Uploaded December 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Take a look at how AI and other tech is being used to help predict, detect, and pinpoint the location of wildfires in the first of a two-part series from In Machines We Trust.
We meet:
Dustin Tetrault, Deputy Fire Chief, Big Sky Fire Department
Sankar Narayanan, Chief Practice Officer, Fractal Analytics
Sounds from:
Early Animated Smokey Bear Commercial, via YouTube.
Smokey Bear PSA: Please only you can prevent forest fires (1965 - faded color), via YouTube.
Grilling | Wildfire Prevention | Ad Council, via YouTube.
Australia's Wildlife Emergency | 101 East, via YouTube.
At Least Two Killed In California Wildfire, CBS Mornings, via YouTube.
CAL FIRE Home Hardening 30 Sec PSA, 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
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
Take a look at how AI and other tech is being used to help predict, detect, and pinpoint the location of wildfires in the first of a two-part series from In Machines We Trust.
We meet:
Dustin Tetrault, Deputy Fire Chief, Big Sky Fire Department
Sankar Narayanan, Chief Practice Officer, Fractal Analytics
Sounds from:
Early Animated Smokey Bear Commercial, via YouTube.
Smokey Bear PSA: Please only you can prevent forest fires (1965 - faded color), via YouTube.
Grilling | Wildfire Prevention | Ad Council, via YouTube.
Australia's Wildlife Emergency | 101 East, via YouTube.
At Least Two Killed In California Wildfire, CBS Mornings, via YouTube.
CAL FIRE Home Hardening 30 Sec PSA, 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
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
