Computer Says Maybe

Computer Says Maybe

Technology is changing fast. And it's changing our world even faster. Host Alix Dunn interviews visionaries, researchers, and technologists working in the public interest to help you keep up. Step outside the hype and explore the possibilities, problems, and politics of technology. We publish weekly.

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Nodestar: Building Blacksky w/ Rudy Fraser

Nodestar: Building Blacksky w/ Rudy Fraser

Social media isn’t really social anymore. But that might be changing. Rudy Fraser over at Blacksky Algorithms has built something new. He has built the infrastructure to provide a safe online space fo...

5 Syys 202541min

Nodestar: The Eternal September w/ Mike Masnick

Nodestar: The Eternal September w/ Mike Masnick

How did the internet become three companies in a trenchcoat? It wasn’t always that way! It used to be fun, and weird, and full of opportunity. To set the scene for the series, we spoke to a stalwart a...

29 Elo 202552min

Short: UK Groups Sue To Block Data Center Expansion

Short: UK Groups Sue To Block Data Center Expansion

Foxglove and Global Action Plan have just sued the UK government over their YOLO hyperscale data center plans.More like this: Net0++: Data Centre SprawlLocal government rejected the data center. But S...

22 Elo 202513min

Big Tech’s Bogus Vision for the Future w/ Paris Marx

Big Tech’s Bogus Vision for the Future w/ Paris Marx

What’s the deal with Silicon Valley selling imagined futures and never delivering on them. What are the consequences of an industry all-in on AI? What if we thought more deeply than just ‘more compute...

22 Elo 202541min

Consciously Uncoupling from Silicon Valley w/ Cori Crider

Consciously Uncoupling from Silicon Valley w/ Cori Crider

How do we yank power out of tech oligarch hands without handing it over to someone else?More like this: Is Digitisation Killing Democracy? w/ Marietje SchaakeCori Crider is a fearless litigator turned...

15 Elo 202553min

After the FAccT: Labour and Misrepresentation

After the FAccT: Labour and Misrepresentation

Did you miss FAccT? We interviewed some of our favourite session organisers!More like this: Part One of our FAccT roundup: Materiality and Militarisation.Georgia, Soizic, and Hanna from The Maybe team...

25 Heinä 202550min

Short: Musk: Reanimating Apartheid w/ Nic Dawes

Short: Musk: Reanimating Apartheid w/ Nic Dawes

In May, Grok couldn’t stop talking about white genocide. This injection of right-wing South African politics triggered a conversation with a Musk contemporary, Nic Dawes.In this short Nic shares his p...

23 Heinä 202514min

After the FAccT: Materiality and Militarisation

After the FAccT: Materiality and Militarisation

Georgia, Soizic, and Hanna from The Maybe team just went to FAccT. Georgia and Soizic interviewed a bunch of amazing researchers, practitioners, and artists to give you a taste of what the conference ...

18 Heinä 20251h 4min

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