Podcast Episodes
Back to Search
What We're Talking About When We Talk About Rural AI
Last October, Dr. Jasmine McNealy, as an associate professor at the University of Florida, a Senior Fellow in Tech Policy with the Mozilla Foundation…
2 years, 2 months ago
A Hippocratic Oath for AI? A Conversation with Chinmayi Sharma
The Hippocratic oath, named for a Greek physician who lived ~2,500 years ago that some call the father of modern medicine, is one of the earliest exa…
2 years, 2 months ago
Don't Hype Disinfo, Say Disinfo Experts
One topic we come back to again and again on this podcast is disinformation. In many episodes, we’ve discussed various phenomena related to this ambi…
2 years, 2 months ago
Resisting AI and the Consolidation of Power
In an introduction to a special issue of the journal First Monday on topics related to AI and power, Jenna Burrell and Jacob Metcalf argue that "what…
2 years, 2 months ago
What's Next for TikTok, and US Tech Policy
Last week President Joe Biden signed into law a measure that would force the Chinese firm ByteDance to divest its ownership of TikTok, or risk the ap…
2 years, 2 months ago
Securing Privacy Rights to Advance Civil Rights
Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce held a hearing: “Legislative Solutions to Protect Kids Online and Ensure Americans’ Data Privacy Right…
2 years, 3 months ago
The Societal Impacts of Foundation Models, and Access to Data for Researchers
This episode features two conversations. Both relate to efforts to better understand the impact of technology on society.
In the first, we’ll hear fr…
2 years, 3 months ago
Elon Musk's X Loses in Court: Why It Matters for Independent Technology Research
Last week, a federal judge granted a motion to dismiss and strike a lawsuit brought by X Corp, formerly known as Twitter, against a nonprofit researc…
2 years, 3 months ago
Nathan Schneider on Democratic Design for Online Life
On this show, when we talk about technology and democracy, guests are often talking about the relationship between technology and existing democrati…
2 years, 3 months ago
Reforming Tech Amidst a Global Backlash Against Women's Rights
Last year, researchers at Human Rights Watch wrote about the global backlash against women’s rights. In multiple countries, they say, hard-won progre…
2 years, 3 months ago