Net 0 ++: Reporting on AI’s climate injustices w/ Karen Hao
For our final episode in this series on the environment, Alix interviewed Karen Hao on how tough it is to report on environmental impacts of AI.The conversation focusses on two of Karen’s recent stori...
1 Marras 202426min
Net 0++: Concrete arguments for AI
In our third episode about AI & the environment, Alix interviewed Sherif Elsayed-Ali, who’s been working on using AI to reduce the carbon emissions of concrete. Yes, that’s right — concrete.This may s...
25 Loka 202433min
Net 0++: Big Dirty Data Centres
This week we are continuing our AI & Environment series with an episode about a key piece of AI infrastructure: data centres. With us this week are Boxi Wu and Jenna Ruddock to explain how data centre...
18 Loka 202431min
Net 0++: Microsoft’s greenwashing w/ Holly Alpine
This week we’re kicking off a series about AI & the environment. We’re starting with Holly Alpine, who just recently left Microsoft after starting and growing an internal sustainability programme over...
11 Loka 202442min
Chasing Away Sidewalk Labs w/ Bianca Wylie
In 2017 Google’s urban planning arm Sidewalk Labs came into Toronto and said “we’re going to turn this into a smart city”.Our guest Bianca Wylie was one of the people who stood up and said “okay but… ...
4 Loka 202449min
Will Newsom Veto the AI Safety Bill? w/ Teri Olle
What if we could have a public library for compute? But is… more compute really what we want right now?This week Alix interviewed Teri Olle from the Economic Security Project, a co-sponsor of the Cali...
27 Syys 202424min
The stories we tell ourselves about AI
Applications for our second cohort of Media Mastery for New AI Protagonists are now open! Join this 5-week program to level up your media impact alongside a dynamic community of emerging experts in AI...
20 Syys 202437min
Bridging The Divide w/ Issie Lapowsky
There are oceans of research papers digging into the various harms of online platforms. Researchers are asking urgent questions such as how hate speech and misinformation has an effect on our informat...
13 Syys 202438min
