How China surveils Uyghur Muslims with Darren Byler
In this episode, we talked to Darren Byler, author of Terror Capitalism and In the Camps, Life in China's High Tech Penal Colony. We discussed his in depth research on Uyghur Muslims in China and the ...
26 Mar 202426min
The Racial History of Dermatology with Thuy Linh Tu
In this episode we talk to Thuy Linh Thu, Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis at NYU. We talk about how good technology disperses power, while bad technology concentrates power, the racial histo...
12 Mar 202427min
Hot Take: The Good Robot BOOK!
In this very special Good Robot hot take we talk about our new book, The Good Robot: Why Technology Needs Feminism. It's a beautiful new illustrated book where the top scholars, activists, artists, wr...
5 Mar 202429min
The 'AI Mirror' with Shannon Vallor
In this episode we chat to Shannon Vallor, the Bailey Gifford professor in the ethics and data of AI at the University of Edinburgh and the Director for the Centre for Technomoral Futures. We talk abo...
20 Feb 202430min
Why You Shouldn't Believe the AI Hype with Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna
In this episode, we talk to Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna. AI ethics legends and now the co-hosts of the Mystery AI Hype Theatre 3000 podcast which is a new podcast where they dispel the hype storm a...
6 Feb 202429min
Why the Stories We Tell About AI Matter with Melissa Heikkilä
This week we chat to Melissa Heikkilä, a senior tech reporter for MIT Tech review, about ChatGPT, image generation, porn, and the stories we tell about AI. We hope you enjoy the show.
23 Jan 202427min
Rethinking Large Language Models (LLMs) with Rebecca Woods
In this episode, we talked to Rebecca Woods, a Senior Lecturer in Language and Cognition at Newcastle University. We have an amazing chat about language learning in AI, and she tells us how language ...
9 Jan 202445min
Hot Take: Happy Holidays & a new book from Eleanor!
Happy holidays from your favourite jingle belles at the Good Robot podcast! In this episode we celebrate both the holidays and Eleanor's new book, The Planetary Humanism of European Women's Science F...
26 Des 202331min
