Media
Talks, articles, podcasts, videos, and appearances.
Talks
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NASA, A.I., and Innovation — Fireside Chat
Conversation with Steve Krull on how NASA uses data for discovery, overcoming organizational barriers, and collaborating with AI.
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Are You Curious? Thriving in the AI Storm
Plenary keynote on cultivating curiosity as AI reshapes knowledge work. Covered by UVA Engineering.
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Generative A.I. for Aeronautics Research
Overview of MADI and how NASA is deploying generative AI for aeronautics research and cross-team collaboration.
Podcasts
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Turning AI Hallucinations into NASA Innovation
What if the "hallucinations" we fear in generative AI are exactly what NASA needs to anticipate crises decades early? A deep dive into how NASA uses generative AI for long-horizon scenario planning.
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How A.I. ACTUALLY Works: NASA Expert on Deepfakes, Education, Jobs, and the Future
Wide-ranging conversation with Marc Beckman on how AI actually works under the hood, deepfakes, jobs, and the future of intelligence.
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Nexus Lab Cohort 2: Mt. Cleverest
With co-founder Bernie Prat, discussed Mt. Cleverest's NLP pipeline for auto-generating quizzes and the challenges of fine-tuning for answer correctness.
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Ecosystemic Futures
Co-host exploring technological and structural patterns shaping the next 50 years, with NASA leaders and global policy and industry luminaries.
Videos
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Turning AI Hallucinations into NASA Innovation
Why the very thing we fear about generative AI — hallucination — is exactly what NASA needs to anticipate crises decades early.
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How A.I. ACTUALLY Works: NASA Expert on Deepfakes, Education, and Jobs
Video recording of the Some Future Day podcast episode.
- How to See Through the AI Noise
- How Do You Collaborate Using AI?
- We Interrupt this Broadcast: AI, Sports Radio, and the Future of Thought Leaders
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He Built AI at NASA. Here's What Young Professionals Get Wrong About Careers & AI (Part B)
Part 2 of a conversation on career lessons for young professionals navigating AI — what NASA's approach to innovation reveals about building a durable career in a fast-moving field.
- Prospero.AI 'AI Special'
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A/B Component Testing in the Land of Virtual DOM
Meetup talk on A/B testing React components using the Virtual DOM.
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Nexus Lab Cohort 2: Mt. Cleverest
Video of the TWIML AI Podcast episode with co-founder Bernie Prat on building Mt. Cleverest's AI-powered quiz generation platform.
Articles
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Are You Curious? Alum Says It Will Serve You Well in the Coming AI Storm
Interview following plenary keynote at the IEEE SIED conference on cultivating curiosity and AI's parallels to the printing press.
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NASA, A.I., and Innovation: James Villarrubia Fireside Chat at Digital Summit Minneapolis 2025
Recap and full transcript of the fireside chat with Steve Krull.
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Why Organizations Must Continue AI Investment Despite Budget Pressures
Making the case for sustained AI investment during economic uncertainty — drawing on lessons from NASA's approach to long-horizon risk and capability building.
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Adding Postgres Search to a Node REST API
Technical walkthrough on integrating full-text Postgres search with a FeathersJS REST API.