Uploaded January 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Climate change and decades of forest mismanagement are fueling increasingly destructive wildfires in the Western US. Scientists, lawmakers, fire chiefs and startups are all trying to gain a better understanding of the growing challenge ahead, and what role technology might play in helping us more safely manage it. In this second installment of a two-part series, we examine the tools and technologies being used to fight wildfires.
We Meet:
Tricia Small, Television Producer, Small Fox Films
George Whitesides, Space Executive
Brittany Zajic, Disaster Response, Planet Labs
Dave Winnacker, Fire Chief, Moraga-Orinda Fire District
Sounds from:
California declares state of emergency; entire city of Malibu evacuated, via YouTube.
Increase in illegal drone flights causes grounded flights, issues for firefighters, via YouTube.
In Machines We Trust is a podcast about the automation of everything. Host Jennifer Strong and the team at MIT Technology Review look at what it means to entrust artificial intelligence with our most sensitive decisions.
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Credits: This episode was reported and produced by Jennifer Strong, Anthony Green and Emma Cillekens. It was edited by Mat Honan and contains original music from Garret Lang and Jacob Gorski. Our mix engineer is Garret Lang and our artwork is by Stephanie Arnett.
#podcast #technology #ai #artificialintelligence
Climate change and decades of forest mismanagement are fueling increasingly destructive wildfires in the Western US. Scientists, lawmakers, fire chiefs and startups are all trying to gain a better understanding of the growing challenge ahead, and what role technology might play in helping us more safely manage it. In this second installment of a two-part series, we examine the tools and technologies being used to fight wildfires.
We Meet:
Tricia Small, Television Producer, Small Fox Films
George Whitesides, Space Executive
Brittany Zajic, Disaster Response, Planet Labs
Dave Winnacker, Fire Chief, Moraga-Orinda Fire District
Sounds from:
California declares state of emergency; entire city of Malibu evacuated, via YouTube.
Increase in illegal drone flights causes grounded flights, issues for firefighters, via YouTube.
In Machines We Trust is a podcast about the automation of everything. Host Jennifer Strong and the team at MIT Technology Review look at what it means to entrust artificial intelligence with our most sensitive decisions.
Subscribe to In Machines We Trust—
Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/in-machines-we-trust/id1523584878
Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/6QefEeY1IKYVn5w6nUV83Y?si=d344afe31525454
If you have an idea for a story or something you’d like to hear, please drop a note to podcasts@technologyreview.com.
You can support our journalism by going to technologyreview.com/subscribe.
Credits: This episode was reported and produced by Jennifer Strong, Anthony Green and Emma Cillekens. It was edited by Mat Honan and contains original music from Garret Lang and Jacob Gorski. Our mix engineer is Garret Lang and our artwork is by Stephanie Arnett.
#podcast #technology #ai #artificialintelligence
