MSP25: What If… Data Was Good?
Instead of fearing Skynet, we should be embracing it. A sentient control system might be the only thing that will keep the robots in check. It’s time to Mattsplain.
5 Huhti 201820min
MSP24: Return Of The Killer Robots
Instead of fearing Skynet, we should be embracing it. A sentient control system might be the only thing that will keep the robots in check. It’s time to Mattsplain.
29 Maalis 201824min
M.EX4 Encyclopedia Analytica
The Facebook and Cambridge Analytica revelations continue to cause waves around the world,. As the #DeleteFacebook movement gathers momentum, users are discovering the extent of the data that the comp...
26 Maalis 201812min
MSP23: 101.Cambridge Analytica
Data companies are using sophisticated psychological techniques to manipulate and nudge our behaviour. #DeleteFacebook is no solution. We need to completely change the business model of online compani...
22 Maalis 201829min
MSP22: The Earth Is Flat
Could a giant wall of ice be all that stands between us and falling off the edge of our planet? Does the sun shine down on us like a Hollywood spotlight. Probably not, reckons Matt. But he’ll try it o...
15 Maalis 201822min
MSP21: It's The Jobs, Stupid
Bladerunner, Altered Carbon and Humans outline very different visions of a future where machines have replaced human workers. Which of those futures are we headed for, asks Matt, as he gets ready for ...
8 Maalis 201820min
Mattsplained - Keeping It Frosty
Air conditioning has had an enormous impact on modern society, from population migration to architecture to the warehouses that store The Cloud. But is it time we swapped energy intensive a/c for micr...
1 Maalis 201825min
Mattsplained - Trust In Tech
Attitudes towards Silicon Valley are changing, with an angry sea of voices raging at their tone deaf behaviour and seeming inability to understand or tame the epidemic of fake news. Now is not the tim...
22 Helmi 201819min
