Conversation between founder of RE:collect, Alice Albrecht and Sam Arbesman, Scientist in-residence at Lux Capital You can sign up for Re:Collect early access here: https://www.re-collect.ai/ Jerry's Mindmap of this episode: https://bra.in/8jgDK2

Alice Albrecht is the founder and CEO of re:collect, a software tool that helps knowledge creators focus and connect. Alice’s background is in cognitive neuroscience and machine learning. In this conversation, we explore how tools for thought such as re:collect can help augment our thinking.Show notesAlice Albrecht (LinkedIn)re:collect@recollect_ai (Twitter)RENDER(); Tools for Thinking conferenceAlice’s re:collect demo at the RENDER() conference (Vimeo)InstapaperPocketObsidianRoam ResearchEveryReadwiseSubstackGPT-3Stable DiffusionShow notes include Amazon affiliate links. I get a small commission for purchases made through these links.

Alice Albrecht, founder of re:collect, discusses enhancing human creativity, the challenges of accessing information in the digital age, the unreliability of memory, the intersection of AI and human creativity, the impact of literacy on human evolution, and the importance of divergent thinking and converging on ideas.

The Equity crew is kicking off your week with a special episode from our sister podcast, Found, the stories behind the startups. Co-hosts Darrell Etherington and Becca Szkutak spoke with Alice Albrecht from Re:collect, a software tool that augments creativity by helping people focus, recall, and connect their ideas. The conversation covered a lot of ground from how to hone your pitch when your product is so cerebral, how technology can help creativity but Alice argues will never replace it, and how developing AI requires building safeguards from the jump.If you want to hear more from Equity and Found, don't forget to take our listener survey and enter for a chance to win a free year of TC+!For more from Found, connect with us: On Twitter On Instagram Via email: found@techcrunch.com Equity drops every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 7 a.m. PT, so subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the casts. TechCrunch also has a great show on crypto,  a show that details how our stories come together and more! Credits: Equity is produced by Theresa Loconsolo with editing by Kell. Bryce Durbin is our Illustrator. We'd also like to thank the audience development team and Henry Pickavet, who manages TechCrunch audio products.

Guest Alice Albrecht, CEO of Recollect, talks about AI, human cognition, and the future of artificial intelligence. Topics include transitions from academia to tech, the importance of human models in problem-solving, the relationship between attention, memory, and goals in AI development, limitations of current AI approaches, language manipulation, and the concept of human-machine partnership.