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Your Guides Through the Hellscape of AI Hype
Alex Hanna, the director of research at the Distributed AI Research Institute and Emily M. Bender, a professor of linguistics at the University of Wa…
3 years ago
The Implications of Canada's Online News Act
Last week, Canada passed the Online News Act, legislation that requires tech platforms to remunerate Canadian news outlets, and the platforms are not…
3 years ago
Exploring Global Governance of Artificial Intelligence
Over the past few months, there have been a range of voices calling for the urgent regulation of artificial intelligence. Comparisons to the problems…
3 years ago
A Conversation with Meredith Whittaker, President of Signal
Earlier this month, Justin Hendrix traveled to RightsCon, the big gathering of individuals and organizations concerned with human rights and technolo…
3 years, 1 month ago
Recoding America: A Conversation with Jennifer Pahlka
In the United States, it’s fair to say that federal, state and local governments have struggled in the era of digitalization. Decades in to that era,…
3 years, 1 month ago
A Recap of the US-EU Trade and Technology Council Meeting with Mark Scott
Last week, a group of very important people, including the U.S Secretaries of State and Commerce and trade representatives from President Joe Biden’s…
3 years, 1 month ago
Responsible Release and Accountability for Generative AI Systems
Today’s show has two segments both focused on generative AI. In the first segment, Justin Hendrix speaks with Irene Solaiman, a researcher who has pu…
3 years, 1 month ago
The Supreme Court Decides: A Final Word on Gonzalez v. Google and Twitter v. Taamneh with Anupam Chander
Last week, the Supreme Court released decisions in Gonzalez v. Google, LLC, and Twitter, Inc. v. Taamneh. In this episode we’ll discuss what it tells…
3 years, 2 months ago
Nick Seaver on Computing Taste: Algorithms and the Makers of Music Recommendation
Today’s episode features a discussion with Nick Seaver, a professor at Tufts University and the author of Computing Taste: Algorithms and the Makers …
3 years, 2 months ago
Malcolm Harris on Palo Alto and the Project of Silicon Valley
Justin Hendrix speaks to writer Malcolm Harris about his book, PALO ALTO: A HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA, CAPITALISM, AND THE WORLD, which considers the his…
3 years, 2 months ago