In this special episode, Mark and Howard welcome their first guest: Dr. John Elliott, honorary research fellow in computer science and coordinator of the SETI Post-Detection Hub at the University of St Andrews.

Arthur C. Clarke once described John’s work as “of great importance,” and with good reason. His research spans human language, dolphin communication, computational linguistics and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.

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Mark and Howard wrestle with the deceptively simple question: What is intelligence?

They explore why intelligence is so hard to define, how it differs from raw data and information, and why it sits somewhere between science and art.

Along the way, they highlight the many uses (and misuses) of the word “intelligence,” from law enforcement practice to political spin.

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In this episode of The Collators, Mark and Howard dig into the firehose of the digital age. From
the days of cereal-box reading and limited TV channels to today’s infinite scroll of TikTok,
Twitter, and AI-generated content, how has the internet reshaped the way we process and
perhaps fail to really think about the information we recieve.

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