Prof. Marco Aiello was hosted on an episode of the Made in Science podcast. Host Dr Wolfgang Holtkamp talks with Marco Aiello about how AI is transforming research and everyday life. They discuss AI as a "tsunami", the rise of large language models, interdisciplinary collaboration, the growing number of scientific publications, energy demands of data centres, green IT, robotics, and the increasing role of software in the automotive industry. An open and wide-ranging conversation about the powerful wave of AI shaping our world.