PredictionX: Recent Episodes
PredictionX
The Prediction Project by Harvard Professor Alyssa Goodman creates, collects, and curates materials documenting and analyzing how humans have predicted their futures over time.
In this conversation, Professor Daniel Kammen of UC Berkeley talks to Professor Alyssa Goodman about prediction and climate change simulations.
Daniel Gilbert is a Professor of Psychology at Harvard University. In this conversation with Professor Goodman, he discusses the ways in which people understand -- or fail to understand -- prediction in their daily lives.
Brendan Meade is a Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Harvard and Susan Murphy is a Professor of Statistics and Computer Science at Harvard. In this interview with Professor Alyssa Goodman, they discuss how their respective fields approach uncertainty when making predictions.
Ben Shneiderman is a Professor of Computer Science at the University of Maryland. In this conversation with Professor Goodman and two Freshman Seminar students he discusses the ways in which artificial intelligence (AI) has changed how we make predictions -- and why some predictions about AI are likely misguided.
Professor of Astronomy and Head of Harvard's Astronomy Department Avi Loeb speaks with Professor Goodman about the various roles that prediction play in helping us understand the universe.
Agustin Rayo is a Professor of Philosophy at MIT. In this conversation with Professor Goodman and two Freshman Seminar students he discusses the philosophy of prediction, including questions about whether humans truly have free will.