Podcast: The Ned Ludd Radio HourEpisode: Won't Somebody Please Think of the Workers?!Pub date: 2023-12-11Jathan Sadowski, my guest today, is an academic and our conversation is going to sound a bit academic. He’s a senior fellow at the Emerging Technologies Research Lab at Monash University in Melbourne. He has also authored a book called, worryingly, Too Smart: How Digital Capitalism is Extracting Data, Controlling Our Lives, and Taking Over the World and co-hosts a, much more successful, weekly

Podcast: Today in Focus (LS 69 · TOP 0.05% what is this?)Episode: The spy tech firm managing NHS dataPub date: 2023-11-27Palantir, the US spy-tech firm co-founded by the billionaire Peter Thiel, has won a contract to handle NHS data. It’s a deal that has left privacy advocates such as Cori Crider with serious questions. Help support our independent journalism at <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/infocus">theguardian.com/infocus</a>The podcast and artwork embedded on

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Podcast: Tech Won't Save Us (LS 55 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: The Fight Over the Future of OpenAI w/ Mike IsaacPub date: 2023-11-23Paris Marx is joined by Mike Isaac to discuss the drama around Sam Altman being temporarily removed from OpenAI, what it means for the future of the company, and how Microsoft benefits from its partnership with the company.Mike Isaac is a technology reporter at the New York Times. He’s also the author of Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber.Tech Won’t Save Us

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Podcast: The Infinite Monkey Cage (LS 74 · TOP 0.01% what is this?)Episode: How I is AI?Pub date: 2023-11-22Brian and Robin (the real ones) are joined by mathematician Prof Hannah Fry, compute scientist Dr Kate Devlin and comedian Rufus Hound to discuss the pros and cons of AI. Just how intelligent is the most intelligent AI? Will our phones soon be smarter than us – will we fail a Turing test while our phone passes it? Will we have AI therapists, doctors, lawyers, carers or even

Podcast: Collective Intellectualities (LS 23 · TOP 10% what is this?)Episode: 19 Kenneth Saltman - Beyond Bodies and Numbers: AI, Education, and the Digital Politics of KnowledgePub date: 2023-11-17Kenneth J. Saltman is Professor of Educational Policy Studies at the University of Illinois Chicago. Ken’s work covers neoliberal privatization, politics of education, culture, and subjectivity in education through critical theory and critical educational tradition. He joins us on this episode of

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Podcast: The Data Fix with Dr. Mél Hogan (LS 26 · TOP 10% what is this?)Episode: Open, with David Gray WidderPub date: 2023-10-23While efforts to make “AI” more “open” have gained momentum lately, it seems like both concepts are worth scrutinizing and historicizing so that we can better understand how these marketing terms become a focus (and distraction), as material conditions are downplayed. With David Gray Widder, we discuss where “ethics” are located and how “AI” workers of all kinds

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Podcast: Varn Vlog (LS 36 · TOP 2.5% what is this?)Episode: Exploring Language Modeling and Cybernetics: A Conversation with Mark RaineyPub date: 2023-10-12Ever wondered how the complexity of Language Modeling (LLMs) and cybernetics can revolutionize the way we communicate and interact? Are you curious about the sociopolitical implications of such advancements? Join us in an enlightening discussion with the well-versed Mark Rainey, as we dissect these technologies and their potential impact

Podcast: The Podcast for Social Research (LS 36 · TOP 2.5% what is this?)Episode: Faculty Spotlight: R.H. Lossin on Sabotage, Luddites, Violence, and the Digital Library DystopiaPub date: 2023-10-14In episode six of Faculty Spotlight, Mark and Lauren sit down with R.H. Lossin, postdoctoral fellow at Harvard’s Warren Center of Studies in American History and a leading scholar of the theory and practice of sabotage. The three discuss: what led R.H. to the study of sabotage; why sabotage is

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Podcast: Below the Radar (LS 30 · TOP 10% what is this?)Episode: Platforms, Power, and Politics — with Bruce MutsvairoPub date: 2023-10-17Bruce Mutsvairo, Professor of Media and Culture Studies at Utrecht University, and a 2023 SFU CERi researcher-in-residence, sits down with Am Johal to discuss his journey from journalism into academia and the state of journalism in Africa. He and Am also discuss the complexities of citizen journalism in relation to influencers, especially in the context of

Podcast: Below the RadarEpisode: Platforms, Power, and Politics — with Bruce MutsvairoPub date: 2023-10-17Bruce Mutsvairo, Professor of Media and Culture Studies at Utrecht University, and a 2023 SFU CERi researcher-in-residence, sits down with Am Johal to discuss his journey from journalism into academia and the state of journalism in Africa. He and Am also discuss the complexities of citizen journalism in relation to influencers, especially in the context of transparency, misinformation, and

Podcast: Ipse Dixit (LS 38 · TOP 2% what is this?)Episode: Christa Laser on the Law of the BlockchainPub date: 2023-10-07In this episode, Christa Laser, Assistant Professor of Law at Cleveland State University College of Law, discusses her article "Legal Issues in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, and NFTs," which will be published in the Nebraska Law Review. Laser begins by explaining that we should think about the relationship between law and the blockchain as posing questions about how to apply

Podcast: Ipse Dixit (LS 38 · TOP 2% what is this?)Episode: Christa Laser on the Law of the BlockchainPub date: 2023-10-07In this episode, Christa Laser, Assistant Professor of Law at Cleveland State University College of Law, discusses her article "Legal Issues in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, and NFTs," which will be published in the Nebraska Law Review. Laser begins by explaining that we should think about the relationship between law and the blockchain as posing questions about how to apply

Podcast: What Next | Daily News and Analysis (LS 61 · TOP 0.1% what is this?)Episode: TBD | Inside Crypto's House of CardsPub date: 2023-10-01The trial of Sam Bankman-Fried marks the end of an era where crypto rose to dizzying, Super-Bowl-commercial heights. Where does the industry go from here? Guest: Zeke Faux, investigative reporter for Bloomberg and author of Number Go Up: Inside Crypto’s Wild Rise and Staggering Fall. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus