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Podcast: The Digital Human (LS 45 · TOP 1% what is this?)Episode: CuratePub date: 2023-02-27In recent months anxiety around what algorithms will do to the arts has become a hot topic. Art, Literature, Music, all are being generated by AI systems. Even we explored what these algorithms may do to how art is created - just one episode ago. But, we missed something. Algorithms are not just changing how we create art, they’ve been curating everything we see and hear online for years. But they

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Podcast: ChinaTalk (LS 38 · TOP 2% what is this?)Episode: AI's Regulatory Future in the US, China, and EUPub date: 2023-02-20With AI on the verge of transforming the world, how are regulators across the globe approaching the challenges the technology might pose?Also, what does US-China AI collaboration look like today, and will it get caught up in broader tensions in the relationship?Matt Sheehan and Hadrien Pouget, who are both at Carnegie, come on to discuss.Matt's paper on US-China

Podcast: The Received Wisdom (LS 35 · TOP 3% what is this?)Episode: Episode 31: Science and Society at the White House, ChatGPT, and the Paradox of Data-Driven AgriculturePub date: 2023-02-15Happy New Year!! In this episode, Jack and Shobita discuss Alondra Nelson'sdeparture from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, and the meaning for the position she created, Deputy Director for Science and Society. We also try to get beyond ChatGPT's hype to talk about some of the

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Podcast: Burning PlatformsEpisode: Chokepoint CapitalismPub date: 2023-02-12Welcome to Burning Platforms: De-Coding the Power and Politics of Big Tech. This week, we speak with Rebecca Giblin and Cory Doctorow, authors of new book 'Chokepoint Capitalism' and explore how creatives can break free of Big Tech and Big Content Burning Platforms is brought to you by the Centre of the Public Square - an initiative of Per Capita.The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Per Capita

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Podcast: KQED's Forum (LS 51 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: How the Xerox Machine Launched A Bay Area Art MovementPub date: 2023-02-10The humble copy machine was meant to revolutionize office work. But when the Xerox 6500 color copier was introduced in 1973, its ability to print in saturated colors on plain paper jump started an avant garde Bay Area art movement. Copy machines offered artists a chance to play with color, form and image as copies were made of copies and the piece changed

Podcast: Burning PlatformsEpisode: Chokepoint CapitalismPub date: 2023-02-12We speak with Rebecca Giblin and Cory Doctorow, authors of new book 'Chokepoint Capitalism' and explore how creatives can break free of Big Tech and Big Content See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Per Capita Australia, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.

Podcast: New Books in African Studies (LS 36 · TOP 2.5% what is this?)Episode: Gendered Labor, Food Security, and Technology in 20th Century MaliPub date: 2023-02-06Laura Ann Twagira, an associate professor of history, head of African Studies, and an affiliate with science in society program and feminist gender sexuality studies program at Wesleyan University, talks about her book, Embodied Engineering: Gendered Labor, Food Security, and Taste in Twentieth-Century Mali with Peoples &

Podcast: Digital AlchemyEpisode: Wendy Chun - Engineering, Networks, and Social Justice Across DisciplinesPub date: 2023-01-31In this episode of Digital Alchemy, Moya Bailey interviews Wendy Chun, the Canada 150 Research Chair in New Media at Simon Fraser University and leader of the Digital Democracies Institute. Dr. Chun discusses how her personal and academic histories converged, motivating her interdisciplinary leadership in digital network and social justice research. She offers a

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Podcast: Digital AlchemyEpisode: Wendy Chun - Engineering, Networks, and Social Justice Across DisciplinesPub date: 2023-01-31In this episode of Digital Alchemy, Moya Bailey interviews Wendy Chun, the Canada 150 Research Chair in New Media at Simon Fraser University and leader of the Digital Democracies Institute. Dr. Chun discusses how her personal and academic histories converged, motivating her interdisciplinary leadership in digital network and social justice research. She offers a

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Podcast: Scientific Sense ® (LS 33 · TOP 5% what is this?)Episode: Prof. Julia Lane from NYU on AI policyPub date: 2023-01-30Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Julia Lane is a Professor at the NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. She served in the National AI Research Resources task force and also on the advisory committee on data for evidence building. Her book democratizing our data a manifesto was published in 2020 and she was one of the early guests on this podcast. Please