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Isabel Millar

Associate researcher at Newcastle University and faculty at the Global Centre for Advanced Studies, specializing in philosophy and psychoanalytic theory.

Top 5 podcasts with Isabel Millar

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Jan 30, 2024 • 19min

Psychology of AI | Isabel Millar

Isabel Millar challenges assumptions about AI by deploying psychoanalysis tools. The podcast explores the relationship between AI and psychoanalysis, the effectiveness of film in exploring concepts, and the administration and domination of bodies through sex as a mode of administration. They also discuss the evolution of psychoanalysis and its compatibility with AI.
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Dec 18, 2024 • 51min

The danger of self reflection | John Vervaeke, Isabel Millar, Frank Furedi and Joanna Kavenna

Join Joanna Kavenna as she hosts a thought-provoking discussion with Frank Furedi, an expert in risk and sociology, John Vervaeke, a renowned psychology professor, and Isabel Millar, a specialist in philosophy and psychoanalysis. They explore the paradoxes of self-knowledge, debating whether self-reflection is inherently beneficial or potentially harmful. The conversation delves into the impacts of modern individualism, the relationship between language and identity, and the balance of free will in a tech-dominated society, challenging viewers to rethink their understanding of the self.
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Jun 18, 2024 • 1h 30min

RU298: ON PALESTINE & PSYCHOANALYSIS – SHEEHI, PARKER, CARTER, SAKETOPOULOU, QURAN, MERSON, MILLAR

Special roundtable podcast discussing the intersection of psychoanalysis and Palestine with a focus on challenging societal norms, divestment, destitution, political speech, and addressing colonial contexts. Guests include psychoanalysts, activists, and experts in Palestine studies.
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Jul 18, 2022 • 48min

FBL63: Isabel Millar - Sex, Psychoanalysis, Film, and A.I.

Isabel Millar discusses the role of enjoyment and psychoanalysis in AI, focusing on the sexbot and gender. They explore the body's importance, female AI in film, male dominance in AI creation, and what AI reveals about humanity.
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May 16, 2021 • 1h 29min

Isabel Millar - Psychoanalysis & Ai: Schreber's Basilisk

Isabel Millar, an expert in psychoanalysis and artificial intelligence, discusses her new book and topics such as Lacan's essays, the intersection of AI and psychoanalysis, the implications of the Turing test on gender, the concept of the Lighthouse as a machine for enjoyment, the topological elements of Lacan and connections to Guattari, and the problems with academic publishing.