Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes Podcast

The AI End Game: Two-Year-Olds vs. AI with Alison Gopnik

May 19, 2026·56 min
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Tech billionaires love to claim that artificial intelligence is getting smarter by the day. But according to cognitive cognitive scientist and UC Berkeley professor Alison Gopnik, a typical two-year-old routinely outsmarts the most advanced AI models. She joins WITHpod to discuss how children vs. AI learn and why AI, in many cases, still falls behind human capabilities.   Sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts to listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads. You'll also get exclusive bonus content from this and other shows. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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