The Boundless Podcast

“With neural lace, machines will slow down in order to be able to communicate with our brain, then go away, perform lightening calculations and then come back with a result communicated at a rate we can understand. We are advancing human capabilities through machines because we can't evolve quick enough biologically, but I don't see any need for us to change, to be like machines or to match them. This is not about augmentation, just tools that we're creating for our own benefit.”

This is a conversation with Carl Robinson. Carl is the founder and host of the Voice Tech Podcast, a popular podcast about voice technology. A former chatbot product manager and voice-AI data scientist, he is now building Rumble Studio, a podcast creation service with a twist: human-machine conversations.

In this episode, Carl describes how conversations between humans and artificial intelligence can unlock new opportunities in society and business. Conversations, that will take place using natural language as AI grows more competent and compassionate.

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“I’m looking at how companies are using AI to create echo chambers and personalized content which pushes people towards certain results. For me, Microsoft is actually one of the better tech companies, so firing journalists and using AI for content curation is a clash in my mind where they saying one thing about ethics, but doing something else.”

This is a conversation with Merve Hickok. Merve is the Founder of aiethicist.org and Lighthouse Career Consulting. She advocates, teaches, speaks, writes, on ethical AI and its social justice implications.

In this episode, Merve explores the move by Microsoft to replace dozens of journalists and curators with AI algorithms for its MSN homepage, and whether acts like this will increase polarisation of views and pull users deeper into the digital echo chamber.

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“There has been big news about, Oh, there is no toilet paper. I agree. If you go to the big names, it wasn't there. I went to the local shops, and they had racks full of it. Why? Because corporate supply chains are finely tuned towards a certain goal: NOT to meet the customer needs, but to source toilet roll from wherever possible as long as they make that profit, that's where it stops. No profit, no roll.”

This is a conversation with Raj Balasundaram. Raj is a Digital Marketing Evangelist and Artificial Intelligence Marketing aficionado. He is a tech storyteller, mentor and teacher simplifying complex digital challenges into common sense.

In this episode, Raj talks about how AI is used in our supply chains to ensure profits for the retailers and why this meant that for a period of time we had no toilet roll. He makes a strong call for change and why this is important for our supply chain resilience and our planet.

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“Executive profiles on LinkedIn are still very corporate, but COVID-19 has made it clear that you need to put something human in your bio. I know so many people that help charities and give back. You see them light up when they talk about it, but hardly ever do they put that in their profile. It’s a missed opportunity to help you better connect with people.”

This is a conversation with Bob Barker. Bob studied personal digital skills for the past 20 years, his passion is helping people with digital competence, so that we can operate better, be more productively and use technology to our advantage.

In this episode, Bob talks about exercising our digital competency muscles, having the courage to ask for technical help and being more human in how we present ourselves to the world.

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“When thinking big, overwhelm can be a problem. Working until exhaustion and mental wellness become issues. We just have to take it day by day and give ourselves a break. I've been drastically hard on myself when it comes to achievement. But it’s about creating a sense of acceptance that like it's okay to have quiet weeks and enjoy shutting down the laptop.”

This is a conversation with Jack O'Connor. Jack currently serves as the UN Youth Delegate for Ireland. Jack takes a very keen interest in all facets of sustainable development - through diplomatic work, business development and innovation, and policy coherence.

In this episode, Jack talks about his experiences at the United Nations, how to think big and avoid feeling overwhelmed when you do so. He tells us what he thinks about the international leaders he’s met and how he stays grounded ahead of life spent catalysing positive change.

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“For me, AI ethics follows AI robustness. Remember, in the nineties Europe let the US dominate the internet. If AI ethics boards in Europe slow down our progress, we will just pass the AI ball on to China to show us what the future is. We need AI ethical reviews for sure, but it may be better for that to come a bit later in development.”

This is a conversation with Michael Berns. Michael is a Director at PwC where he leads the AI and FinTech Practice. He is an AI Thought Leader & FinTech Veteran, with 17 years of international experience on five continents. His "AI in Financial Services" PwC study, (with 150 participants) was released on May 11th this year.

In this episode, Michael explains that the variation in digital and AI readiness still varies too much around Europe and the globe. He talks about AI ethics and how AI is being used in FinTech, including the mindset difference between challenger and legacy banks.

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This is a conversation with Tom Taulli. Tom is a technology author, speaker, and advisor. He co-founded a variety of companies, including; Hypermart.net, WebIPO and BizEquity. He is also a contributor to Forbes.com and author of the book, Artificial Intelligence Basics: A Non-Technical Introduction.

In this episode, Tom explains how AI and Edge computing will exponentially grow from the implementation of 5g networks. He talked about compute power, security and why he likes Tesla so much.

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This is a conversation with Dr Paul Piwek. Paul gained his PhD at the Institute for Perception Research with his thesis entitled Logic, Information & Conversation. Currently, he is an Associate Professor in computing at the Open University.

In this episode, Paul explains the rationale behind a new AI project that has just received funding called ‘Opening Up Minds: Engaging Dialogue Generated From Argument Maps’. This project will use AI argue-bots to help people process, understand, reason with, argue about and ultimately, make better decisions with information. These bots will call on Natural Language Processing, Natural Language Generation and Dialogue Modelling and the project will also investigate the role of inference, reasoning and argumentation in communication.

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This is a conversation with Dr Nick Reed: Nick was previously the Head of Mobility R&D at the world's largest automotive supplier and has led Connected Autonomous Vehicle research for the UK's Transport Research Laboratory. Now Nick is the founder of Reed Mobility, an expert consultancy for future mobility.

In this episode, Nick tells us everything we need to know about the state of connected, electric, and autonomous vehicles, and how COVID-19 is showing that the transportation needs of the future may be very different from the past.

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This is a conversation with Tonii Leach, Tonii is a PhD researcher in the Centre for Computing and Social Responsibility at De Montfort University. Her research focuses on the impact of science fiction narratives on global AI policy. She is also a Research Assistant to both the Global AI Narratives project at the University of Cambridge, and to the Ethics Support work package of the Human Brain Project, based at De Montfort University.

In this episode, Tonii explains how and why AI science fiction has caused mistrust and misunderstanding of what AI is and what AI does. She points out that we should be far more concerned about the use of our personal data, than of AI taking over any time soon.

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