The Radical AI Podcast
by Radical AI
Radical AI is a podcast centering marginalized or otherwise radical voices in industry and the academy for dialogue, collaboration, and debate regarding the field of Artificial Intelligence Ethics and the relationship between the humanities and machine learning.
Episodes
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Stay Radical: A Final Goodbye from Dylan and Jess
The Radical AI Podcast has unfortunately reached its end. In this episode, Dylan and Jess say goodbye to the podcast and thank you listeners for your unwavering support throughout the years.
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Twitter vs. Mastodon with Johnathan Flowers
In this episode, we interview Dr. Jonathan Flowers about Twitter vs. Mastodon 101, the power dynamics of the fediverse, and potential paths forward in our digital lives. Johnathan Flowers is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at California State University, Northridge. His research areas…
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More than a Glitch, Technochauvanism, and Algorithmic Accountability with Meredith Broussard
In this episode, we discuss Meredith Broussard's influential new book, More than a Glitch: Confronting Race, Gender, and Ability Bias in Tech – published by MIT Press. Meredith is a data journalist, an associate professor at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute of New York University, a...
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The Limitations of ChatGPT with Emily M. Bender and Casey Fiesler
In this episode, we unpack: is ChatGPT Ethical? In what ways? We interview Dr. Emily M. Bender and Dr. Casey Fiesler about the limitations of ChatGPT – we cover ethical considerations, bias and discrimination, and the importance of algorithmic literacy in the face of chatbots. Emily M. Bender is…
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ChatGPT: What is it? How does it work? Should we be excited? Or scared? with Deep Dhillon
ChatGPT – what is it? How does it work? Should we be excited? Or scared? The recent natural language chatbot has been getting ALL the hype. In this episode we interview Deep Dhillon about the ins and outs of ChatGPT! Deep is the co-founder and leader of technology development at Xyonix, where his...
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Sounds, Sights, Smells, and Senses: Let’s Talk Data with Jordan Wirfs-Brock
What can our senses teach us about data? What can data teach us about our senses? In this episode, we interview Jordan Wirfs-Brock about how we can explore data through all of our senses, especially through the sense of sound. Jordan Wirfs-Brock recently completed a PhD in Information Science at...
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How to Stay Safe Online with Seyi Akiwowo
How can technology be designed to fight online abuse and harassment? What is the difference between cancel culture and appropriate accountability? How can you stay safe online? In this episode we interview Seyi Akiwowo to discuss her newly released book: How to Stay Safe Online: A digital…
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Data Privacy and Women’s Rights with Rebecca Finlay
What is the reality of data privacy after the overruling of Roe v. Wade? In this episode, we interview Rebecca Finlay about protecting user data privacy and human rights, following the US Supreme Court ruling of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. Rebecca Finlay is the CEO of the...
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Digital Lethargy with Tung-Hui Hu
What is Digital Lethargy? How can we adapt to an age of disconnection? How can art act as a force of resistance? In this episode we interview Tung-Hui Hu about digital exhaustion in the modern day, and his new upcoming book from MIT Press: “Digital Lethargy: Dispatches from an Age of...
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Should the Government use AI? with Shion Guha
How does the government use algorithms? How do algorithms impact social services, policing, and other social services? And where does Silicon Valley fit in? In this episode we interview Shion Guha about how governments adopt algorithms to enforce public policy. Shion is an Assistant Professor in...
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Envisioning a Decolonial Digital Mental Health with Sachin Pendse, Munmun De Choudhury, and Neha Kumar
In this episode we have a panel discussion about decolonial digital mental health with three leading experts on the topic: Sachin Pendse, Munmun De Choudhury, and Neha Kumar Sachin is a PhD student in Human-Centered Computing at Georgia Tech, researching the role that technology plays in…
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Visualizing Our Lives Through Data with Jaime Snyder
How do we see ourselves in data? What is self-tracking and how can we design for visualizing the data of our bodies and mental health? How do we make visualized data more accessible? In this episode, we interview Jaime Snyder about the data visualization of COVID, mental health, and more. Jaime...
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Let’s Talk About Sex: Digital Pornography and LGBTQIA+ Censorship w/ Alex Monea
What is the history of digital pornography? How do algorithms perpetuate LGBTQIA+ content censorship? What is the role that content moderation and corporate ownership plays in perpetuating misogyny and heteronormativity? In this episode, we interview Alex Monea about the history of digital...
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New Year, New You: Welcome Back to the Radical AI Podcast
Curious about where we've been and where we're going? Listen to this minisode! Dylan and Jess discuss the podcast, the new season, and much more! Full show notes for this episode can be found at radicalai.org. If you enjoy this episode please make sure to subscribe, submit a rating and review…
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Measurementality #7: Why AI Registries are Critical for Metrics of Accountability with Sara Jordan and Anand Rao
In this 7th episode of Measurementality we'll be "identifying what counts in the algorithmic age" by exploring how AI development can better engage with governance and privacy with Sara Jordan and Anand Rao Sara Jordan is Senior Researcher, Artificial Intelligence and Ethics at the Future of...
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Decolonial AI 101 with Raziye Buse Çetin
What is Decolonial AI? How can we apply a postcolonial lens to AI design? In this episode we interview Raziye Buse Çetin about Colonial, Decolonial, and Postcolonial AI -- and the Newly released Decolonial AI Manyfesto. Buse is an AI policy and ethics researcher and consultant. Her work revolves...
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Design Justice 101 with Sasha Costanza-Chock
What is Design Justice? How can we employ it to disrupt power systems supporting the matrix of domination? In this episode, we interview Sasha Costanza-Chock about the 101 of Design Justice and how we can use it as a force for collective liberation. Sasha Costanza-Chock is a researcher and…
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What Causes AI to Fail? with the AI Today Podcast
what causes AI to fail from a business/industry perspective and beyond? What metrics are used to measure and indicate failure? And how can we improve the field of AI by learning from these failures? To answer these questions we interview Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer of Cognilytica’s AI Today...
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Measurementality #6: Authentic Accountability for Successful AI with Yoav Schlesinger
In this 6th episode of Measurementality we'll be "identifying what counts in the algorithmic age" by analyzing how we can build more authentic systems of accountability for creating AI with Yoav Schlesinger. Yoav Schlesinger is the Principal of Ethical AI Practice for Salesforce.
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Predicting Mental Illness Through AI with Stevie Chancellor
How is AI used to predict mental illness? What are the benefits and challenges to its use? In this episode we interview Stevie Chancellor about AI, mental health, and the benefits and challenges of machine learning systems that are used to predict mental illness. Stevie Chancellor is an Assistant...
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Measurementality #5: Intergenerational Collaboration with Sinead Bovell
In this 5th episode of Measurementality we'll be "identifying what counts in the algorithmic age" by analyzing how existing metrics regarding youth and intergenerational collaboration are being globally measured today. To discuss this topic we interview Sinead Bovell. Sinead is the founder and…
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Indigenous AI 101 with Jason Edward Lewis
What is Indigenous AI and how might it drive our technology design and implementation? To answer this question and more in this episode we interview Jason Edward Lewis about Indigenous AI Protocols and a paper he co-authored entitled “Position Paper on Indigenous Protocol and Artificial...
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Casteist Technology and Digital Brahminism with Thenmozhi Soundararajan and Seema Hari
What is Casteist Technology and Digital Brahmanism and how can we best engage to enact change? Join 2021 Radical AI Intern Nikhil Dharmaraj as he interviews Thenmozhi Soundararajan and Seema Hari about technology, casteism, and surveillance. Thenmozhi Soundararajan is a Dalit rights artist,...
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Measurementality #4: What are we Optimizing for? with Laura Musikanski and Jonathan Stray
In this 4th episode of Measurementality we'll be "identifying what counts in the algorithmic age" by analyzing how existing metrics regarding human wellbeing along with environmental flourishing are being globally measured today. Laura Musikanski is the Executive Director of The Happiness…
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Feminist AI 101 with Eleanor Drage and Kerry Mackereth
What is Feminist AI and how and why should we design and implement it? To answer this question and more in this episode we interview Eleanor Drage and Kerry Mackereth about the ins and outs of Feminist AI. Eleanor and Kerry are both postdoctoral researchers who are working on the “Gender and...
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Decentralizing AI with Divya Siddarth
What is decentralized AI and how and why should we design and implement it? To answer this question and more in this episode we interview Divya Siddarth about decentralizing AI, democratization, and how we can utilize the logic of social movements to influence our technology design. Divya…
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Killer Robots and Value Sensitive Design with Steven Umbrello
What is Value Sensitive Design and how can it inform the development and deployment of killer robots and autonomous weapon systems? On this week's episode we welcome Steven Umbrello to the show. Steven Umbrello currently serves as the Managing Director at the Institute for Ethics and Emerging...
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Measurementality #3: Counting Mental Health and Caregiving in Technology and AI
In this 3rd episode of Measurementality, we discuss mental health, wellness, indicators, metrics, and designing for the future with invited guests Amandeep Gill and Riane Eisler. Riane Eisler is president of the Center for Partnership Systems and Editor-in-Chief of the Interdisciplinary Journal…
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Design, Disability, Creativity, and Accessibility with Cynthia Bennett
How can we center the lived experiences and creativity of people with disabilities in the design of our technology? On this week's episode we welcome Cynthia Bennett to the show. Cynthia Bennett is a postdoctoral researcher at Carnegie Mellon University’s Human-Computer Interaction Institute. Her...
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Atlas of AI with Kate Crawford
What is the Atlas of AI? Why is it important? How is AI an industry of extraction? How is AI impacting the planet? What can be done? To answer these questions and more we welcome to the show Dr. Kate Crawford to discuss Kate's new book Atlas of AI: Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of...
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Defining Bias with Su Lin Blodgett
How do we define bias? Is all bias the same? Is it possible eliminate bias completely in our AI systems? Should we? To answer these questions and more we welcome to the show Su Lin Blodgett Su Lin is a postdoctoral researcher in the Fairness, Accountability, Transparency, and Ethics (FATE) group…
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Measurementality #2: Children's Data and Sustainability
Welcome to the second episode of our Measurementality series in partnership with IEEESA! Our topics today are children and sustainability. We interview Sandy Pentland of MIT and Baroness Beeban Kidron of the 5Rights Foundation. Focusing on the key goal of our series, "defining what counts in the...
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Your Computer Is on Fire with Mar Hicks & Kavita Philip
How do we challenge techno-utopianism? How do we dismantle systems of oppression in technology? To answer these questions and more we welcome to the show two editors of the new collection from MIT Press Your Computer Is on Fire, Mar Hicks and Kavita Philip. Mar Hicks is an author, historian, and...
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All Tech is Human Series #9 - Misinformation & Free Expression with Jasmine McNealy & Claire Wardle
This conversation explores the question: How can we reduce misinformation and disinformation on social media platforms while also ensuring that platforms promote the free exchange of ideas? Guests in this episode include Dr. Jasmine McNealy (Associate Professor of Telecommunication at the...
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Social Inequality in the Digital Economy with Zanele Munyikwa
How does the Digital Economy perpetuate social inequality? In this episode we interview Zanele Munyikwa. Zanele is a PhD student in Management Science and Information Technology at MIT Sloan. She is a computational social scientist who uses causal inference and machine learning techniques to…
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Measurementality #1: Defining What Counts in the Algorithmic Age
Join John C. Havens of the IEEE Standards Association along with Jess and Dylan, the co-hosts of the popular podcast, Radical AI as they discuss the new Measurementality content series, including topics such as: How is success measured today in the world of Artificial Intelligence Systems (AIS)?...
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Anti-Trust: Congress and the Tech Lobby with Anna Lenhart
What should you know about Anti-Trust regulation nationally and internationally? How does the tech sector drive policy? In this episode we interview Anna Lenhart, a researcher for technology policy and democracy at University of Maryland’s iSchool Ethics & Values in Design Lab. She recently…
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All Tech is Human Series #8 - Improving Social Media: Content Moderation & Democracy with Sarah T. Roberts & Murtaza Shaikh
This conversation explores the topic Improving Social Media: Content Moderation & Democracy with invited panelists Sarah T. Roberts and Murtaza Shaikh Sarah T. Roberts is the co-founder and Co-Director of the UCLA Center for Critical Internet Inquiry, and the author of Behind the Screen: Content...
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Ability and Accessibility in AI with Meredith Ringel Morris
What should you know about Ability and Accessibility in AI and responsible technology development? In this episode we interview Meredith Ringel Morris, a computer scientist conducting research in the areas of human-computer interaction (HCI), computer-supported cooperative work (CSCW), social...
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2020 Hindsight: The Radical AI Podcast New Years Spectacular!
What a year! Join us to review 2020 and to release a special surprise! HINT: the surprise can be found on our website at Radicalai.org ;) As always, if you enjoy this episode please make sure to subscribe, submit a rating and review, and connect with us on twitter at twitter.com/radicalaipod
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All Tech is Human Series #7 - The Business Case for AI Ethics with William Griffin and Alayna Kennedy
What is the business case for AI Ethics? This conversation explores the topic with invited panelists William Griffin and Alayna Kennedy. Willam Griffin is the Chief Ethics Officer of Hypergiant, an organization that works with partners to create powerful technology solutions and smarter, more...
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Mentorship Through the Black in AI Academic Program with Moses Namara
In this episode, we interview Moses Namara of Black in AI about the new Black in AI Academic Program, a program that serves as a resource to support Black junior researchers as they apply to graduate programs, navigate graduate school, and enter the postgraduate job market. Moses Namara is a...
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Industry AI Ethics 101 with Kathy Baxter
What do you need to know about AI Ethics in the tech industry? To explore this question we welcome Kathy Baxter to the show. Kathy is an Architect of Ethical AI Practice at Salesforce, where she develops research-informed best practices to educate Salesforce employees, customers, and the industry...
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Our Messy Robot Relationships with Kate Darling
Have you ever seen a robot and called it cute? Have you ever seen a drone and felt afraid? Have you ever apologized to siri or yelled at your rumba to get out of the way? Have you ever named your car? Our relationships with robots are complex and messy, to explore this topic, we interview Kate...
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All Tech is Human Series #6 - Coded Bias, AI, and the Future of Civil Rights with Timnit Gebru, Meredith Broussard, & Shalini Kantayya
How will Artificial Intelligence define the future of Civil Rights? To celebrate the NYC theater release of the film Coded Bias we present this Livestreamed conversation featuring Shalini Kantayya (director, Coded Bias), Meredith Broussard (Author, Artificial Unintelligence), and Timnit Gebru...
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Robot Regulation: What Is It and Why Does It Matter? with Ryan Calo
What is robot regulation and why does it matter? To answer this question we welcome to the show Ryan Calo. Ryan is a professor at the University of Washington School of Law. He is a faculty co-director of the University of Washington Tech Policy Lab, a unique, interdisciplinary research unit that...
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Transparency as a Political Choice with Rumman Chowdhury & Mona Sloane
What is the relationship between the government and artificial intelligence? To unpack this timely question we interview Mona Sloane and Rumman Chowdhury. Mona Sloane is a sociologist working on inequality in the context of AI design and policy. Mona is a Fellow with NYU’s Institute for Public...
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All Tech is Human Series #5 - Social Media's Role in the US Election with Dipayan Ghosh & Vera Zakem
The 2016 US election made it clear that social media companies play a profound role in how voters are informed and influenced. What role should social media companies be playing in the upcoming US election? In partnership with All Tech is Human we present this Livestreamed conversation featuring...
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Facebook Ads, Propaganda, and Global Politics with Nayantara Ranganathan and Manuel Beltrán
What should you know about propaganda and political ads in the age of information? How do they impact democracy across the globe? To cover this important topic, we welcome to the show Nayantara Ranganathan and Manuel Beltrán. Nayantara Ranganathan is a lawyer and researcher studying the politics...
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Voter Fraud, Media Regulation, and Civic Design with Shannon McGregor and Whitney Quesenbery
What is the role that technology and social media should play in voting practices? What should global citizens know about the impact that technology being used in the US 2020 election voting processes might have on the future of democracy worldwide? In this episode we interview Shannon McGregor…
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