https://media.blubrry.com/thetechhumanist/content.blubrry.com/thetechhumanist/Edward_Crump_Final.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadWhat if one of the world’s most game-changing tech products—Amazon Alexa—started with a plan so ambitious, it nearly involved building a real-life Star Trek holodeck? In this episode of the Tech Humanist Show, host Kate O’Neill dives deep with Edward Crump, the cofounder and co-inventor of Amazon Alexa, to […]
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Hamilton Mann on Artificial Integrity
In this episode of the Tech Humanist Show, host Kate O’Neill and guest Hamilton Mann explore the significance of building trustworthy and fair AI systems. They discuss the concept of Artificial Integrity, its importance in society, and the challenges of integrating it into AI design, emphasizing human values in technology's future.
Immersive Worlds – Cortney Harding on VR, AR, and the Metaverse
https://media.blubrry.com/thetechhumanist/content.blubrry.com/thetechhumanist/Cortney_Harding_Audio_Final.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadKate O’Neill is joined by Cortney Harding— a visionary leader in virtual and augmented reality (VR and AR), founder, and CEO of Friends with Holograms. Together, they explore how immersive technologies are transforming human experiences and the innovative projects that Harding’s agency has spearheaded. Cortney shares insights into Friends […]
Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism with Yanis Varoufakis
https://media.blubrry.com/thetechhumanist/content.blubrry.com/thetechhumanist/TTHS_s4e1_yanis.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIn this episode of The Tech Humanist Show, we welcome Yanis Varoufakis, an economist, politician, author, and former Minister of Finance in Greece. Known for his insightful critique on the state of capitalism, Yanis opens up important dialogues that challenge our contemporary understanding of the economy. Our discussion centers […]
Cities, data, and tech – with Nashville mayoral candidate Freddie O’Connell
https://media.blubrry.com/thetechhumanist/content.blubrry.com/thetechhumanist/s3e3_freddie.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadCities are like test beds for how data and tech can empower citizen experience. So it’s interesting to consider leading a growing city as someone with a background in technology. In this episode, Kate talks with her old friend Freddie O’Connell about his run for mayor of Nashville, and […]
The Tech Feminist Episode, in honor of International Women’s Day – Celebrating Women in Tech
https://media.blubrry.com/thetechhumanist/content.blubrry.com/thetechhumanist/S3E1_womens_day.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadWomen figure heavily into the tech humanist story. So for International Women’s Day — and to kick off our new season, Season 3! — we’re celebrating with an episode highlighting just a few of the brilliant women tech and futurist thinkers who’ve been guests on our show: Vanessa Mason, Dr. […]
What Does Spotify Unwrapped Have to do With Surveillance?
As fun as Spotify Unwrapped is, it speaks to the fact that we're all slowly willing to accept more and more tech companies gathering huge amounts of data on all of us...
Reducing Algorithmic Bias, Harm, and Oppression
Everyone who interacts with technology in any way is either affected by or directly affecting algorithmic bias on a daily basis, and most of it is invisible to us. That’s what I’m talking about today: algorithmic bias, where it comes from, how it affects you and your business, and how we can use strategic big-picture thinking to mitigate and erase the harm it causes.
What is a Tech Humanist?
https://media.blubrry.com/thetechhumanist/content.blubrry.com/thetechhumanist/S2E0_WhatIsATechHumanist.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadHello and welcome to The Tech Humanist Show! In this introductory episode, host Kate O’Neill explains what a tech humanist is and what you can expect from future episodes. Guests on this episode includue Emma Bedor Hiland, Oluwakemi Olurinola, Dorothea Baur, Rumman Chowdhury, Chris Gilliard, and Rahaf Harfoush. The […]
The Tech Humanist Show: Episode 15 – Abhishek Gupta
https://media.blubrry.com/thetechhumanist/content.blubrry.com/thetechhumanist/TTHS_ep_15_podcast-final.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadAbout this episode’s guest: Abhishek Gupta is the founder of Montreal AI Ethics Institute (https://montrealethics.ai ) and a Machine Learning Engineer at Microsoft where he serves on the CSE Responsible AI Board. He represents Canada for the International Visitor Leaders Program (IVLP) administered by the US State Department as […]