The Ethical Technologist

Ben sits down with Dave Levine from Hearsay Culture and Elon University Law School to discuss the US presidential candidates' views on AI policy, how businesses and individuals should anticipate an AI-driven future, and the role AI should play in the classroom. Hearsay Culture Broken Code: Inside Facebook and the Fight to Expose Its Harmful Secrets, Jeff Horowitz

Ben sits down with Subbu Vincent, Director of Journalism and Media Ethics at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University to discuss the future of local journalism, how AI is disrupting the news industry, and what readers can do to support a healthy news ecosystem. "Perplexity AI Vs Journalism: The Risks We Need To Anticipate," Subbu Vincent in Forbes Reuters Institute 2024 Digital News Report The Almanac, Menlo Park, CA

Ben sits down with Ed Freeman, Olsson Professor of Business Administration at the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business and the intellectual father of what we now know as "Stakeholder Capitalism." Ben and Ed discuss Stakeholder Theory forty years after its birth, its application in the technology industry, and the obligations of various stakeholders, including corporate managers and government. Ed's faculty page Debate between Whole Foods CEO John Mackey and University of Chicago Professor Milton Friedman, Reason Magazine, 2005

Ben sits down with Danielle Whelton, an expert and consultant who has worked with the major social media platforms on issues related to mis and disinformation, election integrity, and civic discourse. They discuss the current state of mis and disinformation, AI's impact on the media ecosystem, and Danielle's predictions for 2024.

Ben sits down with Darden Assistant Professor Anthony Palomba to discuss the role of artists and art in a world of generative AI - and why our society still needs human creativity.

Nate Scott, Publisher of USA Today Sports, discusses the current media landscape and the potential short and long-term impacts of generative AI on legacy publishers.

Ben Sollenberger, a operations manager at Path Mental Health and a practicing therapist, sits down with Ben to discuss the impact of tech in the mental heath space -- how it broadens access, presents ethical dilemmas for health care companies, and shows up in sessions with patients. Mentioned in this Episode: Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention and How to Think Deeply Again, Johann Hari Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products, Nir Eyal

Zane Homsi, an up-and-coming product manager at LinkedIn, sits down with Ben to discuss how LinkedIn considers ethics, particularly with regard to generative AI, and how he incorporates ethical thinking into how he deploys AI within the products he builds. Mentioned in this Episode: LinkedIn's Responsible AI Principles The Alignment Problem, Brian Christian The Data Nutrition Project

Introducing "The Ethical Technologist," a podcast about how we should build technology to support a healthy society.