Norris Bradbury, Los Alamos History, AI

About this episode

The episode features an interview with historian Nic Lewis discussing Norris Bradbury's impact on Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Episode Summary: National Security Science magazine interviews Los Alamos National Laboratory historian Nic Lewis about the Lab’s longest serving director, Norris Bradbury. Learn about how Bradbury impacted the evolution of the Lab. You’ll also hear historical audio clips from Bradbury himself. Labcast: Los Alamos establishes Open AI partnership for studying biological threats that frontier AI models could pose. Highlights from the Hill: Los Alamos uses machine learning to detect earthquakes. Learn more about Norris Bradbury, the Lab’s second—and longest serving—director who ensured Los Alamos survived and thrived after World War II: https://discover.lanl.gov/publications/national-security-science/2024-summer/norris-bradbury. Check out the Summer 2024 New Mexico issue at https://discover.lanl.gov/publications/national-security-science/2024-summer/

People in this episode

Guest: Nic Lewis

Topics covered

• Norris Bradbury
• Los Alamos National Laboratory
• AI
• history

Keywords

• machine learning
• biological threats
• earthquake detection

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Open AI

Places: Los Alamos, New Mexico

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