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Human In The Loop
by RUSH Digital
🤖 Human in the Loop - Where AI Meets Human Intelligence Join us for entertaining and in-depth discussions exploring the dynamic intersection of artificial intelligence and human expertise. From emerging technologies to ethical AI development, we examine how human oversight and creativity enhance automated systems. Whether you're a tech professional, business owner, or simply curious about AI's role in society, this channel bridges the gap between complex technology and human understanding. Subscribe for weekly insights on AI, automation, and the human element that makes technology truly effective. #AI #technology #innovation #softwaredevelopment #techtalk #education #philosophy #podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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Why AI Is Rewriting Cyber Risk with George Meredith
George Meredith leads Security Technical Operations for RUSH, overseeing system quality and infrastructure security. With a Computer Systems Technology degree, Postgraduate Diploma in IT, and a PhD in Cybersecurity, George brings 15+ years of technical expertise to address privacy and security...
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Ethics at the Speed of AI with Prof. Aini Suzana Ariffin & Liz Longworth | Aotearoa AI Summit Special
Prof. Dr. Aini Suzana Ariffin is a Malaysian academic, policymaker, and global advocate for responsible artificial intelligence. Her core expertise includes AI policy and strategy development, AI governance and ethics, and AI risk and impact assessment. She led the development of Malaysia’s...
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Adoption, Ambition and Agentic: Inside Aotearoa's AI Summit
Recorded live at the Aotearoa AI Summit 2026 in Wellington, this episode brings together six voices spanning the boardroom to the hackathon floor, and ultimately considering when does the human in the loop matter most? In this episode, we hear from: Madeline Newman — Executive Director, AI Forum…
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Everyone Has an LLM. Not Everyone Has the Data with Angie Judge
Angie Judge is the Chief Data & Intelligence Officer at accesso, where she leads the vision and strategy for accesso Intelligence helping organisations across the experience economy turn data into confident decisions through predictive analytics and AI. She joined accesso following its 2026...
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Why AI Can't Do Customer Obsession with Perrin Rowland
Perrin Rowland is Chief Product & Experience Officer at academyEX. Before that she built and matured the design function at Westpac New Zealand — including their Customer Care Lab — and led user experience and CX maturity at Spark through a full agile transformation. She's taught information...
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Where AI Helps Climate Science and Where It Doesn't with Dr Neelesh Rampal
Dr Neelesh Rampal is a climate data scientist at Earth Sciences New Zealand who uses generative AI to understand how record-shattering events like the Auckland Anniversary floods will change as the planet warms. He also co-leads a global task force setting responsible standards for AI in regional...
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What Made a Tech-Hater Join NZ's Biggest Agritech Company with Malindi Maclean
Malindi MacLean is VP of Customer at Halter, the New Zealand-founded agritech company transforming farming through solar-powered smart collars for cattle. She leads Halter's Global Customer Team across Auckland, Colorado, Australia, and Argentina. Malindi began her career as a professional…
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Everyone's Asking the Wrong Question About Data Centres with Ollie Hill
Ollie Hill is the Country Manager for global energy technology leader Schneider Electric, where he spearheads operations in New Zealand, working across the systems that keep Aotearoa running. His work covers energy management, automation and digital infrastructure, as well as PDL, the electrical...
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How to Turn Law into Code with Tom Barraclough
Tom Barraclough brings a decade’s experience working inside, alongside and across from governments in law, public policy and technology. Tom is a founder and director of a tech policy think tank (the Brainbox Institute, since 2018), as well as a start-up tech company (Syncopate, since 2023)…
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Five Eyes Issue Cyber Threat Warning | The Loop Back
Join us as we Loop Back to discuss the loss of Fable and today's news where The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has warned organisations must prepare now for a significant increase in vulnerabilities from AI. It joined agencies in Five Eyes partners - Australia, the US, Canada and the UK…
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What Happens When AI Moves Faster Than the Institution with Simon Cope
Simon Cope is a Senior Lecturer in Marketing at Massey University's Auckland campus and a digital marketer with over 30 years of industry experience. He's a serial entrepreneur who has built and exited multiple businesses and has consulted to clients across more than 115 industries. At Massey,...
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Pt2 Answering M2 AI Summit Questions | The Loop Back
Join us as we Loop Back to answer the outstanding questions from our recent live podcast at the M2 AI Summit. There were so many questions that we're splitting them into two episodes and this is part two. You can hear the recording of the live episode from the M2 AI Summit:...
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Backing NZ's Space Advantages with Sheridan Broadbent
Sheridan Broadbent has spent her career moving between the boardroom, the racetrack, and now the final frontier. With a background in C-Suite and governance roles on some of New Zealand's most significant organisations and boards, she's built a reputation for bringing sharp thinking, genuine...
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Pt1 Answering M2 AI Summit Questions | The Loop Back
Join us as we Loop Back to answer the outstanding questions from our recent live podcast at the M2 AI Summit. There were so many questions that we're splitting them into two episodes and this is part one. You can hear the recording of the live episode from the M2 AI Summit:...
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How to Build Cultural Relevance in the Age of AI with Shaun Singh
Shaun Singh is the founder and CEO of Death to Stock (DTS), a visual production and licensing platform. DTS operates as a continuous production engine, releasing 400–500 new images each month, informed by an in-house cultural research team. Each image is produced as a cultural signal, something...
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A Year In The Loop | The Loop Back
This week on the Loop Back, we celebrate one year of Human in the Loop... and what a year it's been. Alaina revisits a few favourite moments from the past months of conversations with the people shaping how AI and humans work together. Follow us on Instagram: @humaninthelooppodcast Find us on...
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Is Your Business Invisible to AI? with Derrick Edward
This week we welcome back Derrick Edward who is a technical founder with deep software engineering & Al experience. He co-founded Harnex AI, an Al-native agency helping businesses adopt Al across ANZ, and now he’s building a global B2B Al platform called AuraScope so brands stay visible in the Al...
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A Bunch of AI News | The Loop Back
Join us as we Loop Back to clarify comments and claims from last week's episode, as well as chat about any new news from the world of tech and AI. · SpaceX secures option to buy Cursor: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/21/spacex-cursor-ai-startup · Vibe Code Cleaner blog:...
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A Positive & Practical Take on AI with James Bergin from Xero
James Bergin is EGM Technology Research & Advocacy at Xero, leading the company’s exploration of emerging technologies and their impact on small business. He has a background in technology strategy, enterprise architecture, and digital innovation leadership. James is an active member of…
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Daft Punk, Vibe UI/Design & 3D Printing | The Loop Back
Join us as we Loop Back to clarify comments and claims from last week's episode, as well as chat about any new news from the world of tech and AI. · Dissect Podcast season on Daft Punk: https://open.spotify.com/show/2b025hq3gJ17tQdxS3aV43 · Google Stitch: https://stitch.withgoogle.com/ · Are dogs...
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Automating Lending Advice Without Losing the Human Touch with Geoff Christopher
Geoff Christopher is a financial advisor and co-founder of Afterburner, a rapidly growing AI platform that automates the admin-heavy parts of mortgage and lending advice so advisers can focus on real client conversations and outcomes. He brings a wealth of cross-industry experience spanning...
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Embracing the Potential of Youth with the Graeme Dingle Foundation | Podcasthon 2026
Sir Graeme Dingle KNZM, MBE and Jo-anne Wilkinson, Lady Dingle CNZM, LLB, are adventurers, leaders and passionate champions for young people in Aotearoa. Sir Graeme is one of New Zealand’s most recognised explorers and mountaineers, known for decades of challenging expeditions and first ascents...
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Prioritizing Innovation in Enterprise with Scott Bishop
Scott Bishop is Chief Commercial Officer at Awanui Group, New Zealand's largest diagnostic testing provider, where he drives growth strategy, data innovation, and new service development. Originally from the United States, Scott has been in Aotearoa since 2015 and has built a reputation for...
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International Women's Day | The Loop Back
This Loop Back is a special episode where we touch on the challenges and opportunities for women in tech, in advance of this month's International Women's Day. RUSH Head of People & Performance, Heather Polaschek, shares some recent stats and observations about what's working and what needs more...
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A New Approach to Career Guidance with Craig Boxall
Craig Boxall is Chief Product Officer & Founder of Nexties, an education technology venture focused on helping learners and organisations build future-ready skills. Alongside this, he is involved with Liven Labs, where he brings together his experience in AI-driven product innovation, venture...
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Plaud, Resist & Unsubscribe, Personal vs Business Logins | The Loop Back
Join us as we Loop Back to clarify comments and claims from last week's episode, as well as chat about any new news from the world of tech and AI. · Plaud Notetaker (not sponsored) https://www.plaud.ai/ · Resist & Unsubscribe https://www.resistandunsubscribe.com/ Follow us on Instagram:...
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Beyond the Hype: AI, Robotics, and Infrastructure Reality Check
In this episode, Alaina, Danu, and Hamish trade their usual guest format for a freewheeling conversation about what actually mattered in AI and tech over the past year, and what was just noise. From infrastructure realities like RAM shortages and power grid constraints to the hype around...
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The Ever-Evolving Gaming Industry with Sam Ramlu & Euge Eastlake
Sam Ramlu and Euge Eastlake are creative technology entrepreneurs and leaders, with more than two decades creating digital, AR, VR and immersive experiences. Starting with creative technology studio Method in 2003, their portfolio of businesses now includes AR/VR game studio M Theory and game...
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Tech You Should Care About with Lucy Blakiston
In May 2022 we hosted our first ever "live podcast" during Techweek before we officially had a podcast... And we were so lucky to have the incredible Lucy Blakiston from SYSCA as our guest, in conversation with Danu. Back then events were being paused due to COVID (as we found out first hand), AI...
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How to Un-Suck New Zealand's Productivity with Holly Knill
Holly Knill is a product development, commercial and customer value specialist with a recently completed Master's in AI for productivity improvement from academy EX. She’s worked with corporates and start-ups seeking growth and sits at the intersection of finance, strategy, product, policy, sales...
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Masterchef, Mental Health Apps & Prions | The Loop Back
Join us as we Loop Back to clarify comments and claims from last week's episode, as well as chat about any new news from the world of tech and AI. · Fäviken Sweden https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%A4viken · Deborah Ann Woll Teaches Jon Bernthal Dungeons and Dragons...
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Building Resilience in High-Pressure Teams with Tim Read | Episode 28 | Human In The Loop
This episode includes discussion of mental health struggles, depression and suicide. Please take care while listening. Tim Read works at the intersection of hospitality, mental health and operational excellence. He’s been a physiotherapist, a Masterchef New Zealand winner, a book writer, a head...
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Flocks, Paradoxes & Proximal Development | Episode 27 | The Loop Back
Join us as we Loop Back to clarify comments and claims from last week's episode, as well as chat about any new news from the world of tech and AI. ChatGPT has become Nickelback: https://scientistseessquirrel.wordpress.com/2024/11/05/chatgpt-has-become-nickelback/ Spurious Correlations:...
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Copywriter Versus AI with Mark Easterbrook
Mark Easterbrook is an independent Creative Director and Copywriter who works on brand and marketing projects for creative agencies and direct clients. He also dabbles in education, running occasional writing workshops and teaching part time at AUT; and volunteers with a couple of arts and social...
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Elon on Rogan, Shameless Self Promotion | Episode 25 | The Loop Back
Join us as we Loop Back to clarify comments and claims from last week's episode, as well as chat about any new news from the world of tech and AI. 3blue1brown https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjZofJX0v4M Please Subscribe! We would love that very much. Follow us on Instagram: @humaninthelooppodcast...
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Digital Transformation Lessons with Andrea Scown
Andrea Scown is the Chief Executive Officer of Mitre 10, recognised as the first female and first internal appointment to lead the iconic Kiwi home improvement retailer. With decades of experience across retail, private equity, and customer experience, Andrea has guided Mitre 10 through an...
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Engineering Leadership in the AI Era with Vindhya Joseph
Vindhya Joseph specialises in developing scalable technology solutions for large organisations, drawing on her academic foundation in information systems and technology management from Oregon State University. Currently an enterprise architect at Foodstuffs, she brings a wealth of experience to...
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ADHD, Neurospicy Workplaces & Diagnosis Chat | Episode 22 | The Loop Back
This Loop Back is a special episode where we focus (lol) on neurodivergence, in particular ADHD as October is ADHD Awareness month. Fellow RUSH teamies Tej, Patricia and Sam share their experiences living with - or working alongside - ADHD brains. For more info and resources check out: ADHD NZ:...
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Defining Values in the AI Age with Camelia Petrus
Camelia Petrus is an Organisational Psychologist and Ethical Workplace specialist, known for delivering science-backed keynotes on ethical leadership, Emotional Intelligence, and human behaviour. With a Postgraduate Diploma in Psychology and certifications in coaching, Emotional Intelligence,...
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AI Content vs Trends, How to Signal Trust & Productivity Problems | The Loop Back
Join us as we Loop Back to clarify comments and claims from last week's episode, as well as chat about any new news from the world of tech and AI. Hidden AI Text:...
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The Future of Patient Care with Bindi Norwell
Bindi Norwell is a highly accomplished New Zealand business leader, currently serving as the Group Chief Executive of ProCare, a major healthcare provider in New Zealand, and JV Health Accelerator co-chair. With over 25 years of experience across sectors such as health, property, professional...
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NPM Compromise, Cyber Crime & Image Cataloguing | The Loop Back
Join us as we Loop Back to clarify comments and claims from last week's episode, as well as chat about any new news from the world of tech and AI. NPM compromise: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/advocatemack_npm-supplychain-infosec-activity-7370963757939855360-mlir Fei Fei Li:...
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Extracting Meaningful Value from Data & AI with Ben Liebert
Ben Liebert is the founder and "Data Guy" behind SyncHub, a data-extraction tool which automates the process of pulling data from popular SaaS platforms like HubSpot, Pipedrive, Xero, and others into a relational database for easy query and reporting. We discuss: - why your AI output is only as...
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MITs new AI Report, Cold LLMs, Boat drama & Halter for bees?
Join us as we Loop Back to clarify comments and claims from last week's episode, as well as chat about any new news from the world of tech and AI. MIT latest study: https://fortune.com/2025/08/18/mit-report-95-percent-generative-ai-pilots-at-companies-failing-cfo/ RLHF:...
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Architecting Networks Where Failure Isn’t an Option with Brad Terpstra
Brad Terpstra is a backend systems and communications engineering leader with roots in high-performance sport and large-scale IoT. As an avid sailor, Brad architected resilient networks & systems for American Magic’s America’s Cup campaign, and is now scaling Halter’s on-farm communications…
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Post-Grad Degrees, Privilege & Hiring | The Loop Back
Join us as we Loop Back to clarify comments and claims from last week's episode, as well as chat about any new news from the world of tech and AI. Follow us on Instagram: @humaninthelooppodcast Find us on LinkedIn: Alaina: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alaina-luxmoore/ Hamish:...
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How to Navigate the Next 5 Years with Danu Abeysuriya
Hamish is away, so Alaina puts Danu on the spot with a thought experiment; how would you plan for the next 5 years if you were... - a high schooler - an undergrad - employee 8 at a tech start up - a hiring manager - board member / in governance - a person who doesn't use AI regularly Follow us on...
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Population Decline, Wealth & AI Bias | The Loop Back
Join us as we Loop Back to clarify comments and claims from last week's episode, as well as chat about any new news from the world of tech and AI. Article about global declining birth rates: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clynq459wxg Blog about the Great Wealth Transfer:...
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The AI Imperative with Frances Valintine
Frances Valintine CNZM is a prominent futurist, technologist, author and entrepreneur, known for her contributions to education and technology in Aotearoa and beyond. She is best known as the founder and chair of The Mind Lab and Tech Futures Lab (now consolidated under academyEX), organisations...
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Roy Kent, AI Art & Patronage | The Loop Back
Join us as we Loop Back to clarify comments and claims from last week's episode, as well as chat about any new news from the world of tech and AI. Facts and Stats on AI Photography: https://aestheticsofphotography.com/facts-and-stats-on-ai-photography-how-ai-is-reshaping-visual-creation/ French...
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🤖 Human in the Loop - Where AI Meets Human Intelligence
Join us for entertaining and in-depth discussions exploring the dynamic intersection of artificial intelligence and human expertise.
From emerging technologies to ethical AI development, we examine how human oversight and creativity enhance automated systems. Whether you're a tech professional, business owner, or simply curious about AI's role in society, this channel bridges the gap between complex technology and human understanding.
Subscribe for weekly insights on AI, automation, and the human element that makes technology truly effective.
#AI #technology #innovation #softwaredevelopment #techtalk #education #philosophy #podcast
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