Thinking about Thinking

Episode 3: Intelligence as a Social Construct

Who decides what counts as intelligent — and who gets rights because of it? The fraught history of defining human intelligence — and how we conflate intelligence with sentience. Edge cases: end-of-life care, infant cognition, fitness for trial. Intelligence matters because it ascribes rights. Our host is Dr. Rumman Chowdhury, leading thinker and developer of safe, secure and responsible AI. You can learn more about her at www.rummanchowdhury.com We also have a companion substack, also called Thinking about Thinking. Find us at https://substack.com/@rummanchowdhury1

Episode 2: Rethinking Intelligence Through Animals, Swarms & Sentience

From chimps to ant colonies: what non-human intelligence tells us about AI. How have other fields studied intelligence in non-humans — from chimps to lobsters to ant colonies? And what does swarm intelligence tell us about AI's scaling ambitions? This episode blurs the boundary between intelligence and sentience. Our host is Dr. Rumman Chowdhury, leading thinker and developer of safe, secure and responsible AI. You can learn more about her at www.rummanchowdhury.com We also have a companion substack, also called Thinking about Thinking. Find us at https://substack.com/@rummanchowdhury1

Episode 1: AI, Intelligence & the Trouble with Benchmarks

What is intelligence — and why does our definition matter more than ever? What is intelligence, really? This opening episode traces the industrial origins of IQ tests, interrogates how AI benchmarks may be new tools for old hierarchies, and asks: if we're on the wrong path to AGI, what would the right one look like? Our host is Dr. Rumman Chowdhury, leading thinker and developer of safe, secure and responsible AI. You can learn more about her at www.rummanchowdhury.com We also have a companion substack, also called Thinking about Thinking. Find us at https://substack.com/@rummanchowdhury1