
Tools For Thinking by Betaworks
Tools For Thinking Podcast presented by Betaworks is a series of conversations with builders and thinkers about tools for thinking. We will cover AI, LLM's and general machine learning and other new technologies catalyzing the category.
Hosted by Jerry Michalski - an American technology consultant. He is the former managing editor of Release 1.0, a technology newsletter. Jerry is also an owner and curator of Jerry's Brain The OG second brain (https://www.jerrysbrain.com/)
All of the episode artwork is generated by stable diffusion. Credits to: Stability.ai
Latest episodes

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Dec 19, 2022 • 1h 17min
AI and consciousness - James and Mia in conversation
In this episode we are talking to James Barnes, founder and CEO of Second Voice and John Borthwick of Betaworks. Discussing how do we interact with AI and how to build a relationship with AI.

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Dec 10, 2022 • 51min
The Public Brain, or the Private Brain?
In this episode we are discussing public vs private brains with Thiago Forte, the Creator of Building a Second Brain, Founder at Forte Labs and founder of Ness Labs Anne-Laure Le Cunff.

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Dec 3, 2022 • 53min
Maps and Creativity
In this episode, we are talking to Anne-Laure Le Cunff founder of Ness Labs , and Lorenzo Bernaschina, founder and CEO of Gems Notes. We are discussing how AI and machine learning can help us visualize thinking.

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Nov 26, 2022 • 1h 9min
Thinking From The Bottom Up
In this episode, we talk to Gordon Brander, founder and CEO of Subconscious and Sonke Ahrens, author and professor at the University Duisburg Essen, about graph databases, data privacy, and decentralized tools for thought.

Nov 18, 2022 • 38min
Generative Art(ists)
In this episode, we explore generative art and how artists can use AI to create art with Emad Mostaque, the founder and CEO of Stability AI and David Salle, an American painter, printmaker, photographer, and designer. The interview was moderated by Danika Laszuk, founder and CEO of E.A.T__WORKS, a cultural production studio that matches artists with technologists.
To find out more about E.A.T__WORKS, please visit https://www.eatworks.xyz/
To view David Salle's work, please visit http://www.davidsallestudio.net/
To learn more about Stability AI, please visit https://stability.ai/
The artwork for this episode is a piece created by David Salle

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Nov 11, 2022 • 1h 11min
Funding Tools For Thinking
In this episode, we are talking to James Cham, partner at Bloomberg BETA, founder of Quizlet Andrew Sutherland, and John Borthwick, CEO of Betaworks.
Andrew previous founder of Quizlet. He is passionate about teaching, learning, and improving education. A complete Tools for Thinking nerd and angel investor in the space. You can find him on twitter @AStuth.
James is also a passionate Tools for Thinking user, investor, and thinker. James is at @JamesCham over on Twitter
John, CEO of Betaworks, @Borthwick on Twitter. Our host, mind mapper, and weaver is JerryMichalski
Jerry's MindMap of this episode can be found here: https://app.thebrain.com/brains/3d80058c-14d8-5361-0b61-a061f89baf87/thoughts/c95c954a-bb99-4496-a284-ba77ab853bbf/attachments/7a434dcd-bcbf-4151-86f5-2021e1c03750

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Nov 4, 2022 • 1h 18min
New Data Structures
In this episode, we are discussing new data structures with the founder and CEO of Kosmik, Paul Roni, independent researcher Alexander Obenauer and John Underkoffler of Oblong Industries.
Kosmik - https://www.kosmik.app/

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Oct 28, 2022 • 41min
Machine Learning and Public Knowledge Graphs
In this episode, we have something different — this is a twitter spaces conversation about Tools for Thinking and machine learning and public knowledge graphs between Samiur Rahman, founder of Heyday, an AI-powered research assistant & Jude Gomila, founder of Golden - a canonical protocol for knowledge. and Wiz co-founder of Spacadet Ventures and John Borthwick.
More info on SpaceCadet - https://spacecadet.ventures/
Golden - https://golden.com/
Heyday - https://heyday.xyz/

16 snips
Oct 21, 2022 • 1h 22min
Machine Learning for Thinking
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

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Oct 14, 2022 • 1h 23min
Creativity and Tools For Thinking
Conversation with Molly Mielke, Founder of Moth Fund and Sam Arbesman, a scientist-in-residence at Lux Capital.
Molly Mielke - https://www.mollymielke.com/
Sam Arbesman - https://www.arbesman.net/
Jerry's Mindmap of this episode can be viewed here: https://bra.in/5pKKLB
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