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The Next Billion Seconds with Mark Pesce

The Next Billion Seconds with Mark Pesce

By: Ampel
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Hosted by award-winning podcast creator, journalist & futurist Mark Pesce, The Next Billion Seconds is everything you need to know about the future — so you can make the best decisions today. The rate of change we are experiencing is the fastest humanity has ever seen. Stay informed as Mark simplifies the complex technological and societal changes we face. How we will work, connect, use money, drive, eat is all changing at a rapid pace. For more information on The Next Billion seconds with Mark Pesce, please check out https://nextbillionseconds.com

For more information about this podcast and The Next Billion Seconds, please visit https://nextbillionseconds.com. The Next Billion Seconds with Mark Pesce is produced by Ampel - https://ampel.com.au.

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Episodes
  • ALWAYS IMPERFECT - ISN'T IT IRONIC?

    ALWAYS IMPERFECT - ISN'T IT IRONIC?
    Oct 21 2025

    Massive increases in productivity lure businesses into adopting artificial intelligence. But what if pursuit of that elusive 'superprodctivity' produces exactly the opposite? A rebroadcast of Radio New Zealand's Nine To Noon from16 October 2025, host Kathryn Ryan and I ask whether any business advantage can be gained by the 'promiscuous' use of AI.

    The Next Billion Seconds with Mark Pesce is produced by Ampel and Myrtle and Pine

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    12 mins
  • ALWAYS IMPERFECT - BUILDING RESISTANCE

    ALWAYS IMPERFECT - BUILDING RESISTANCE
    Oct 14 2025

    What would you do if you lost your job to an AI? Would you even know? It happened to me - and I didn't learn the truth for six months. In the aftermath I recognised how my work needed to change. That became the core of 'Building Resistance', a set of practices that help us focus on the most human elements of our work. Leaning into those - in this episode, you'll learn how - makes it harder to get automated into oblivion.

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    The Next Billion Seconds with Mark Pesce is Executive produced by Josh Butt Ampel and James Brettell at Myrtle and Pine studios in Sydney, Australia.

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    13 mins
  • ALWAYS IMPERFECT - STOP THE WOKE AI!

    ALWAYS IMPERFECT - STOP THE WOKE AI!
    Oct 7 2025

    While the US focuses on putting the brakes on 'woke AI' (whatever that is) the rest of the world's nations confront thorny questions about how to regulate a technology that's both moving very quickly and lacks any clear definitions. Could regulators strangle AI in the process of regulating it? Or will innovators it outpace all efforts to contain it? At the intersection of commerce and geopolitics, we speak with researcher Kate Carruthers, who puts these questions into a global context.

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    20 mins
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