About this episode

The episode discusses the positive impacts of AI in various fields without any negative news.

What if AI was good, though? AI breakthroughs in medicine, education, creativity, and global policy — back to back, no bad news, no asterisks. Pure, uncut optimism. You’re welcome. LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE ElevenLabs 1 Million Voices Initiative CLAIR AI Imaging Device Liquid AI & Insilico Medicine Partnership Not Impossible’s Mick Ebeling Introduces the Eyewriter | TED Amuse AI (Carnegie Mellon) Google Antigravity Microsoft Special Education AI Training LM Studio New Delhi Declaration on AI European Parliament AI Copyright Law (Voss Report) Antscan Project UN AI for Good Global Summit PODCAST INFO : Podcast Website: UpAgainstReality.com Episode link: https://upagainstreality.com/2026/03/17/cheer-and-beer/ Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/up-against-reality/id1689699654 Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/29wpR2Uf0d19FjTH2QubcD?si=a6359f9aa1964170 RSS: upagainstreality.com/feed/podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/upagainstreality

People in this episode

Hosts: Chris Ippolito, Larry Bentley

Topics covered

• AI breakthroughs
• optimism
• medicine
• education
• creativity
• global policy

Keywords

• AI
• medicine
• education
• creativity
• global policy
• optimism
• technology

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ElevenLabs, CLAIR AI, Liquid AI, Insilico Medicine, TED, Amuse AI, Carnegie Mellon, Google, Microsoft, New Delhi Declaration on AI

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