Big Tech's Colonial Takeover with Michael Kwet
We all know about Microsoft Excel and Outlook, but did you know about the kinds of tech they develop in and sell to the Global South? These include escape management system for jails, police cars inbu...
21 Feb 202327min
Changing Computing Cultures with Abeba Birhane
In this episode we speak to Abeba Birhane, senior research fellow at Mozilla, about how cognition extends beyond the brain, why why we need to turn questions like ‘why aren't there enough black women ...
24 Jan 202334min
Queer Approaches to AI and Computing with Arjun Subramonian
In this episode we talk to Arjun Subramonian, a Computer Science PhD student at UCLA conducting machine learning research and a member of the grassroots organisation Queer in AI. In this episode we di...
10 Jan 202335min
Creating Just Language Technologies with Su Lin Blodgett
In this episode we chat to Su Lin Blodgett, a researcher at Microsoft Research in Montreal, on whether you can use AI to measure discrimination, why AI can never be de-biased, and how AI shows us that...
27 Des 202232min
Transhumanism and Existential Risk with Josh Schuster and Derek Woods
Ever worried that AI will wipe out humanity? Ever dreamed of merging with AI? Well these are the primary concerns of transhumanism and existential risk, which you may not have heard of, but whose key ...
13 Des 202237min
The Feedback Loop between Tech Innovation and Science Fiction with Chen Qiufan
Science fiction writer Chen Qiufan ( Stanley Chen), author of Waste Tide, discusses the feedback loop between science fiction and innovation, what happened when he went to live with shamans in China, ...
29 Nov 202237min
The Exorcism of Emotion in Rational Science (and AI) with Lorraine Daston
In this episode, the historian of science Lorraine Daston explains why science has long been allergic to emotion, which is seen to be the enemy of truth. Instead, objective reason is science’s virtue....
15 Nov 202238min
Queer Data with Kevin Guyan
How should governments collect personal data? In this episode, we talk to Dr Kevin Guyan about the census, and the best ways of asking people to identify themselves. We discuss why surveys that you fi...
1 Nov 202236min
