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Down and Dirty with Covid Genes

Down and Dirty with Covid Genes

FromIn Machines We Trust


Down and Dirty with Covid Genes

FromIn Machines We Trust

ratings:
Length:
21 minutes
Released:
Aug 26, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

What weird bugs did you pick up last time you rode a subway train? A global network of scientists mapping the DNA of urban microbes and using AI to look for patterns pivots to tracking covid-19. Join host Jennifer Strong as she rides along on a subway-swabbing mission and talks to scientists racing to find an existing drug that might treat the disease.

We meet: 
Weill Cornell Medicine's Christopher Mason and David Danko
BenevolentAI CEO Baroness Joanna Shields

Credits: This episode was reported and produced by Jennifer Strong, Tate Ryan-Mosley, Emma Cillekens and Karen Hao with help from Benji Rosen. We’re edited by Michael Reilly and Gideon Lichfield. Our technical director is Jacob Gorski. 
Released:
Aug 26, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (83)

A podcast about the automation of everything. Host Jennifer Strong and the team at MIT Technology Review look at what it means to entrust artificial intelligence with our most sensitive decisions.