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A curated playlist of the best new podcasts on technology. Powered by The Syllabus. (To see the articles, books, reports and videos that are also part of the Machinist, check out our site: the-syllabus.com)

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00:31:54

Community Networks: Connecting the unconnected

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2022/09/21

Podcast: Digital Planet (LS 51 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: Community Networks: Connecting the unconnectedPub date: 2022-09-13The Digital Divide in Tribal Communities Across the North American continent, there is a stark difference in the availability of the internet to different communities. Tribal lands are typically remote, rural, and rugged landscapes, and often have very patchy, or non-existent internet connectivity. Dr. Traci Morris explains why such a digital divide exists and

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00:32:16

The Quantified Worker

The Machinist ·

2022/09/21

Podcast: In our Tech SocietyEpisode: The Quantified WorkerPub date: 2022-09-11What does evermore tracking and surveillance mean for workers? I'm joined by Dr Phoebe V. Moore, a Senior Policy Adviser at the International Labour Organisation and Professor of Management at the University of Essex. 2.15: Origins of quantification 7.22: Algorithms and responsibility in management 13.15: Is productivity (especially in ideas-generating and teamwork-based work) actually measurable? 20:10: Who are AI

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00:32:16

The Quantified Worker

The Machinist ·

2022/09/21

Podcast: In our Tech SocietyEpisode: The Quantified WorkerPub date: 2022-09-11What does evermore tracking and surveillance mean for workers? I'm joined by Dr Phoebe V. Moore, a Senior Policy Adviser at the International Labour Organisation and Professor of Management at the University of Essex. 2.15: Origins of quantification 7.22: Algorithms and responsibility in management 13.15: Is productivity (especially in ideas-generating and teamwork-based work) actually measurable? 20:10: Who are AI

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01:54:11

Crises & Roots: Towards an Understanding of...

The Machinist ·

2022/09/14

Podcast: Rising with the TideEpisode: Crises & Roots: Towards an Understanding of World-Ecology, Nature & the Capitalocene with Jason W. Moore - Episode 40Pub date: 2022-08-2950 Conversations! That's what this beautiful talk with Jason W. Moore marks for your two curious hosts. Thank you so so much for giving us your time and attention, and for listening to our silly rants and constant tangents. And a huge thank you to every one of our fifty guests for coming along and putting up with us! In this

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01:54:11

Crises & Roots: Towards an Understanding of...

The Machinist ·

2022/09/14

Podcast: Rising with the TideEpisode: Crises & Roots: Towards an Understanding of World-Ecology, Nature & the Capitalocene with Jason W. Moore - Episode 40Pub date: 2022-08-2950 Conversations! That's what this beautiful talk with Jason W. Moore marks for your two curious hosts. Thank you so so much for giving us your time and attention, and for listening to our silly rants and constant tangents. And a huge thank you to every one of our fifty guests for coming along and putting up with us! In this

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00:56:38

Justin Grimmer et al., "Text as Data: A New Framework...

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2022/09/14

Podcast: New Books in Economics (LS 36 · TOP 2.5% what is this?)Episode: Justin Grimmer et al., "Text as Data: A New Framework for Machine Learning and the Social Sciences" (Princeton UP, 2022)Pub date: 2022-09-05From social media posts and text messages to digital government documents and archives, researchers are bombarded with a deluge of text reflecting the social world. This textual data gives unprecedented insights into fundamental questions in the social sciences, humanities, and

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00:56:38

Justin Grimmer et al., "Text as Data: A New Framework...

The Machinist ·

2022/09/14

Podcast: New Books in Economics (LS 36 · TOP 2.5% what is this?)Episode: Justin Grimmer et al., "Text as Data: A New Framework for Machine Learning and the Social Sciences" (Princeton UP, 2022)Pub date: 2022-09-05From social media posts and text messages to digital government documents and archives, researchers are bombarded with a deluge of text reflecting the social world. This textual data gives unprecedented insights into fundamental questions in the social sciences, humanities, and

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00:22:23

Spotlight: Kevin Witzenberger

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2022/09/14

Podcast: Media Futures PodcastEpisode: Spotlight: Kevin WitzenbergerPub date: 2022-09-04In this spotlight episode of the Media Futures Podcast, Kevin Witzenberger joins Associate Professor Michael Richardson to discuss his PhD research on predictive technologies in education. This episode is part of a six week series of short interviews spotlighting the work of Media Futures Hub researchers. Based at UNSW Sydney on unceded Bedegal Country, the Media Futures Hub works at the intersection of media

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00:22:23

Spotlight: Kevin Witzenberger

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2022/09/14

Podcast: Media Futures PodcastEpisode: Spotlight: Kevin WitzenbergerPub date: 2022-09-04In this spotlight episode of the Media Futures Podcast, Kevin Witzenberger joins Associate Professor Michael Richardson to discuss his PhD research on predictive technologies in education. This episode is part of a six week series of short interviews spotlighting the work of Media Futures Hub researchers. Based at UNSW Sydney on unceded Bedegal Country, the Media Futures Hub works at the intersection of media

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00:49:30

Workplace surveillance: how your boss is spying on you

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2022/09/14

Podcast: Radio Times (LS 46 · TOP 1% what is this?)Episode: Workplace surveillance: how your boss is spying on youPub date: 2022-08-24It’s called “tattleware” or “bossware” – software that companies are increasingly using to monitor their workers in the office and at home. Employers can track keystrokes and mouse clicks, listen to and read conversations, and use a computer’s webcam to take photos—sometimes every minute. Use of these surveillance technologies by businesses increased during

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00:49:30

Workplace surveillance: how your boss is spying on you

The Machinist ·

2022/09/14

Podcast: Radio Times (LS 46 · TOP 1% what is this?)Episode: Workplace surveillance: how your boss is spying on youPub date: 2022-08-24It’s called “tattleware” or “bossware” – software that companies are increasingly using to monitor their workers in the office and at home. Employers can track keystrokes and mouse clicks, listen to and read conversations, and use a computer’s webcam to take photos—sometimes every minute. Use of these surveillance technologies by businesses increased during

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00:27:44

Spotlight: Simon Taylor

The Machinist ·

2022/09/12

Podcast: Media Futures PodcastEpisode: Spotlight: Simon TaylorPub date: 2022-08-21In this spotlight episode of the Media Futures Podcast, Simon Taylor joins Associate Professor Tanja Dreher to discuss his PhD research on histories of artificial intelligence and much more. This episode is part of a six week series of short interviews spotlighting the work of Media Futures Hub researchers. Based at UNSW Sydney on unceded Bedegal Country, the Media Futures Hub works at the intersection of media and

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00:27:44

Spotlight: Simon Taylor

The Machinist ·

2022/09/12

Podcast: Media Futures PodcastEpisode: Spotlight: Simon TaylorPub date: 2022-08-21In this spotlight episode of the Media Futures Podcast, Simon Taylor joins Associate Professor Tanja Dreher to discuss his PhD research on histories of artificial intelligence and much more. This episode is part of a six week series of short interviews spotlighting the work of Media Futures Hub researchers. Based at UNSW Sydney on unceded Bedegal Country, the Media Futures Hub works at the intersection of media and

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00:40:22

Humans of AI - The Women Labour behind Data Annotation

The Machinist ·

2022/09/12

Podcast: All Things Policy (LS 38 · TOP 2% what is this?)Episode: Humans of AI - The Women Labour behind Data AnnotationPub date: 2022-08-26In this episode, Carl Jaison speaks to Karishma Mehrotra, Journalist & Fulbright Scholar on her story about women from Ranchi and Mannarkad who play an unglamorous but critical role in the machine learning pipeline.The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Takshashila Institution, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or

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00:39:16

Humans of AI - The Women Labour behind Data Annotation

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2022/09/12

Podcast: All Things Policy (LS 38 · TOP 2% what is this?)Episode: Humans of AI - The Women Labour behind Data AnnotationPub date: 2022-08-26India is one of the world’s largest markets for data annotation labour. As of 2021, there were roughly 70,000 people working in the field. Interestingly, most of the labour comes from first generation women workers in Indian towns and villages. In this episode, Carl Jaison speaks to Karishma Mehrotra, Journalist & Fulbright Scholar on her story about

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00:59:50

Digital Lethargy with Tung-Hui Hu

The Machinist ·

2022/09/12

Podcast: The Radical AI Podcast (LS 40 · TOP 2% what is this?)Episode: Digital Lethargy with Tung-Hui HuPub date: 2022-08-31What is Digital Lethargy? How can we adapt to an age of disconnection? How can art act as a force of resistance? In this episode we interview Tung-Hui Hu about digital exhaustion in the modern day, and his new upcoming book from MIT Press: “Digital Lethargy: Dispatches from an Age of Disconnection.” Tung-Hui is an associate professor of English at the University

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00:59:50

Digital Lethargy with Tung-Hui Hu

The Machinist ·

2022/09/12

Podcast: The Radical AI Podcast (LS 39 · TOP 1.5% what is this?)Episode: Digital Lethargy with Tung-Hui HuPub date: 2022-08-31What is Digital Lethargy? How can we adapt to an age of disconnection? How can art act as a force of resistance? In this episode we interview Tung-Hui Hu about digital exhaustion in the modern day, and his new upcoming book from MIT Press: “Digital Lethargy: Dispatches from an Age of Disconnection.” Tung-Hui is an associate professor of English at the University

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00:39:13

The Philosophy of AI with Dr. Mark Coeckelbergh

The Machinist ·

2022/08/10

Podcast: Pondering AI (LS 30 · TOP 5% what is this?)Episode: The Philosophy of AI with Dr. Mark CoeckelberghPub date: 2022-08-03Dr. Mark Coeckelbergh is a Professor of Philosophy of Media and Technology, a member of the High-Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence (EC) and the Austrian Council on Robotics and AI.In this insightful discussion, Mark explains why AI systems are not merely tools or strictly rational endeavors. He describes the challenges created when AI systems imitate

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00:39:13

The Philosophy of AI with Dr. Mark Coeckelbergh

The Machinist ·

2022/08/10

Podcast: Pondering AI (LS 29 · TOP 10% what is this?)Episode: The Philosophy of AI with Dr. Mark CoeckelberghPub date: 2022-08-03Dr. Mark Coeckelbergh is a Professor of Philosophy of Media and Technology, a member of the High-Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence (EC) and the Austrian Council on Robotics and AI.In this insightful discussion, Mark explains why AI systems are not merely tools or strictly rational endeavors. He describes the challenges created when AI systems imitate

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00:56:37

Should the Government use AI? with Shion Guha

The Machinist ·

2022/08/10

Podcast: The Radical AI Podcast (LS 40 · TOP 2% what is this?)Episode: Should the Government use AI? with Shion GuhaPub date: 2022-07-27How does the government use algorithms? How do algorithms impact social services, policing, and other social services? And where does Silicon Valley fit in? In this episode we interview Shion Guha about how governments adopt algorithms to enforce public policy. Shion is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Information at University of Toronto. His

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