Podcast: Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast (LS 45 · TOP 1% what is this?)Episode: Episode 486: The Computable CityPub date: 2024-06-06This week on Talking Headways we’re joined by Michael Batty, Professor of Planning at the University College London. We chat about his book The Computable City: Histories, Technologies, Stories, Predictions which includes histories of computing, smart city critiques, what the discourse on AI should really be about, and discussions on the future of urban

Podcast: The Sunday Show (LS 33 · TOP 5% what is this?)Episode: A Perspective on Meta's Moderation of Palestinian VoicesPub date: 2024-05-26A conversation with Marwa Fatafta, who serves as policy and advocacy director for the nonprofit Access now, which has worked on digital civil rights, connectivity and censorship issues for the past 15 years. Along with other groups, Access Now has engaged Meta in recent months over what it says is the “systematic censorship of Palestinian voices” amidst

Podcast: The Sunday Show (LS 33 · TOP 5% what is this?)Episode: A Perspective on Meta's Moderation of Palestinian VoicesPub date: 2024-05-26A conversation with Marwa Fatafta, who serves as policy and advocacy director for the nonprofit Access now, which has worked on digital civil rights, connectivity and censorship issues for the past 15 years. Along with other groups, Access Now has engaged Meta in recent months over what it says is the “systematic censorship of Palestinian voices” amidst

Podcast: FUTURES Podcast (LS 35 · TOP 3% what is this?)Episode: Human Rights & Robot Wrongs w/ Dr. Susie AlegrePub date: 2024-05-22 Human rights lawyer Dr. Susie Alegre shares her insights into the threat artificial intelligence poses to human creativity, the importance of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in safeguarding freedom of thought, and applying existing laws to regulate the development and deployment of emerging technologies. Dr. Susie Alegre is a leading

Podcast: FUTURES Podcast (LS 35 · TOP 3% what is this?)Episode: Human Rights & Robot Wrongs w/ Dr. Susie AlegrePub date: 2024-05-22 Human rights lawyer Dr. Susie Alegre shares her insights into the threat artificial intelligence poses to human creativity, the importance of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in safeguarding freedom of thought, and applying existing laws to regulate the development and deployment of emerging technologies. Dr. Susie Alegre is a leading

Podcast: Technically Optimistic (LS 33 · TOP 5% what is this?)Episode: Digital surveillance and reproductive rightsPub date: 2024-05-15Digital surveillance is becoming increasingly threatening to the reproductive rights of women and pregnant people in America after the fall of Roe v. Wade. Behavioral data collected from apps can be used to catalog — and criminalize — our health care choices. In this “wild west” surveillance economy, who is responsible for safeguarding our privacy? Could more

Podcast: Technically Optimistic (LS 35 · TOP 3% what is this?)Episode: Digital surveillance and reproductive rightsPub date: 2024-05-15Digital surveillance is becoming increasingly threatening to the reproductive rights of women and pregnant people in America after the fall of Roe v. Wade. Behavioral data collected from apps can be used to catalog — and criminalize — our health care choices. In this “wild west” surveillance economy, who is responsible for safeguarding our privacy? Could more

Podcast: Bad Faith (LS 61 · TOP 0.1% what is this?)Episode: Episode 370 - Escaping Surveillance Capitalism (w/ Matthew Crain)Pub date: 2024-05-09Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock our full premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast Associate Professor of Media & Communication at Miami University Matthew Crain joins Bad Faith to explain how surveillance advertising took over the internet, the threat current monetization strategies pose to journalism,

Podcast: Bad Faith (LS 62 · TOP 0.1% what is this?)Episode: Episode 370 - Escaping Surveillance Capitalism (w/ Matthew Crain)Pub date: 2024-05-09Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock our full premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast Associate Professor of Media & Communication at Miami University Matthew Crain joins Bad Faith to explain how surveillance advertising took over the internet, the threat current monetization strategies pose to journalism,

Podcast: The Documentary Podcast (LS 66 · TOP 0.05% what is this?)Episode: Forward Thinking: Can feminism fix the internet?Pub date: 2024-04-24From deepfakes to the fear of AI taking jobs, to the social media giants making money from abusive content, our technology dominated world is in a crisis – what are the solutions?AI researcher Kerry McInerney applies a feminist perspective to data, algorithms and intelligent machines. AI-powered tech, and generative AI in particular, pose new

Podcast: The Documentary Podcast (LS 66 · TOP 0.05% what is this?)Episode: Forward Thinking: Can feminism fix the internet?Pub date: 2024-04-24From deepfakes to the fear of AI taking jobs, to the social media giants making money from abusive content, our technology dominated world is in a crisis – what are the solutions?AI researcher Kerry McInerney applies a feminist perspective to data, algorithms and intelligent machines. AI-powered tech, and generative AI in particular, pose new

Podcast: This Is Hell! (LS 56 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: New Robber Barons Prevent Using Tech for the Common Good / Loretta NapoleoniPub date: 2024-04-23Loretta Napoleoni returns to discuss her new book, “Technocapitalism: The Rise of the New Robber Barons and the Fight for the Common Good.” "Rotten History" follows the interview.Check out Loretta's book here: https://www.sevenstories.com/books/4601-technocapitalism Help keep This Is Hell! completely listener supported and access

Podcast: This Is Hell! (LS 56 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: New Robber Barons Prevent Using Tech for the Common Good / Loretta NapoleoniPub date: 2024-04-23Loretta Napoleoni returns to discuss her new book, “Technocapitalism: The Rise of the New Robber Barons and the Fight for the Common Good.” "Rotten History" follows the interview.Check out Loretta's book here: https://www.sevenstories.com/books/4601-technocapitalism Help keep This Is Hell! completely listener supported and access

Podcast: New Books in Sex, Sexuality, and Sex WorkEpisode: Heather Parry, "Electric Dreams: Sex Robots and Failed Promises of Capitalism" (404 Ink, 2024)Pub date: 2024-04-20In the future, we’ll all be having sex with robots… won’t we?Roboticists say they’re a distracting science fiction, yet endless books, films and articles are written on the subject. Campaigns are even mounted against them. So why are sex robots such a hot topic?Electric Dreams: Sex Robots and Failed Promises of Capitalism (404

Podcast: New Books in Sex, Sexuality, and Sex WorkEpisode: Heather Parry, "Electric Dreams: Sex Robots and Failed Promises of Capitalism" (404 Ink, 2024)Pub date: 2024-04-20In the future, we’ll all be having sex with robots… won’t we?Roboticists say they’re a distracting science fiction, yet endless books, films and articles are written on the subject. Campaigns are even mounted against them. So why are sex robots such a hot topic?Electric Dreams: Sex Robots and Failed Promises of Capitalism (404

Podcast: Lives Less Ordinary (LS 57 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: Exposing Silicon Valley's multimillion dollar fraudPub date: 2024-04-07Erika Cheung went from a trailer park to a top tech company job, but something was off.She knew how to work hard, growing up in a one-bedroom trailer, she dreamed of pursuing her passion for science and helping others. So Erika was thrilled to land her first job out of university at a booming tech company promising a revolution in healthcare. Fronted by

Podcast: Lives Less Ordinary (LS 58 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: Exposing Silicon Valley's multimillion dollar fraudPub date: 2024-04-07Erika Cheung went from a trailer park to a top tech company job, but something was off.She knew how to work hard, growing up in a one-bedroom trailer, she dreamed of pursuing her passion for science and helping others. So Erika was thrilled to land her first job out of university at a booming tech company promising a revolution in healthcare. Fronted by

Podcast: Angry Planet (LS 58 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: How Palantir Is Using AI in UkrainePub date: 2024-03-26Defense contractors and governments can run a thousand simulations, but the data they get will never be as good as what’s generated on a battlefield. When Russia invaded Ukraine, tech companies saw an opportunity. A land war in Europe presented a unique chance to test cutting-edge technologies. That’s why, a few months after the 2022 invasion, Palantir CEO Alex Karp drove

Podcast: Angry Planet (LS 57 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: How Palantir Is Using AI in UkrainePub date: 2024-03-26Defense contractors and governments can run a thousand simulations, but the data they get will never be as good as what’s generated on a battlefield. When Russia invaded Ukraine, tech companies saw an opportunity. A land war in Europe presented a unique chance to test cutting-edge technologies. That’s why, a few months after the 2022 invasion, Palantir CEO Alex Karp drove

Podcast: Keen On (LS 41 · TOP 1.5% what is this?)Episode: Episode 2012: David Donnelly on the catastrophic costs to humanity of Silicon Valley surveillance capitalismPub date: 2024-03-27Surveillance capitalism is ubiquitous. If we’re not being watched by Google or Facebook, then we are watching movies warning about how these digital platforms are watching us. David Donnelly’s new documentary, COST OF CONVENIENCE, trots all the familiar charges that we’ve heard over the years from KEEN ON