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Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes Podcast

Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes Podcast

The AI End Game: Two-Year-Olds vs. AI with Alison Gopnik

May 19, 2026 · 56m

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Tech billionaires love to claim that artificial intelligence is getting smarter by the day. But according to cognitive scientist and UC Berkeley professor Alison Gopnik, a typical two-year-old routinely outsmarts the most advanced AI models. She joins WITHpod to discuss how children vs. AI learn and why AI, in many cases, still falls behind human capabilities.