Are You a Robot?
Are You a Robot?
Are You a Robot?
Are You a Robot? is a new podcast series exploring the ethics questions surrounding technology and bringing insights from this to as wide a community as possible. The electric host, Demetrios Brinkmann will be interviewing a cohort of experts and thought leaders each series in search of what makes us human, and if and how we remain separate from the machines.
S10E12: Season Ten Recap // Charles Radclyffe
Season Ten Finale! Charles Radclyffe, partner at EthicsGrade joins us to discuss his highlights of Season Ten. What have been your highlights? Let us know in our Slack community or in the comments below! You can check out all of the episodes in Season Ten here: https://buff.ly/3mlSH6y! This episode is brought to you by EthicsGrade, an ESG Ratings agency with a particular focus on Technology Governance, especially AI Ethics. You can find more information about EthicsGrade here: https://www.ethicsgrade.io/ You can also follow EthicsGrade on Twitter (@EthicsGrade) and LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/2JCiQOg. Follow Charles on Twitter @dataphilosopher and on LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3lcpuHT   Follow Demetrios on Twitter @Dpbrinkm and on LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/2TPrA5w Connect with Us: Join our Slack channel for more conversation about the big ethics issues that rise from AI: https://bit.ly/3jVdNov   Follow Are You A Robot? on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook: @AreYouARobotPod   Follow our LinkedIn page: https://bit.ly/3gqzbSw   Check out our website: https://www.areyouarobot.co.uk/   Subscribe to our newsletter: https://bit.ly/3r4qj9R Timestamps: [00:00] Article's main takeaways [05:44] Why not get a new computer? [11:12] Other fish in town [18:36] Taking losses than supporting every operating system [27:06] Painful poor user experience   [31:00] The uncomfortable truth [34:00] The Car Analogy [37:50] Fair assessment [42:58] Being spied on Alexa [48:15] Unnecessary renewals [52:27] Using Linux [53:42] Cyber security [54:52] Recycle and reuse [57:14] Incentives and momentum [1:04:42] Wrap up
Jun 6, 2022
1 hr 6 min
S10E11: The Untold Story of a Veteran and a Googler at Project Maven // Amina Al Sherif
Amina joins us to discuss her journey at Google, working on Project Maven. Interview with Amina Al Sherif, Chief Innovation Officer at Anno.Ai. Follow her on LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/34prFVQor Twitter: https://bit.ly/3sbMEUF This episode is brought to you by EthicsGrade, an ESG Ratings agency with a particular focus on Technology Governance, especially AI Ethics. You can find more information about EthicsGrade here: https://www.ethicsgrade.io/ You can also follow EthicsGrade on Twitter (@EthicsGrade) and LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/2JCiQOg Connect with Us: Join our Slack channel for more conversation about the big ethics issues that rise from AI: https://bit.ly/3jVdNov Follow Are You A Robot? on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook: @AreYouARobotPod Follow our LinkedIn page: https://bit.ly/3gqzbSw Check out our website: https://www.areyouarobot.co.uk/ Resources: Amina’s blog: https://bit.ly/3gggEJm AYAR? episode “Killer Robots” with Wanda and Richard: https://bit.ly/3gc9Z2X
Mar 21, 2022
56 min
S10E10: Catching Fake News and Cyber Attacks // Monika Venčkauskaitė
AI’s involvement in cybersecurity is both a threat and saviour. Whilst this technology can prevent cyber-attacks, it can also be a method in creating them too. In this interview with Monika, we discuss the upsides and downsides of this type of technology. Interview with Monika Venčkauskaitė, Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Vinted. Follow her on LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3saCJhNand Twitter: https://bit.ly/3AQ5eFz This episode is brought to you by EthicsGrade, an ESG Ratings agency with a particular focus on Technology Governance, especially AI Ethics. You can find more information about EthicsGrade here: https://www.ethicsgrade.io/ You can also follow EthicsGrade on Twitter (@EthicsGrade) and LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/2JCiQOg Connect with Us: Join our Slack channel for more conversation about the big ethics issues that rise from AI: https://bit.ly/3jVdNov Follow Are You A Robot? on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook: @AreYouARobotPod Follow our LinkedIn page: https://bit.ly/3gqzbSw Check out our website: https://www.areyouarobot.co.uk/
Mar 14, 2022
57 min
S10E09: How AI Stopped You Getting That Job Part 2 // Merve Hickok
Have you been thinking about how our data is collected and what exactly it is used for? What about bias in recruitment? In this episode, Merve discusses how little we know about how our data is being collected in our day-to-day lives and how AI affects our chances of getting our dream job. Interview with Merve Hickok, Founder of AIethicist.org & Lighthouse Career Consulting. Follow Merve on Twitter: @Hickokmerve and LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/2VJ9Eul This episode is brought to you by EthicsGrade, an ESG Ratings agency with a particular focus on Technology Governance, especially AI Ethics. You can find more information about EthicsGrade here: https://www.ethicsgrade.io/ You can also follow EthicsGrade on Twitter (@EthicsGrade) and LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/2JCiQOg Connect with Us: Join our Slack channel for more conversation about the big ethics issues that rise from AI: https://bit.ly/3jVdNov Follow Are You A Robot? on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook: @AreYouARobotPod Follow our LinkedIn page: https://bit.ly/3gqzbSw Check out our website: https://www.areyouarobot.co.uk/ Resources: Merve’s Medium article about data collection in a pandemic: https://bit.ly/3qCG8Ew
Mar 7, 2022
59 min
S10E08: A Citizen's Guide to AI // John Zerilli
In our interview with John Zerilli, discuss his book, “A Citizen’s Guide to Artificial Intelligence”, as well as how we can manage bias in AI. Interview with John Zerilli, philosopher, author, and Research Fellow in the University of Oxford. You can follow him on Twitter: https://bit.ly/3rfaNdz or LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3HitYIW This episode is brought to you by EthicsGrade, an ESG Ratings agency with a particular focus on Technology Governance, especially AI Ethics. You can find more information about EthicsGrade here: https://www.ethicsgrade.io/ You can also follow EthicsGrade on Twitter (@EthicsGrade) and LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/2JCiQOg Connect with Us: Join our Slack channel for more conversation about the big ethics issues that rise from AI: https://bit.ly/3jVdNov Follow Are You A Robot? on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook: @AreYouARobotPod Follow our LinkedIn page: https://bit.ly/3gqzbSw Check out our website: https://www.areyouarobot.co.uk/ Resources: COMPAS (software) A Citizen’s Guide to Artificial Intelligence: https://bit.ly/3reXhGX
Feb 28, 2022
1 hr 18 min
S10E07: Is Seeing Believing? // Lisa Talia Moretti and Anne Rogers
Both Anne and Lisa teamed up in a collaborative project, “Is Seeing Believing?”. The project explores how people feel about AI, depending on how the technology is represented in the media. In our interview with Lisa and Anne, we dive into the findings of this project and discuss how we can create images that better represent the power of AI. Lisa Talia Moretti is a Digital Sociologist and Tech Ethics Activist. You can follow her on Twitter: https://bit.ly/3IOKfFQor LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/34kG5qd Anne is an art and innovation consultant. You can follow her on Twitter: https://bit.ly/34kGk4B This episode is brought to you by EthicsGrade, an ESG Ratings agency with a particular focus on Technology Governance, especially AI Ethics. You can find more information about EthicsGrade here: https://www.ethicsgrade.io/ You can also follow EthicsGrade on Twitter (@EthicsGrade) and LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/2JCiQOg Connect with Us: Join our Slack channel for more conversation about the big ethics issues that rise from AI: https://bit.ly/3jVdNov Follow Are You A Robot? on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook: @AreYouARobotPod Follow our LinkedIn page: https://bit.ly/3gqzbSw Check out our website: https://www.areyouarobot.co.uk/ Resources: Is Seeing Believing? - https://bit.ly/3ubW1X0 Lisa’s TedTalk - https://bit.ly/3AFXZQu Email to contact Lisa and Anne: [email protected]
Feb 21, 2022
1 hr 8 min
S10E06: Robots with Morals // Nell Watson
In our interview with Nell Watson, we discuss a future with moral artificial intelligences and how this might assist human personal development. Interview with Nell Watson, Non-resident Senior Fellow at Atlantic Council, AI Faculty member at Singularity University and AI Ethics Engineer at IEEE Standards Association. You can follow her on Twitter: https://bit.ly/3r5ybdp or LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3g62udL  This episode is brought to you by EthicsGrade, an ESG Ratings agency with a particular focus on Technology Governance, especially AI Ethics. You can find more information about EthicsGrade here: https://www.ethicsgrade.io/ You can also follow EthicsGrade on Twitter (@EthicsGrade) and LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/2JCiQOg Connect with Us: Join our Slack channel for more conversation about the big ethics issues that rise from AI: https://bit.ly/3jVdNov Follow Are You A Robot? on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook: @AreYouARobotPod Follow our LinkedIn page: https://bit.ly/3gqzbSw Check out our website: https://www.areyouarobot.co.uk/
Feb 14, 2022
1 hr 1 min
S10E05: The Case for Active Transhumanism // David Wood
David Wood joins us to discuss his visions for the future, and how technology is going to impact our daily lives. Interview with David Wood, futurist speaker, analyst, commentator, and writer. Follow him on Twitter: https://bit.ly/3HaooIB or LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3r4hL4W This episode is brought to you by EthicsGrade, an ESG Ratings agency with a particular focus on Technology Governance, especially AI Ethics. You can find more information about EthicsGrade here: https://www.ethicsgrade.io/ You can also follow EthicsGrade on Twitter (@EthicsGrade) and LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/2JCiQOg Connect with Us: Join our Slack channel for more conversation about the big ethics issues that rise from AI: https://bit.ly/3jVdNov Follow Are You A Robot? on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook: @AreYouARobotPod Follow our LinkedIn page: https://bit.ly/3gqzbSw Check out our website: https://www.areyouarobot.co.uk/ Resources: Towards the 100 millionth | Delta Wisdom - https://bit.ly/3r5lyz1 Smartphones and beyond | Lessons from the remarkable rise and fall of Symbian - https://bit.ly/3o6EMT7 The Abolition of Aging | The forthcoming radical extension of healthy human longevity - https://bit.ly/34bkSz6 Vital Foresight - https://amzn.to/3r5vcSg
Feb 7, 2022
58 min
S10E04: Lloyd v Google // Ian De Freitas
Ian De Freitas joins us to discuss legal issues involving data, intellectual property, and technology. We dive into cases such as Lloyd vs Google, and Project Red Card. Interview with Ian De Freitas, Partner at Farrer and Co. You can follow him on LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/35gBG8k This episode is brought to you by EthicsGrade, an ESG Ratings agency with a particular focus on Technology Governance, especially AI Ethics. You can find more information about EthicsGrade here: https://www.ethicsgrade.io/ You can also follow EthicsGrade on Twitter (@EthicsGrade) and LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/2JCiQOg Connect with Us:   Join our Slack channel for more conversation about the big ethics issues that rise from AI: https://bit.ly/3jVdNov   Follow Are You A Robot? on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook: @AreYouARobotPod   Follow our LinkedIn page: https://bit.ly/3gqzbSw   Check out our website: https://www.areyouarobot.co.uk/ Timestamps: 0:00 Start of episode 00:12 Background to Ian de Freitas 02:22 Shoutout to our sponsors, EthicsGrade 03:40 Start of interview with Ian 07:19 Has the law been able to keep up with technological change? 08:17 Getting justice for data harms 12:18 Issues with censoring   14:58 Lloyd vs Google   28:20 Targeted ads 28:43 How to deal with a case against Big Tech? 30:15 Are Big Tech trying to do something different now? 35:32 Ian helping a client uncover all of their data 40:00 Cookies policies 48:38 How the Tech ecosystem changed with Edward Snowden? 54:18 Project Red Card 58:30 Are you a robot? Resources: Project Red Card: https://bit.ly/3ID2rCn   Lloyd vs Google: https://bit.ly/3uahj74
Jan 31, 2022
59 min
S10E03: The Decentralisation of the Internet // Davi Ottenheimer
Davi joins us to discuss how the Internet has evolved since its creation. We also dive into the issues with Facebook, and why everyone needs to deactivate their social media accounts. Interview with Davi Ottenheimer, Lead Security at Inrupt. You can check out his blog here: https://bit.ly/3Ks00nM This episode is brought to you by EthicsGrade, an ESG Ratings agency with a particular focus on Technology Governance, especially AI Ethics. You can find more information about EthicsGrade here: https://www.ethicsgrade.io/ You can also follow EthicsGrade on Twitter (@EthicsGrade) and LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/2JCiQOg Connect with Us: Join our Slack channel for more conversation about the big ethics issues that rise from AI: https://bit.ly/3jVdNov Follow Are You A Robot? on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook: @AreYouARobotPod Follow our LinkedIn page: https://bit.ly/3gqzbSw Check out our website: https://www.areyouarobot.co.uk/ Resources: Interview with Robbie Stamp: https://bit.ly/3qIPVLj “The Three-Body People” https://bit.ly/33UYaLi Mark Zuckerberg’s interview: https://bit.ly/3cHkUj5 Davi’s blog: https://bit.ly/3rD7sno
Jan 24, 2022
1 hr 10 min
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