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 Mar 202527min
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 Mar 202533min
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 Mar 202526min
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 Feb 202536min
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 Feb 202514min
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 Feb 202548min
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 Feb 202519min
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 Jan 202533min
