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  • School's Out for Summer

    We're taking a little break for the summer, but we'll be back in the fall with season 2 with more great episodes. In the mean time, check us out on all the socials. 

    1 min
  • What Happens When Your Face is Everywhere?
    On this episode TJ and I discuss facial recognition, but not the Big Brother kind. In a world where we all constantly upload images of our faces to the social media platforms, it's not so much Big Brother that is to blame, but Little Brother. What happens when you commit sedition and your selfies litter the web? Spoiler alert, nothing good.
    48 min
  • The Firing of Timnit Gebru: Representation in AI
    The firing of Timnit Gebru caused a stir at Google and the tech community at large. How do we create ethical artificial intelligence? How do we make sure that the products we build reflect and serve the entirety of humankind and not just a select group of well connected, well-off white people? That's a difficult issue to solve, but we do know is how you don't do that, by firing one of the few people of color working in AI ethics. Happy Black History Month, ya'll.
    33 min
  • Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam ... Spamalot

    On this episode we discuss spam, no not the canned meat-like product, but the scourge of your email inbox. Spam, though not as top of mind as it once was, is still a significant problem. According to Campaign Monitor, nearly 60 billion junk or spam emails will be sent each day in the next 4 years. 

    For some context, there are only 7.8 billion people in the world. That works out to nearly 8 spam emails for every person on the planet per day for four straight years. That's massive. For email providers, AI plays a major role in curtailing the spam messages we all receive. As it turns out, AI can actually be our friend. Who knew?

    42 min
  • The Dilemma with the Social Dilemma

    On this episode, TJ and I take a deep dive into the Netflix documentary, The Social Dilemma. The documentary outlines the impact social media networks like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter have had on our everyday lives. And yes, there are algorithms involved. We talk about both the film as a piece or art and the questions it raises. 

    46 min
  • Pre-Crime Unit: Does Predictive Policing Work?
    Police around the country in departments large and small have been using algorithms to, in their words, identify crime hot spots and more efficiently and effectively allocate scarce resources and manpower. But is it working? Critics say these systems merely perpetuate racial bias and over policing of minority neighborhoods. On this episode, we discuss these issues.
    48 min

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Algorithms are behind much in our lives that we take for granted. Often we think of them as fair and objective, but are they? This podcast explores the often “black box” of algorithms.