in a sufficiently useful fashion. […]
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- Rohit Krishnan
- Scott Aaronson
- Sir Dieter Helm
- Claire Stapleton
- Benedict Evans
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 1 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 7 ratings
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Who hosts Humans in the Loop?
Seb host the show. Published by Seb Agertoft.
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