Machine Ethics Podcast episodes

This is a bonus episode we're looking back over answers to our question: What scares you about AI?

Wendell Wallach, a prominent expert in ethics and governance of emerging technologies, discusses the moral complexities of AI and its societal impacts. He challenges the usefulness of traditional AI terminology and contrasts AGI skepticism with optimism. Wallach emphasizes the importance of a robust ethical framework alongside capitalism's pitfalls, such as wealth disparity. He explores ethical decision-making approaches and the need for collaboration between technologists and ethicists to ensure technology serves humanity's best interests.

In this special edition episode we hear vox-pops recorded at the AI Ethics, Risks and Safety Conference in Bristol on the 15th of May 2024. We hear about AI regulations, AI Standards, AI Ethics frameworks, principles, ethics guiding research, awareness of the ethics of AI, and explainable AI.

This episode we're chatting with Alex Shvartsman about what is our AI future, human crafted storytelling, the Generative AI use backlash, disclaimers for generated text, human vs AI authorship, practical or functional goals of LLMs, changing themes in science fiction, a diversity of international perspectives and more...

This episode we're chatting with Eleanor and Kerry on what is good technology and is it even possible? Technology is political, watering down regulation, the magic of AI, the value of human creativity, how Feminism, Aboriginal, mixed race studies can help AI development? The performative nature tech and more...

Delve into the essence of AI with discussions on predictive abilities in health and criminal identification, exploring the interplay of AI, algorithms, and autonomous systems. Learn about the multifaceted nature of AI and its limitations compared to human reasoning and emotions.

This episode we're chatting with Guy Gadney on new forms of story telling, placing people inside a story, natural language in games, LLM hype, data used in LLMs, copyright infringment, the destructive ideology of innovation, an unprecedented redistribution of wealth away from the cultural industries and more...

For our in-person episode on 2023 with Karin Rudolph we chat about the Future of Life Institute letter, existential risk of AI, TESCREAL, Geoffrey Hinton’s resignation from Google, the AI Safety Summit, EU AI act and legislating AI, neural rights and more...

This episode we're chatting with Adam Braus about natural stupidity, natural intelligence, misericordianism and avoidable misery, the drowning child thought experiment, natural state of morality, Donald Trump bot, Asimov’s rules, human instincts, the positive outcomes of AI and more...

Harriet Pellereau, co-founder of Mind Over Tech, shares her insights on navigating the increasingly digital workspace. She dives into the limitations of AI reasoning and explores the essence of creativity in today's tech-driven world. Topics include the transformative impact of generative AI on artistic expression and the ongoing debate about the four-day workweek and work-life balance. Pellereau emphasizes the need for healthy digital habits, accountability in tech use, and the ethical responsibilities surrounding innovation.