Samir Ibrahim is the co-founder and CEO of SunCulture. When he started the company, he thought he was solving a simple problem: How do you sell solar-powered pumps to help poor farmers irrigate their land? It turned out, he was working on something much bigger: How do you help poor farmers get richer, and create a giant new market from scratch?

Samir Ibrahim is the co-founder and CEO of SunCulture. When he started the company, he thought he was solving a simple problem: How do you sell solar-powered pumps to help poor farmers irrigate their land? It turned out, he was working on something much bigger: How do you help poor farmers get richer, and create a giant new market from scratch?

Every week on What's Your Problem?, former Planet Money host Jacob Goldstein talks with entrepreneurs and engineers tackling the biggest challenges at the forefront of technology. How do you make a trip to space as routine as a plane flight? How do you turn solar energy into clean fuel? How do you use AI to stop deadly infections before they spread? We hear a lot these days about how the world is getting worse. What's Your Problem? learns from the thinkers and doers trying to make our future better.

iHeartMedia is the exclusive podcast partner of Pushkin Industries.

Every week on What's Your Problem?, former Planet Money host Jacob Goldstein talks with&nbsp;entrepreneurs and engineers&nbsp;tackling the biggest challenges at the forefront of technology. How do you make a trip to space as routine as a plane flight? How do you turn solar energy into clean fuel? How do you use AI to stop deadly infections before they spread? We hear a lot these days about how the world is getting worse. What's Your Problem? learns from the thinkers and doers trying to make our future better.
iHeartMedia is the exclusive podcast partner of Pushkin Industries.

What's Your Problem?

Every week on What’s Your Problem, entrepreneurs and engineers talk about the future they’re trying to build – and the problems they have to solve to get there.

How do you take a drone delivery service you’ve built in Rwanda and make it work in North Carolina? How do you convince people to buy a house on the Internet? How do you sell thousands of dog ramps to weiner dogs all across America when a pandemic breaks the global supply chain? 

Hosted by former Planet Money host Jacob Goldstein, What’s Your Problem helps listeners understand the problems really smart people are trying to solve right now.

iHeartMedia is the exclusive podcast partner of Pushkin Industries.

From Solar Pumps to Everything: Building a Market from Scratch

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Everybody’s worried about the risks of AI. So we called up one of the most insightful writers we know on the subject: Zvi Mowshowitz. Zvi writes about AI and AI risks at his substack, Don’t Worry About the Vase. Zvi’s problem is this: How do we prevent artificial intelligence from killing everyone? 

In this episode, Zvi explains: 
Why it’s often useful to anthropomorphize AI 
What this summer’s Hugging Face attack tells us about the nature of AI
 What increasing AI capability means for cybersecurity risk
 Whether and when we should pause AI development
Why powerful pen-weight models may remove the last reliable points of control

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Email us at problem@pushkin.fm 
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Everybody&rsquo;s worried about the risks of AI. So we called up one of the most insightful writers we know on the subject: Zvi Mowshowitz. Zvi writes about AI and AI risks at his substack, <a href="https://thezvi.substack.com/" data-airgap-id="12">Don&rsquo;t Worry About the Vase</a>. Zvi&rsquo;s problem is this: How do we prevent artificial intelligence from killing everyone?&nbsp;
In this episode, Zvi explains:&nbsp;
<ul>
<li>Why it&rsquo;s often useful to anthropomorphize AI&nbsp;</li>
<li>What this summer&rsquo;s Hugging Face attack tells us about the nature of AI</li>
<li> What increasing AI capability means for cybersecurity risk</li>
<li> Whether and when we should pause AI development</li>
<li>Why powerful pen-weight models may remove the last reliable points of control</li>
</ul>
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<ul>
<li>Follow Jacob Goldstein on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacob-goldstein-888a2441/" data-airgap-id="13">LinkedIn</a>, <a href="https://x.com/jacobgoldstein?lang=en" data-airgap-id="14">X</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/jacobjgoldstein/" data-airgap-id="15">Instagram&nbsp;</a></li>
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Should We Pause AI?

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On this bonus episode of What’s Your Problem, Jacob talks to Christine Chase, a Vice President, Financial Consultant at Fidelity Investments. Christine’s problem is this: How do you help clients build a plan to achieve their financial goals? Today’s show is sponsored by Fidelity Investments.

On this bonus episode of What&rsquo;s Your Problem, Jacob talks to Christine Chase, a Vice President, Financial Consultant at Fidelity Investments. Christine&rsquo;s problem is this: How do you help clients build a plan to achieve their financial goals? Today&rsquo;s show is sponsored by Fidelity Investments.

Bonus: Planning for Your Financial Future

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The fish we eat usually die slowly, suffocating after they’re pulled out of the water. Saif Khawaja is the co-founder and CEO of a company called Shinkei. Saif's problem is this: Can he build a machine to efficiently kill fish in a way that is more humane?

In this episode, Saif explains: 
How he came to believe that our current fishing practices are inhumane 
How he adapted the Japanese technique of  ikijime for use at scale 
Why Shinkei’s process results in better texture and longer shelf life than commodity fish.
Why Shinkei is doing its own technology development, fish processing, and consumer branding. 

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Email us at problem@pushkin.fm 
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Listen to Jacob’s other show, Business History 
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The fish we eat usually die slowly, suffocating after they&rsquo;re pulled out of the water. Saif Khawaja is the co-founder and CEO of a company called Shinkei. Saif's problem is this: Can he build a machine to efficiently kill fish in a way that is more humane?
In this episode, Saif explains:&nbsp;
<ul>
<li>How he came to believe that our current fishing practices are inhumane&nbsp;</li>
<li>How he adapted the Japanese technique of  ikijime for use at scale&nbsp;</li>
<li>Why Shinkei&rsquo;s process results in better texture and longer shelf life than commodity fish.</li>
<li>Why Shinkei is doing its own technology development, fish processing, and consumer branding.&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
Connect with us:
<ul>
<li>Follow Jacob Goldstein on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacob-goldstein-888a2441/" data-airgap-id="11">LinkedIn</a>, <a href="https://x.com/jacobgoldstein?lang=en" data-airgap-id="12">X</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/jacobjgoldstein/" data-airgap-id="13">Instagram&nbsp;</a></li>
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<li>Listen to Jacob&rsquo;s other show, <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/business-history/id1844409167" data-airgap-id="18">Business History&nbsp;</a></li>
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Can a Robot Kill Fish Humanely?

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From Solar Pumps to Everything: Building a Market from Scratch

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