EPISODE · Mar 4, 2026 · 46 MIN
Rage Against the Machine? AI and Its Discontents
from IRELAND'S EDGE
The internet has become a very different place thanks to the rise of AI, with automated content, generative bots, and dynamic algorithms changing the nature of our online world. For many, 'artificial intelligence' is the route to a better future, but for others, it is a regulatory nightmare metastasizing toxic bias. So are new technologies improving our online world, or contributing to its 'enshittification', and how do their effects filter through to our offline real lives?With Carole Cadwalladr, Investigative journalist and writer; Niamh McIntyre, Senior reporter at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and Roisin Kiberd, Writer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The internet has become a very different place thanks to the rise of AI, with automated content, generative bots, and dynamic algorithms changing the nature of our online world. For many, 'artificial intelligence' is the route to a better future, but for others, it is a regulatory nightmare metastasizing toxic bias. So are new technologies improving our online world, or contributing to its 'enshittification', and how do their effects filter through to our offline real lives?With Carole Cadwalladr, Investigative journalist and writer; Niamh McIntyre, Senior reporter at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and Roisin Kiberd, Writer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Rage Against the Machine? AI and Its Discontents
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