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The Foil
by The Foil Podcast
The Foil podcast discusses the data age—what it means for you and what it could mean for us all. Kristi Mansfield and Adam Peaston talk with leaders in the fields of data science, machine learning, artificial intelligence, public policy and social change about the power of data as a tool to benefit society. We also discuss the opportunities and risks, and how we can deal with them. www.thefoil.ai www.seerdata.ai Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Diversity for AI
Steve Nouri is the Founder of AI4Diversity, a non-profit global initiative that engages and educated diverse communities about AI to benefit society, and Founder and Chair of Hackmakers a global hackathon bringing hackers together to collaborate on impactful innovation challenges. Steve is a...
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Regulation to defend democracy from Big Tech
Chris Cooper is a cultural anthropologist and Executive Director at Reset Australia, the Australian affiliate to the international Reset network and think tank working to drive public policy to tackle digital threats to democracy. Chris is also Senior Campaign Director at Purpose, an…
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Disinformation, Democracy & Elections
Katie Harbath is a global leader at the intersection of elections, democracy, civic and tech. Katie was the public policy director at Facebook for 10 years and is credited with building out and leading a global team responsible for managing elections. She played a significant role in getting...
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Responsible Tech & Human Rights in AI
In our first Episode of our Responsible Tech Series in the lead up to the Australian Federal Election, we speak with Edward Santow who is the Industry Professor for Responsible Tech at the University of Technology in Sydney. Prior to his current role, Ed was the Australian Human Rights...
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Quorum Breaker
State Rep. Claudia Ordaz Perez represents Texas’s House District 76 in El Paso County. She is the former Mayor Pro Tempore and City Councilwoman for the City of El Paso, where she was an advocate for working parents and family caregivers. At City Council, she was successful in creating local...
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Dreaming a Bigger Story
Joe Couch is a narrative designer, storyteller and Founder of fast growing start-up, Omelia. Omelia is a narrative engine to develop our future stories. Joe and his Co-founder, Kate Armstrong-Smith, have created a suite of narrative design tools powered by the Omelia Engine to enhance...
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Data is Power
Stefaan Verhulst is Co-Founder and Chief of Research and Development at The GovLab, New York University. Stefan founded GovLab with the goal of strengthening the ability of institutions and people to work more openly, collaboratively, effectively, and legitimately to make better decisions and…
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Virtual Reality Sexual Assault, AI Risks to Women & Bias
On International Women’s Day we celebrate by speaking with Dr Catriona Wallace who is a mother and a global leader in AI ethics. She sits on numerous boards and educates leaders around the world on mitigating unintended harms from AI. Catriona discusses the recent emergence of metaverses…
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Australia's Data Front Door
Andrew Lalor is Assistant Secretary, Data & Digital, at Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (PM&C). In this Episode, Andrew describes his journey through the Australian Public Service (APS) and development of his passion for data analytics and data governance. At PM&C Andrew works with…
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Public Benefit Machine Learning, Question Equity & Place-based Data
Tamsin Coryn-Wyllie is a project manager, community development leader, and data consultant. Her interest in systems change was ignited whilst working with young people who were falling through the cracks in the education system. She transitioned to community and international development and...
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Skepticism, Misinformation & Heretical Problem Solving
Dr Linda McIver is Founder and Executive Director at the Australian Data Science Education Institute, and author of Raising Heretics: Teaching Kids to Change the World. In this Episode, Linda describes her early interest in the science of biology, and her migration to a degree in Computer Science...
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Access for all, Ai-enhanced Storytelling & Big Tech
Deanne Weir is a lawyer, philanthropist, investor and Chair of AI-Media and Seer Data & Analytics. Deanne invests in founders and storytellers who are changing the world. In this Episode, we talk with Deanne about her early life as a young woman in Horsham in Victoria, her career in pay tv, and…
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Astrophysics, AI for Better Grantmaking and Altruistic Pursuit
Dr Paola Oliva-Altamirano is an accomplished astrophysicist and data scientist who pivoted her academic career researching the evolution of galaxies to the social sector where she now brings data science for benefit of society. In this episode, we talk with Paola about breaking gender stereotypes...
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Independents for democracy and civil society
Ahead of next year’s federal election, Kylea Tink has announced her candidacy as North Sydney’s Independent Candidate for Canberra. A blue ribbon seat held by the Liberal Party for 100 years, Kylea is campaigning on issues that matter to people in her electorate like urgent action on climate...
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Data Science for government and society
Dr Ian Oppermann is the NSW Government Chief Data Scientist working within the Department of Customer Service, Seer Data & Analytics Board Director and Industry Professor at University of Technology Sydney (UTS). Ian shares the story of his journey from telecommunications to Data Science and the...
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Changing the authorising environment for local communities and a data-driven destiny
Natalie Egleton is the CEO of FRRR (Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal). In this Episode, we talk with Nat about the role of data to support regional and rural community groups to change the authorising environment and put the power back into the hands of local groups to get a seat at the...
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What is Crypto, an NFT and the Metaverse, and what could it all mean?
Nick Abrahams is the Global Leader of Technology & Innovation for Norton Rose Fulbright. In this episode, we talk with Nick about the remarkable mainstreaming of cryptocurrency and what it means. We talk about crypto-related ETFs; what they are and why the first listing on the ASX of this type of...
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Cognition, Cold Homes & Data to Transform Health & Housing Policy
Dr Toby Cumming, formerly research Fellow at the National Ageing Research Institute and the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, talks with us about his early career and recent pivot to research manager at Sustainability Victoria working on the Victorian Healthy Homes Program. Toby...
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Algorithms, Data & Constructing a Model of the World Explained
Adam and Kristi discuss the power and importance of algorithms. Adam describes the experience of watching a machine learn in real time. We discuss our essay An algorithm for altruism in which we observe worsening wealth inequality globally and particularly the recent trend of declining standards…
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The Impossible Picture, Dark Matter & Asking the Simple Question
In this episode of The Foil Podcast we’re joined by Professor Alan Duffy, Astronomer / Astrophysicist / Cosmologist and Director of the Space Technology and Industry Institute at Swinburne University. We hear from Alan about what inspired him to study the universe on its largest scales. Alan…
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The Foil podcast discusses the data age—what it means for you and what it could mean for us all. Kristi Mansfield and Adam Peaston talk with leaders in the fields of data science, machine learning, artificial intelligence, public policy and social change about the power of data as a tool to benefit society. We also discuss the opportunities and risks, and how we can deal with them.
www.thefoil.ai
www.seerdata.ai
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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