Exploring the Zoom Election of 2024 and Breakthroughs in A.I. with Pushmeet Kohli

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Hosts: Kevin Roose and Casey Newton

Production Team: Whitney Jones and Rachel Cohn

Editing: Jen Poyant

Engineering: Alyssa Moxley

Original Music Contributors: Dan Powell, Elisheba Ittoop, Marion Lozano, Rowan Niemisto, and Diane Wong

This week, as a wave of enthusiasm sweeps through online political rallies for Kamala Harris, we delve into the implications of what many are calling the “Zoom election” of 2024. We examine how this digital shift is reshaping political organizing strategies for both major parties. Following this, we have a fascinating guest joining us: Pushmeet Kohli, a leading computer scientist at Google DeepMind. He will share insights on his team’s groundbreaking A.I. models that recently achieved a remarkable silver medal score at the prestigious International Mathematical Olympiad exam. Lastly, get ready for a fresh round of HatGPT, featuring a special edition focused on technology in the Olympics.

Featured Guest:

• Pushmeet Kohli, Vice President of Research at Google DeepMind

Suggested Reading:

• Liberal “White Dudes” Rally for Harris: “It’s Like a Rainbow of Beige”
• Move Over, Mathematicians, Here Comes AlphaProof
• Now Narrating the Olympics: A.I.-Al Michaels

Credits:

“Hard Fork” is hosted by Kevin Roose and Casey Newton, produced by Whitney Jones and Rachel Cohn, and edited by Jen Poyant. The show’s engineering is handled by Alyssa Moxley, with original music contributions from Dan Powell, Elisheba Ittoop, Marion Lozano, Rowan Niemisto, and Diane Wong. Fact-checking is provided by Caitlin Love. We extend our gratitude to Paula Szuchman, Pui-Wing Tam, Nell Gallogly, Dahlia Haddad, and Jeffrey Miranda for their invaluable support.