A Spoonful of Data

Welcome to our latest episode, and the first in a short miniseries of episodes in which we delve into some of the complexities of bias in connection with technology and, specifically, AI.

What does this have to do with witches and/or potatoes? You will have to listen to find out!

As ever - although Will and Mona are lawyers, this podcast is an expression of their personal opinions and intended for general informational purposes only. It should not be relied on for legal advice.

We are very excited this week to be bringing you a full length interview with Dr Susie Alegre, who joined Mona and Will to talk about her recent book - "Human Rights, Robot Wrongs: Being Human in the Age of AI"

It was a fascinating discussion, although there is a trigger warning on this episode for some of the darker topics that conversations about AI can include (themes include: suicide, child exploitation).

As ever, the podcast is provided for information only. Although Will and Mona are both lawyers, nothing said in this episode should be relied on as legal advice.

In a first for the podcast, Mona and Will went on the road to take part in the Leeds Digital Festival recently. This is the live recording of their episode all about AI in education (our first ever live episode, so apologies for the slightly patchy audio in places!).

It's a bumper-length episode, including some questions from the studio audience, and a really wide-ranging discussion about the issues which arise when we talk about deploying AI in schools and universities. What a way to kick off our new season of episodes!

If there are topics you'd like us to discuss, do get in touch on social media (@aspoonfulofdata) or email ([email protected]). While Will and Mona are both lawyers, this podcast is for general information purposes only and not intended as legal advice.

And just like that our mini-series of summer specials is over, much too soon (like all the best parts of a summer holiday!) 

Will's top tip is to stave off the back to work blues by booking another holiday, and he and Mona are talking about a range of AI tools that promises to be able to help with just that task. Some of them might even be genuinely helpful!

We hope you've enjoyed this mini-series and look forward to being back with a full series in the autumn. Now what are you doing hanging around listening to podcasts? Get out in the sunshine while there still is some!

As ever - all opinions are their own and not the views of their firm. These podcasts are provided for general information, and are not legal advice.

It's summer time and Mona and Will are back with a short series of seasonal specials, something for you to enjoy on your travels or on quiet days in the office while everyone else is on holiday!

As promised at the end of our last episode, we kick this one off with discussion of an AI tool which promises (although maybe not very convincingly) to help us to get better at relationships! Something we thought was likely to be particularly in demand as people spend more time with their nearest and dearest over the summer break!

As ever - all opinions are their own and not the views of their firm. These podcasts are provided for general information, and are not legal advice.

Forgive our excitement, but we had to let you know about this upcoming event - a live recording of an upcoming podcast episode! It's going to be part of the Leeds Digital Festival in September, so if you are in the Leeds area, and interested in AI (particularly in an education context) why not come along and join the audience?

Details are here: https://leedsdigitalfestival.org/events/we-dont-need-no-ai-education/ We'll hope to see you there!

It's summer time and Mona and Will are back with a short series of seasonal specials, something for you to enjoy on your travels or on quiet days in the office while everyone else is on holiday!

In this Summer Spoonful, Mona's trash TV viewing has an unexpected side effect, prompting a discussion about using AI assistants to keep an eye on the children during the long (long) summer holidays, and highlighting some of the dangers of ubiquitous surveillance technology. 

As ever - all opinions are their own and not the views of their firm. These podcasts are provided for general information, and are not legal advice.

It's summer time and Mona and Will are back with a short series of seasonal specials, something for you to enjoy on your travels or on quiet days in the office while everyone else is on holiday!

This Summer Spoonful focuses on a topic that's likely to be relevant to many of us - using crowd-sourced information to choose restaurants, hotels and holiday excursions, and the dangers of the rising tide of AI-generated fake reviews.

As ever - all opinions are their own and not the views of their firm. These podcasts are provided for general information, and are not legal advice.

Will and Mona have been having a break (aka focused on their day jobs), but it's summer time and they're back with a short series of seasonal specials, something for you to enjoy on your travels or on quiet days in the office while everyone else is on holiday!

In this first Summer Spoonful: it's the Olympics, and trust Mona to have found an AI-related angle to provide an excuse to talk about them!

As ever - all opinions are their own and not the views of their firm. These podcasts are provided for general information, and are not legal advice.

Today Mona and Will are celebrating reaching ten full episodes of the podcast, with a fun discussion of their top five fictional AI's (together with a run-down of the audience's favourite 5 as well!)

If you ever wondered which famous AI was once burned at the stake, or which was the best violinist, this is definitely the podcast for you!