ISI/nsiders

About ISI/nsiders

After the success of AI/nsiders, the director of AI at the Information Sciences Institute, anthropologist Adam Russell, expands his horizons beyond AI in his new podcast, ISI/nsiders. He interviews the computer scientists of the institute specialized in disciplines such as cybersecurity, quantum, computational systems, data management, and even space.

Publisher

USC Information Sciences Institute

Category

news · technology

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

19 Nov 2024

Latest episode

8 Jul 2025

Latest episodes

17 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   8 Jul 2025

   "You can get lucky in research, but you can't get lucky if you are not prepared"

   Adam Russell interviews Steve Crago about preparation in research, highlighting how readiness increases the chances of success.

2. 

   24 Jun 2025

   "Genuine curiosity pays off in a deeply technical environment"

   Anthropologist Adam Russell interviews Terry Benzel about the value of curiosity within highly technical research environments at the Information Sciences Institute.

3. 

   10 Jun 2025

   "Having an AI strategy is becoming more complex because it's unpredictable"

   Adam Russell interviews Craig Knoblock about the increasing complexity and unpredictability of developing effective strategies for artificial intelligence.

4. 

   27 May 2025

   "My hope for AI is that it will make us better people"

   Anthropologist Adam Russell interviews researchers about artificial intelligence and its potential to improve humanity in this episode.

5. 

   14 May 2025

   "AI is making outputs more accessible, forgetting the value of the process"

   EP. 13 ISI’s Artificial Intelligence director, anthropologist Adam Russell, gets to know researchers from across the institute. This week: Maxyn Leitner

6. 

   30 Apr 2025

   "You can only design a system to the limit of what you can plan for"

   EP. 12 ISI’s Artificial Intelligence director, anthropologist Adam Russell, gets to know researchers from across the institute. This week: Joe Barnes

7. 

   15 Apr 2025

   "You have to make your security useful for people without it being a burden"

   EP. 11 ISI’s Artificial Intelligence director, anthropologist Adam Russell, gets to know researchers from across the institute. This week: Erik Kline

8. 

   1 Apr 2025

   "Quantum could be able to explain features of nature that change the world"

   EP. 10 ISI’s Artificial Intelligence director, anthropologist Adam Russell, gets to know researchers from across the institute. This week: Federico Spedalieri

9. 

   18 Mar 2025

   "You want to build resilient systems because bad things can happen fundamentally "

   EP. 9 ISI’s Artificial Intelligence director, anthropologist Adam Russell, gets to know researchers from across the institute. This week: Alefiya Hussain

10. 

    4 Mar 2025

    "We over rely on technology but lack the resilience we need to depend on it"

    EP. 8 ISI’s Artificial Intelligence director, anthropologist Adam Russell, gets to know researchers from across the institute. This week: David Balenson

11. 

    18 Feb 2025

    "My career goal is to make difficult technology more usable"

    EP. 7 ISI’s Artificial Intelligence director, anthropologist Adam Russell, gets to know researchers from across the institute. This week: Wes Hardaker

12. 

    4 Feb 2025

    "I tell my students to get curious, get confident, then get active"

    EP. 6 ISI’s Artificial Intelligence director, anthropologist Adam Russell, gets to know researchers from across the institute. This week: Jonathan Habif

13. 

    21 Jan 2025

    "We are not studying how humans respond to misinformation properly"

    EP. 5 ISI’s Artificial Intelligence director, anthropologist Adam Russell, gets to know researchers from across the institute. This week: Jelena Mirkovic

14. 

    7 Jan 2025

    "AI has the greatest potential leverage in long duration spacecrafts"

    EP. 4 ISI’s Artificial Intelligence director, anthropologist Adam Russell, gets to know researchers from across the institute. This week: David Barnhart

15. 

    17 Dec 2024

    "People need to understand there are different layers to the Internet"

    EP. 3 ISI’s Artificial Intelligence director, anthropologist Adam Russell, gets to know researchers from across the institute. This week: John Heidemann

16. 

    3 Dec 2024

    "Try a technology out before committing to a research field"

    EP. 2 ISI’s Artificial Intelligence director, anthropologist Adam Russell, gets to know researchers from across the institute. This week: Elizabeth Boschee

17. 

    19 Nov 2024

    "Researchers have to ask themselves how AI can be used for nefarious purposes"

    EP. 1 ISI’s Artificial Intelligence director, anthropologist Adam Russell, gets to know researchers from across the institute. This week: Jacob Lichtefeld

Who has been a guest on ISI/nsiders

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Terry Benzel
• Craig Knoblock
• researchers

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 14 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

15

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

32