Machine Ethics Podcast episodes

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.

This time I'm chatting to alice about teaching ethics, the idea of information environments, the importance of democracy, the Ethics hype train and the ethics community, people to follow in AI and Data Ethics, ethics as innovation and more...

In this engaging discussion, Sarah Brin, an expert in digital creativity and a key player at Kythera AI, explores the fascinating intersection of art and artificial intelligence. She delves into various types of AI, challenging the myths surrounding them and examining their emotional impact on art. Sarah addresses the unique challenges of curating AI-generated works and the importance of storytelling in audience engagement. Additionally, she highlights the need for collaboration between AI and artists, emphasizing the potential for unionizing creative workers to navigate an evolving landscape.

This time we chat with Roger Spitz about how to think about the future, what does a futurist do? Thriving with disruption, a chief existential officer, virtuous inflection points, delegating too much authority / decision making, our inappropriate education system

This episode Nadia and I chat about how design can co-create AI, what the role of designers are in AI services? post-deployment design, narratives in AI development and AI ideologues, anthropocentric AI, augmented creativity, new AI perspectives, situated intelligences and more...

Mark Steyn, a senior research scientist at TNO specializing in responsible innovation and ethics, dives into the complexities of AI and technology. He challenges the misconceptions surrounding AI, stressing ethical responsibilities in its deployment. Steyn shares his three-step process for 'doing ethics', encouraging a shift from profit-driven models to prioritizing user well-being. The conversation also explores the relationship between ethics, technology, and societal norms, advocating for an open dialogue among tech professionals to promote justice in an evolving digital landscape.

This episode we're talking with Dr Marie Oldfield on definitions of AI, the education and communication gaps with AI, explainable models, ethics in education, problems with audits and legislation, AI accreditation, importance of interdisciplinary teams, when to use AI or not, and harms from algorithms.