World Science Festival

World Science Festival Bringing together great minds in science and the arts.
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The World Science Festival gathers great minds in science and the arts to produce live and digital content that allows people to engage with scientific discoveries. Through discussions, debates, theatrical works, interactive explorations, musical performances, intimate salons, and major outdoor experiences, the Festival takes science out of the laboratory and into the streets, parks, museums, galleries and premier performing arts venues of New York City and beyond.

05/28/2026

This Friday, tune in to the World Science Festival YouTube as Brian Greene sits down with legendary physicist Leonard Susskind for a fascinating conversation about black holes, string theory, quantum mechanics, and the mysteries of the universe.

05/26/2026

Is the universe fine tuned to life?

05/20/2026

People said AI would replace radiologists years ago. It still hasn’t happened. So are we overestimating how close AI is to replacing human workers?
Gary Marcus explains why generative AI is powerful at specific tasks, but still far from handling most complete jobs on its own

05/19/2026

Gary Marcus explains the “Eliza Effect,” the psychological phenomenon where people mistake simple machine responses for real understanding or consciousness

05/18/2026

Are we confusing better word prediction with actual intelligence?
Gary Marcus argues that today’s AI models aren’t reasoning or understanding the world. They’re just getting better at approximating human language through massive amounts of data.

05/16/2026

If an AI says it’s anxious does that mean it actually feels anxiety?
Gary Marcus says no and believes people are dangerously misunderstanding what LLMs really are. Are today’s AI systems intelligent? Conscious? Or just incredibly convincing prediction machines?
This conversation dives into the future of AI, human consciousness, and whether machines could ever truly think like us. Tune in to the World Science Festival YouTube to learn more!

05/13/2026

How do scientists determine what problems to work on?

05/11/2026

Only humans can cry or blush?

05/08/2026

Can there be true justice without free will?

05/07/2026

Are near death experiences proof that consciousness is not created within the brain?

05/05/2026

Is the wave function the most insightful way to formulate quantum mechanics?

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