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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The AI Update XIII: AI and Research

The AI Update XIII: AI and Research

This episode Scott and Jhave talk about some of the ways in which AI is finding itself involved in research. They talk about some of the AI models that have been developed with research in mind as wel...

18 Maalis 202527min

Episode 36: Digital Puppetry with David Bithell

Episode 36: Digital Puppetry with David Bithell

On this episode Scott joins David Bithell overseas, at Southern Oregon University's Digital Media Center. They talk about digital performance, collaborative online music and digital puppetry. Referenc...

11 Maalis 202533min

The AI Update XII: AI Fascism

The AI Update XII: AI Fascism

In this week's AI Update, Scott and Jhave discuss some of the ways in which fascism reproduces itself, how AI could be used as a tool to facilitate it, and how those leading AI development have found ...

4 Maalis 202526min

Episode 35: The Ban on Social Media, AI, and the Digital Child with Tama Leaver

Episode 35: The Ban on Social Media, AI, and the Digital Child with Tama Leaver

In this episode, Scott travels to Australia to talk with Tama Leaver at the Center of Excellence for the Digital Child. They discuss Tama's involvement with the Center, his research regarding generati...

25 Helmi 202536min

The AI Update XI: AI Alien Simulation Worlds

The AI Update XI: AI Alien Simulation Worlds

Jhave and Scott talk about simulated worlds or environments created with AI, considering what are the boundaries for artifical life. ReferencesByteDance. (2025). Protenix: Toward High-Accuracy Open-So...

18 Helmi 202514min

Episode 34: Output

Episode 34: Output

In this episode we are joined by co-authors Lillian-Yvonne Bertram and Nick Montfort to talk about their new publication Output: An Anthology of Computer Generated Text, 1953-2023. We learn about thei...

11 Helmi 202548min

The AI Update X: O3

The AI Update X: O3

In this AI Update Jhave and Scott discuss O3, the new AI model announced by OpenAI, which excels in high-complexity tasks, demonstrating state-of-the-art capabilities in science, structured reasoning,...

6 Helmi 202519min

Episode 33: Interspecies Communication and New Media Art with Alinta Krauth

Episode 33: Interspecies Communication and New Media Art with Alinta Krauth

In this episode, Alinta Krauth, new media artist, is joining Scott Rettberg for a discussion about her art and interspecies communication. References Animal-Computer Interaction (ACI). https://aci-sig...

28 Tammi 202533min