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   S12 · E3 · 14 Oct 2025 · 33 min

   Never Fight a Megatrend: Cisco’s Jeetu Patel

   Cisco is well known for its data, networking, security, and collaboration products. On today’s episode, Cisco’s president and chief product officer, Jeetu Patel, joins Sam for a discussion about artificial intelligence, a “megatrend” Jeetu sees as perhaps more significant than the development of the internet or the automobile because of its ability to build on past technological advances. Jeetu and Sam discuss how to manage AI and how to staff for it — Jeetu argues that replacing less experienced or younger workers with technology deprives organizations of key perspectives and new ideas, and…

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   S12 · E2 · 30 Sep 2025 · 28 min

   Protection, Provenance, and Prompts: YouTube’s Angela Nakalembe

   A chemical engineer by training, Angela Nakalembe worked in the sciences and management consulting before landing at YouTube as the company’s engineering program manager for trust and safety. At YouTube, Angela explains, AI has become a first line of defense against harmful content. The technology not only accelerates content moderation tasks but makes the process more humane, by filtering out problematic content before it reaches a human reviewer. To combat the proliferation of AI-generated content that may be hard to discern from assets created by humans, YouTube, its parent company…

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   S12 · E1 · 16 Sep 2025 · 34 min

   Challenging the Average With Open-Source AI: Hugging Face’s Thomas Wolf

   Thomas Wolf is the cofounder and chief science officer of open-source AI platform Hugging Face, which provides access to thousands of pretrained AI models that can be downloaded and run locally. With over 10 million users, getting started on the site can be a daunting task. Thomas explains how the company aims to improve its accessibility through documentation on the company blog as well as community feedback, similar to social media likes and upvoting. Thomas and Sam discuss the benefits and trade-offs of both open-source and closed-source AI models, as well as the evolution of microchips…

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   S11 · E7 · 11 Jun 2025 · 31 min

   Training AI to Detect Disease: Stand Up To Cancer’s Julian Adams

   Julian Adams tried but didn’t succeed at retirement after a productive career as a medical chemist with several U.S. Food and Drug Association approvals of cancer-related treatments, including cell therapy for bone marrow transplantation. Soon after, his participation in a Stand Up To Cancer advisory group led to his appointment as the nonprofit’s president and CEO. The research organization raises money to advance the diagnosis of numerous cancers. Given rapid technological advancements, our podcast hosts were eager to invite Julian on the show to share how Stand Up To Cancer uses…

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   S11 · E6 · 27 May 2025 · 27 min

   Delivering More Connected Care Through AI: CVS Health's Josh Weiner

   Josh Weiner, senior vice president of consumer engagement and analytics at CVS Health, is passionate about making health care more personalized, connected, preventative, and accessible. On today’s episode, Josh joins Sam and Shervin to explain how the integrated health care company is structured and how it is using AI to achieve those goals. Read the episode transcript here. Me, Myself, and AI is a collaborative podcast from MIT Sloan Management Review and Boston Consulting Group and is hosted by Sam Ransbotham and Shervin Khodabandeh. Our engineer is David Lishansky, and the executive…

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   S11 · E5 · 13 May 2025 · 34 min

   Building Better Answers With AI Agents: SAP’s Walter Sun

   The suggestions and support offered by AI are helpful only if they’re relevant. On today’s episode, Walter Sun, senior vice president and global head of artificial intelligence at SAP, joins Sam and Shervin to share how his organization is helping employees get smarter about artificial intelligence through the company’s AI Days. Additionally, Walter gives specific examples of support that AI agents could provide to an end user, and makes the case that small language models (fine-tuned large language models) can be built to assist in decision-making. Read the episode transcript here. Guest…

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   S14 · E2 · 29 Sep 2026 · 28 min

   AI for Process, People for Heart: GoFundMe’s Tim Cadogan

   A time of crisis often requires the need for ongoing assistance, but many of us struggle with requesting help from others. GoFundMe CEO Tim Cadogan joins us to explain how the fundraising company is using artificial intelligence to make such times easier, drawing on lessons from tens of millions of fundraisers to help people tell their stories and mobilize their communities. Tim shares how GoFundMe’s AI-powered fundraising coach is reducing stress, building confidence, and helping people raise more without losing the human connection at the heart of giving. The conversation explores a…

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   S14 · E1 · 15 Sep 2026 · 27 min

   AI Goes Grocery Shopping: Instacart’s David McIntosh

   With the acquisition of the Caper cart, a technology-enabled shopping cart, grocery-delivery company Instacart began bridging the gap between online and in-person shopping. On today’s episode, David McIntosh, the company’s former chief connected stores officer, joins host Sam Ransbotham to share how physical AI is helping shoppers track their purchases, retailers manage inventory, and product manufacturers stock the right items at the right times. Guest bio: David McIntosh is Instacart’s former chief connected stores officer, where he led the company’s in-store offerings including Caper, an…

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   S13 · 21 Jul 2026 · 40 min

   Creating Shared Prosperity With AI: Stanford Digital Economy Lab’s Erik Brynjolfsson

   Erik Brynjolfsson has a challenge for anyone worried about artificial intelligence: Stop asking what AI will do to us, and start asking what we will do with AI. In this episode, the Stanford University economist explains why technology isn’t the biggest barrier to progress — people, organizations, and institutions are. Drawing on new research into AI’s impact on jobs, productivity, and economic growth, he argues that the future isn’t predetermined: It will be shaped by the choices we make today. This is a timely conversation about human agency, shared prosperity, and why the most important…

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    S13 · E8 · 22 Jun 2026 · 30 min

    AI Upskilling at Scale: Bank of America’s Bernard Hampton

    Today’s episode, the final one of Season 13, explores how Bank of America is preparing a massive global workforce for an AI future through upskilling and reskilling. Bernard Hampton, head of the financial institution’s Academy, explains how the learning and development organization focuses on workforce agility and a building combination of technical and soft skills. Bernard outlines a three-level approach to adopting artificial intelligence and shares situations in which he feels humans need to stay in the loop. Read the episode transcript here. Guest bio: Bernard Hampton leads The Academy,…

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