Are You a Robot?

Are You a Robot?

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  • 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  

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    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

    1 hr 7 min
  • S11E1: AI and the Public Sector // Christopher Burr

    Christopher joins us to discuss his journey at The Alan Turing Institute.


    Interview with Christopher Burr, Ethics Fellow at The Alan Turing Institute. Follow him on LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3Cu5Pxw or Twitter: https://bit.ly/3hTUn4Q

    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  
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    Check out our website: https://www.areyouarobot.co.uk/

    Timestamps
    [00:00] Introduction to Christopher Burr
    [02:08] Shoutout to our sponsors, EthicsGrade
    [02:18] ESG Ratings  
    [03:25] Christopher's background
    [07:09] Potential hiccups and challenges
    [09:41] Health sector and defense sector
    [11:00] Public-Private Partnerships and funding
    [14:47] Bridging the Public-Private sectors' gap
    [16:37] Private sector potentially leapfrogging the Public sector
    [20:48] Public and Private sectors' ethical uses
    [24:04] Public sector putting AI and ML into production
    [31:40] Red flags on dubious ways of AI
    [37:07] Opportunities and risks of ML and impact on human rights democracy and the rule of law
    [47:40] Implementing AI too soon  
    [50:52] Techno-solutionism or Techno-chauvinism
    [53:34] Ethical questions around social media
    [1:07:35] Wrap up
    [1:07:59] Are you a robot?

    1 hr 9 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

    57 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/

    58 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

    1 hr
  • 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

    1 hr 19 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]

    1 hr 9 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/

    1 hr 2 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

    59 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


    1 hr

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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.