The Podcast

Format

Hour-long conversations to explore what it would take for machines to develop qualities resembling human taste, and what the implications would be for creative individuals and for society.

We talk both to people with deep expertise in AI (researchers, entrepreneurs, investors) and to people in professions where taste is central (artists, designers, writers, critics, chefs, architects, curators).

Your hosts

Dr. Bruno Marnette

PhD in AI , University of Oxford. He has led applied machine-learning teams at Meta (integrity and misinformation), co-founded venture-backed companies in learning technology and developer tools, and build AI tools for writers. He currently directs agentic AI research in a London-based neolab. On the podcast, he focuses on what prevents AI model from learning to judge, how they might acquire that ability, and what can be done at the product layer to support more creativity. LinkedIn.

Dr. Philipp Zahn

Economist; co-founder and CEO of 20squares, an R&D firm in Mannheim modelling digitally mediated markets and complex systems. Formerly assistant professor at the University of St. Gallen; his applied work includes automated peer review designed to approximate expert judgment under explicit incentives. On the podcast he stresses institutions, mechanism design, and how markets organise and remunerate evaluative labour as AI enters judgment-heavy domains. philipp-zahn.com.

Espisodes coming soon...

Our first batch of episodes will appear here when ready.

If you want to record with us, write to hello@taste-bench.com.