Off Center

Off Center

Off Center is a podcast series from the Center for Digital Narrative, a Norwegian Center of Research Excellence at the University of Bergen, Norway. In each episode, host Scott Rettberg and a guest delve into a topic revolving around digital storytelling and its effect on contemporary culture. The series covers academic research on digital narratives in electronic literature, computer games, social media, computational narrative systems, AI, XR and more in an enjoyable and understandable way.

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Episode 44: AI Characters with Lukas Wilde

Episode 44: AI Characters with Lukas Wilde

What happens when we treat AI not just as a tool, but as a character? In this episode of Off Center, guest host Jill Walker Rettberg sits down with Lukas Wilde to explore the evolution of AI personas....

16 Maalis 40min

ALGOpod #6: Santtu Raisanen

ALGOpod #6: Santtu Raisanen

In episode six of ALGOpod, Gabriele de Seta and Hanna Lauvli geek out with Santtu Raisanen, doctoral researcher at the Center for Consumer Society at The University of Helsinki, about the pervasive co...

9 Maalis 44min

Episode 43 - AI and the Humanities with Davis Schneiderman

Episode 43 - AI and the Humanities with Davis Schneiderman

What happens when you drop generative AI into the middle of a liberal arts curriculum? This week on Off Center, Scott sits down with Davis Schneiderman at Lake Forest College to find out. We dive into...

2 Maalis 55min

ALGOpod #5: Anya Shchetvina

ALGOpod #5: Anya Shchetvina

In episode five of ALGOpod, Gabriele de Seta is joined by Anya Shchetvina, PhD fellow with the Literary and Epistemic History of Small Forms research group at the Humboldt University in Berlin, to hea...

23 Helmi 40min

The AI Update XIX - World Models

The AI Update XIX - World Models

What are “World Models,” and why should we care? Could AI really understand reality? Scott and Jhave sit down to explore the rise of World Models - the "engines" of machine intuition -to discuss how q...

16 Helmi 17min

Episode 42 - 18th Century AI Slop with Hazel Wilkinson

Episode 42 - 18th Century AI Slop with Hazel Wilkinson

Did you know slop was a problem long before AI? This episode of Off Center takes us all the way back to the 18th century as today’s host, Jill Walker Rettberg, discuss the precursors to AI slop with H...

9 Helmi 34min

The AI Update XVIII - Musical Futures

The AI Update XVIII - Musical Futures

Following Universal Music Groups' settlement and partnership of Udio, Scott and Jhave sit down to discuss the potential future of music in a world with AI.

2 Helmi 32min

Christmas Special Holiday Extravaganza Show

Christmas Special Holiday Extravaganza Show

Look what just dropped down the chimney: Why, it's the first Off Center Christmas Special Holiday Extravaganza Show! Featuring music, human and otherwise, lessons in Norwegian folklore, Christmas beer...

17 Joulu 20251h 9min