Settings
Light Theme
Dark Theme
Podcast Cover

Punching Cards

  • Boundaries of Intelligence (Ep6)

    28 JUN 2023 · Plants, cells, and other organisms do very impressive things, but we tend not to call them intelligent. Is that a mistake? In the final episode of this season, we ask: What are the boundaries of intelligence? With https://www.scienceofintelligence.de/people/dimitri-coelho-mollo/, https://www.scienceofintelligence.de/people/nicolas-roth/, https://www.scienceofintelligence.de/people/solveig-steinhardt/. Special Guests: https://webs.um.es/fjcalvo/miwiki/doku.php and https://drmichaellevin.org/.
    56m 14s
  • Evolution of Intelligence (Ep5)

    21 JUN 2023 · Where does intelligence come from? Where is it going? In this episode, we talk about the biological and cultural aspects that may be behind the evolution of intelligence. With https://www.scienceofintelligence.de/people/dimitri-coelho-mollo/, https://www.scienceofintelligence.de/people/olga-shurygina/, https://www.scienceofintelligence.de/people/solveig-steinhardt/. Special Guests: https://users.ox.ac.uk/~ascch/index.htm and http://www.aliboyle.com/.
    50m 22s
  • Collective Intelligence (Ep4)

    14 JUN 2023 · What’s more intelligent, the ant or the ant colony? How do beehives and flocks of birds display their incredibly complex behaviors? And do those count as intelligent? In this episode we will find out how intelligence may emerge from collections of individuals, from ants to humans. With https://www.scienceofintelligence.de/people/dimitri-coelho-mollo/, https://www.scienceofintelligence.de/people/Aravind-Battaje/, https://www.scienceofintelligence.de/people/solveig-steinhardt/. Special Guests: https://crca.cbi-toulouse.fr/en/guytheraulaz/ andhttps://www.scienceofintelligence.de/people/jens-krause/.
    38m 48s
  • Artificial Intelligence (Ep3)

    7 JUN 2023 · Now that we kind of know what we mean by intelligence, can we actually build it? What do we need in order to do that? In this episode, we discuss computers, robots, and a surprising paradox in Artificial Intelligence. With https://www.scienceofintelligence.de/people/dimitri-coelho-mollo/, https://www.scienceofintelligence.de/people/nicolas-roth/, and https://www.scienceofintelligence.de/people/olga-shurygina/ Special Guests: https://lisatitus.online/ andhttps://www.scienceofintelligence.de/people/oliver-brock/.
    42m 54s
  • Animal Intelligence (Ep2)

    31 MAY 2023 · In this episode, we are impressed by the craftsmanship of cockatoos, discuss whether apes use language, and learn about the pitfalls of testing animal intelligence. With https://www.scienceofintelligence.de/people/nicolas-roth/, https://www.scienceofintelligence.de/people/benjamin-lang/, and https://www.scienceofintelligence.de/people/olga-shurygina/. Special Guests: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/philosophy/people/summaries/moore/ and https://www.scienceofintelligence.de/people/alice-von-auersperg/.
    50m 51s
  • Human Intelligence (Ep1)

    24 MAY 2023 · When we talk about intelligence, we often mean human intelligence. But what is that? How can we study it? In this episode, we spoke to John-Dylan Haynes and Matthias Ziegler to try and understand and define human intelligence. Does it even exist? Prepare to be puzzled and question everything you've known about your own intelligence in order to figure out how it works. With https://www.scienceofintelligence.de/people/dimitri-coelho-mollo/, https://www.scienceofintelligence.de/people/Aravind-Battaje/, and https://www.scienceofintelligence.de/people/olga-shurygina/. Special Guests: https://www.scienceofintelligence.de/people/john-dylan-haynes/ and https://www.psychology.hu-berlin.de/de/1694051/1682288.
    34m 9s
  • Trailer (Stay tuned for Ep. 1 on 24 May!)

    11 MAY 2023 · ***STAY TUNED FOR OUR FIRST EPISODE ON HUMAN INTELLIGENCE, AIRING ON 24 MAY!*** What makes a person, a cat, a bonobo, a dolphin, an octopus, a cockatoo intelligent? What is it that these living organisms have or do, when we say that they are intelligent? And what about things, computer programmes, robots? Can they be intelligent? If so, how? If not, why not? Follow us through six episodes of interviews, special guests, quotes, big and small questions, trivia, and curiosities to explain intelligence.Ideas, content, and moderation by Dimitri Coelho Mollo, Aravind Battaje, Olga Shurygina, Nicolas Roth, and Benjamin Lang. Production and editing by Solveig Steinhardt and Valeria Becattini.
    1m 32s

Punching Cards, the podcast about all things intelligent What makes a person, a cat, a bonobo, a dolphin, an octopus, a cockatoo intelligent? What is it that these living organisms...

show more
Punching Cards, the podcast about all things intelligent


What makes a person, a cat, a bonobo, a dolphin, an octopus, a cockatoo intelligent? What is it that these living organisms have or do, when we say that they are intelligent? And what about things, computer programmes, robots? Can they be intelligent?

Follow us through six episodes of interviews, special guests, quotes, big and small questions, trivia, and curiosities to explain intelligence.

This podcast was produced by Berlin Cluster of Excellence Science of Intelligence.
Ideas, content, and moderation by Dimitri Coelho Mollo, Aravind Battaje, Olga Shurygina, Nicolas Roth, Benjamin Lang, and Solveig Steinhardt. Production and editing by Solveig Steinhardt and Valeria Becattini.
show less
Contacts
Information

Looks like you don't have any active episode

Browse Spreaker Catalogue to discover great new content

Current

Looks like you don't have any episodes in your queue

Browse Spreaker Catalogue to discover great new content

Next Up

Episode Cover Episode Cover

It's so quiet here...

Time to discover new episodes!

Discover
Your Library
Search