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Futuristic Lawyer

Making sense of grey areas between law, tech, and ethics

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6:58

Why Are You So Miserable? It's the Economy, Stupid.

Futuristic Lawyer ·

2025/10/23

Plan to post more of these on my YouTube channel.Can they bring value to my audience on Substack? If so, will continue to post them here too. Get full access to Futuristic Lawyer at www.futuristiclawyer.com/subscribe

30:52

Africa's Struggle & Opportunity with AI

Futuristic Lawyer ·

2025/10/02

Africa plays a much more important role in the development of AI, than most people are aware of. The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) alone is home to more than 70% of global cobalt production, a mineral used in semiconductor manufacturing and the energy storage technologies that power AI datacenters. In spite of Africa’s rich soil which enables modern technologies, Africans tend to be underrepresented or left out of global conversations about AI. Why is that? African visionaries and change-makers

43:31

How Will AI Impact Software Engineers?

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2025/09/11

Charlie Guo is the author of Artificial Ignorance. In my humble opinion, the best weekly breakdown of AI news on Substack.I recently had a chat with Charlie about how AI will impact the profession of software engineering among other related topics.You can find time stamps for our conversation below (easier to navigate on YouTube, link here, or on various streaming services)00:00 Friendly introduction01:05 What made Charlie go into writing about AI?02:32 What has changed in AI over the last 2.5

40:25

Former Biden Advisor On Trump's AI Use

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2025/08/14

In this episode, we get to know Natalia Cote-Munoz. Natalia used to work for the Biden administration and is now exploring her interest in AI. Based on Natalia’s unique perspective and insights, we discuss the following topics:* The strategy laid out in America’s AI Action Plan * How Trump is approaching AI vs. how the Biden/Harris administration would * The focus on getting rid of “woke AI”* Why the Trump administration is advocating for open-source AI* Comparison with the AI strategies of Europe

34:37

Social Media & Dating Advice From Gen Z Philosopher

Futuristic Lawyer ·

2025/07/17

Today my guest is Maalvika.Maalvika is an expert on the intersection of digital media and culture - both from her academic studies and experience as a viral creator on TikTok. We discuss how social media and dating apps are impacting the youth, both positively and negatively, and how a new generation of people can learn to thrive in the challenging environment a handful of profit-seeking tech companies are building.In my own work, I try to understand how algorithms on social media and dating apps

66:54

The Magic & Horror of ChatGPT's Image Generator

Futuristic Lawyer ·

2025/04/24

NOTE: If you are listening to this podcast, you can skip ahead to the second part of the conversation at the 32:18 mark. Here is my talk with prompt artists and AI power user, Daniel Nest. You may know Daniel from Why Try AI, a popular ressource on Substack with pratical tips and tricks on how to use AI tools for non-technical readers. In the first part of our conversation, Daniel offers a demo of ChatGPT’s image capabilities and Sora (00:00-32:18).Surprise, I am personally not a big user of AI

31:40

AI Policy in the US & EU

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2025/04/17

Michelle Nie is a consultant and researcher working at the intersection of technology and society with a keen interest in AI policy and governance. She is currently engaged as a EU Tech Policy Fellow at the Open Markets Institute, Co-Founder of Women in Safety and Ethics (WISE), and the Curriculum Lead at General-Purpose AI Policy LabIn this episode you will learn among other things: 👉 Why whistleblower protection is important in the AI industry.👉 What some of the most pressing AI risks are.👉

44:21

Ready for the AI Bubble to Burst

Futuristic Lawyer ·

2025/04/03

Baldur Bjarnason aka “Web dev at the end of the world” is an experienced web developer, author, and online writer based in Hveragerði, Iceland.I have followed Baldur’s newsletter for a while now and enjoyed and found inspiration in his commentary, link dumps, and obligatory photos of cats and nature in Iceland. Baldur has very recently started a YouTube channel which is why I thought it would be a perfect timing to discuss the world situation on Futuristic Lawyer podcast. We mainly talk about how

36:01

Digital Platforms & AI in the US vs China

Futuristic Lawyer ·

2025/03/27

To better understand the digital ecosystem in China, including how netizens use social media, and how Chinese people think about the implications of living in a digital age, I allied myself with Xinrou Shu.Xinrou is a former fashion writer and current freelance journalist based in China. She writes about the Internet, youth culture, and how China’s digital ecosystem affects people. Her work has appeared in award-winning publications, including South China Morning Post, Rest of World, Sixth Tone, The

47:02

AI Governance & Digital Laws in Europe

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2025/03/13

Today I am joined by Katalina Hernández who investigates matters of AI governance, safety, and privacy on Stress-Testing Reality Limited while working as a Data Protection Officer for a large European multi-national company.We discuss Europe’s position in the business of AI contra the United States, how it chooses to regulate its AI industry, the complexity of EU’s digital laws, Katalina’s journey into AI governance, and more. We could have talked for much longer about superintelligence and AI

38:49

How to Deal With Social Media & Climate Change

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2025/03/06

If we follow reputable news sources these days, we are presented with a dark and gloomy vision of the world. Europe is at war with Russia while the US appears strongly committed to rapidly transform itself from a global peacemaker to an autocratic pariah state. History seems to be reversing course, moving us back to a bygone, expansionist era that is now broadcasted through social media, instead of noisy radio signals and black-and-white televisions. While it’s important to acknowledge and

46:09

AI + Quantum = 🤝

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2025/02/27

Meg McNulty is co-founder of an AI-quantum startup that is currently in stealth mode. In this episode, I try to understand via Meg’s informed perspective how quantum technology relates to AI and if the combination of these two technologies will lead us to superintelligence in the near future. We also discuss pracitcal applications of quantum, what the business landscape looks like, which companies in the industry to look out for, and whether the quantum industry will be dominated by BigTech like

36:00

TSMC, Tariffs, DeepSeek & China

Futuristic Lawyer ·

2025/02/20

I recently had the honor of being joined by Taiwanese tech journalist and international business researcher Judy Lin 林昭儀 in my virtual studio. Judy writes the publication TechSoda here on Substack which is built on a mission to make tech and innovation stories accessible by writing tech stories with a human touch.Judy has a solid understanding of the power dynamics between the US and China, she knows a lot about TSMC, and a lot about China in general - from its cultural values to its governance

42:26

China's Position in AI & BigTech

Futuristic Lawyer ·

2025/02/14

Disclaimer: This talk was recorded soon after the New Years. As we know, a lot has happened since then but learning about China’s tech - and AI ecosystem, remain as relevant as ever.Grace Shao is an independent tech and AI researcher and writer. She often writes about AI, technology, and corporate governance, contributing to Fortune, The Diplomat, EIU, and FT Chinese. Previously, as a full-time journalist, Grace reported on Asia tech and business for CNBC and CGTN. Her work has also been published

38:49

AI & Newsletter Writing

Futuristic Lawyer ·

2025/02/06

I recently had a talk with Riccardo Vocca who is a research assistant in marketing and the author of The Intelligent Friend, a newsletter where he explores the impact of AI on everyday life through scientific research. At the moment, Riccardo is preparing to launch a podcast of his own, something I can only encourage. Whenever I speak to people about podcasting and what my motivation for doing it is, there is a short quote I always fall back on by Yuval Noah Harari:“Don’t be a lone activist”. In

29:29

The State of Media & Journalism

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2025/01/23

Here is my conversation with Gideon Lichfield.Gideon is an experienced journalist who served as global editorial director of Wired magazine from March 2021 until August 2023 and before that as editor-in-chief of MIT Technology Review.Nowadays, Gideon works as an independent consultant and he is the author of Futurepolis, a Substack publication dedicated to exploring the future of democracy. In our conversation, we discuss the current state of media, journalism, and democracy, and Gideon opens up

48:04

Spirituality, Corporate Work & AI

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2025/01/09

Here’s my conversation with Chad Woodford.Chad has worked as a lawyer for companies in Silicon Valley throughout many years, including for Google and Twitter. Besides law, Chad has an educational background in software engineering and philosophy, and he is a teacher of yoga and meditation. We discuss how to combine a corporate life with spirituality - something I don’t see covered very often - how to stick with a meditation habit, and then we go deep into the rabbit hole of AI, and what it even

7:00

AI in Higher Education

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2024/08/21

Universities still don’t have a plan for generative AI. See a recent post about it from Ian Bogost at The Atlantic here.The technology has more or less been forced upon them but without guidelines, instructions, or recommendations on how to deal with this new development. Many innovative and concerned teachers, educators, and school administrators are currently trying to find the answers and the right questions to ask. I recently allied myself with Jeppe Stricker for a conversation about the

9:17

How AI Is Shaping Education

Futuristic Lawyer ·

2024/08/07

Leon Furze is an expert in the implications of AI on education. Check out Leon's website and blog 👉 https://leonfurze.com/ We discuss how ChatGPT has changed education for better and for worse, and while some parents are fully bought into the hype and doom, young people tend to think that AI is "cringe". The "move fast and break things"-attitude that made high-tech companies like Meta ultra successful, is unadoptable in the education system. Yet, there is a lot of room for technological

17:24

Writing & Teaching the World about AI

Futuristic Lawyer ·

2024/07/24

This is a clip from my conversation with , a sought-after AI consultant and the author of and - free and widely read newsletters where he breaks down complex technical topics to a general audience with some memes in the mix. We spent about half of this conversation talking about Devansh’s views on newsletter writing, and the other half going deep on AI’s impact on society. Devansh also reveals the story about his crippling chocolate milk addiction, and how he will get an "Elon" tattoo across

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