Burning Platforms

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  • Science Friction with Anna-Maria Arabia

    The CEO of the new Australian Council on AI Strategy on the big decisions and competing trade-offs facing Australia and where scientists fit in the conversation.

    Panelists Australian Writers Guild CEO Claire Pullen, Health Engine CEO Dan Stinton and per Capita’s Peter Lewis also discuss. 

    • is the Parliamentary Inquiry AI actually worth it?
    • should AI be in your fridge?
    • And whether mathematics is dead.
    • For background material go to https://burningplatforms.substack.com/

      42 min
    • Digging for Truth with Craig Silverman

      The co-founder of Indicator on how lies have taken over the internet and what we can all do to build a better information ecosystem.   

      Also this week:

      • Culture wars over digital duty of care
      • AI as an intellectual hot dog
      • and what the Firmus flop could mean for datacentres
      • For show notes go to: https://burningplatforms.substack.com/

        47 min
      • Open Season with Simon Kriss

        As Open AI apologises to Australia the CEO of Sovereign AI takes us through the relative merits of open weight, open source and closed AI models.

         

        Regular panellists Digital Rights Watch chair Lizzie O’Shea, Health Engine CEO Dan Stinong and Pert Capita’s peter Lewis also discuss

        • the downsides of live-streaming amateur basketball
        • Anthropic’s consultations with God
        • and the rapid release of consumer agents
        • For show notes go to Burning Platforms on substack - https://burningplatforms.substack.com/

          46 min
        • Rearview Mirror with Matt Finch

          As Australia confronts the Open AI hack on Medicare we are joined by an expert in strategic foresight to explore how we can confront  the AI revolution with the benefit of hindsight.

          Panellists Digital Rights Watch chair Lizzie O’Shea, ABC national AI reporter Cam Wilson and Per Capita’s Peter Lewis also discuss:

          • whether AI models can get drunk
          • is it time for an AI Pause?
          • and Audrey Tang’s call for a citizen jury to guide AI
          • For show notes go to Burning Platforms on substack - https://burningplatforms.substack.com/

             

            47 min
          • Tame Your Feed with Agata Stepnik

            The Sydney University scholar explains how people can train their algorithms to get a better online experience and what it means to the Digital Duty of Care.

            Regular panellists Digital Rights Watch chair Lizzie O’Shea, Health Engine CEO Dan Stinton and Per Capita’s Peter Lewis also discuss:

            • Frontier Tech’s global reckoning
            • Open AI’s massive content heist
            • and the Australian bros building a global slop empire
            • For cuts and curios from this week’s show go to Burning Platforms on Substack

              49 min
            • Care Package with Sarah Davies

              The CEO of the Alannah and Madeline Foundation gives her verdict on  the government’s new Digital Duty of care laws.

              Regular panellists Digital Rights Watch chair Lizzie O’Shea, Health Engine CEO Dan Stinton and Per Capita’s Peter Lewis also discuss:

              • the AI hyperscaler’ cry for help
              • Apple’s creepy new release
              • and the surveillance legacy of 9/11.
              • For show notes go to https://burningplatforms.substack.com/

                47 min
              • Making Sausages with Kate Chaney

                The independent MP on her community-driven plan for AI, working with government from the cross-bench and pushing the pace of reform.

                Regular panellists Digital Rights Watch chair Lizzie O’Shea, Health Engine CEO Dan Stinton and Per Capita’s Peter Lewis also discuss:

                • GetUp’s big Palantir win
                • Rogue AI latest salvo
                • and the Digital Duty of Care laws
                • For show notes go to: https://burningplatforms.substack.com/

                   

                  52 min
                • Perv Glass Half Full with Ed Santow

                  As privacy reforms gather momentum, the co-director of the Human Technology Institute walks us through the proposed changes and their implications for the digital world.

                  Regular panellists Digital Rights Watch chair Lizzie O’Shea, Health Engine CEO Dan Stinton and Per Capita’s Peter Lewis also discuss:

                  • Meta’s mega $18 billion legal settlement for harming children
                  • Hugging Face’s AI agents mutiny
                  • And the hidden cost of the AUKUS treaty
                  • For show notes go to: https://burningplatforms.substack.com/

                    50 min
                  • Duty of Care with Zoe Hawkins

                    The co-founder of the Tech Policy Design Centre on the development of new laws to hold tech companies to account for the harms of their products.

                    Regular panellists Digital Rights Watch Lizzie O’Shea, Health Engine CEO Dan Stinton and Per Capita’s Peter Lewis also dig into:

                    • The new salt mines of AI
                    • Australia’s pitch for AI sovereignty
                    • and ARIA’s purge of slop from the music charts
                    • For show notes go to: https://burningplatforms.substack.com/

                      50 min
                    • Heaps Normal with Nicholas Davis

                      The co-founder of the Human Technology lays down his megapixel provocation and challenges us to stop thinking about AI as being so different that we can’t control it.

                      Panellists Digital Rights Watch chair Lizzie O’Shea, ABC National AI Reporter Cam Wilson and Per Capita’s Peter Lewis also discuss

                      • Can Automated Decision Making work for the people?
                      • Is the Social Media Ban making things worse?
                      • Is surveillance-busting ‘adversarial fashion’ the new black?
                      • For show notes go to: https://burningplatforms.substack.com/

                        46 min

                      About Burning Platforms

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                      Welcome to Burning Platforms: De-Coding the Power and Politics of Big Tech.

                      Join Peter Lewis, Lizzie O’Shea (Digital Rights Watch), Dan Stinton (HealthEngine CEO), and guests, fortnightly…

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