How will AI shape the near future? Don't hold your breath.  Gary Marcus is a scientist and a best-selling author. His latest "Rebooting AI" casts a shadow on the lofty expectations of artificial intelligence.

Dr John Swartzberg is a clinical professor emeritus at the University of California at Berkeley’s School of Public Health and he sees the virus as neither dead or alive. And that worries him.

Tom Silver is a leading hypnotherapist who believes that under hypnosis, we are all capable of anything.

Michael Evan Mann is an American climatologist and geophysicist. He is the director of the Earth System Science Center at Pennsylvania State University and he has some frightening thoughts on man vs climate. (Hint, man isn't winning.)

John Colapinto is a New York Times bestselling writer and here he explores what our unique sonic signature reveals about our species, our culture, and each one of us. What do we sound this way?

Max Brooks uses the Zombie metaphor to get the attention of the US Military. He is an American actor and author. He is the son of comedy filmmaker Mel Brooks and actress Anne Bancroft. Much of Brooks's writing focuses on zombie stories. He is a senior fellow at the Modern War Institute at West Point, New York.

Andrew Fraknoi is a professor of astronomy who wonders if we are alone. And if not, where are they?

Dr Art Caplan, Professor of Bioethics at New York University Langone Medical Center and the founding director of the Division of Medical Ethics weighs in on the new world of technology. Are we capable of understanding the tremendous power of technology, and if not, what's next?