The Radical AI Podcast

How do we respond to the racism in the world we have been given? What does it mean to transform technology systems in the spirit of justice and equity? How do we engage with diversity and representation without reducing our efforts to simple branding and lip service?   To answer these questions and more the Radical AI Podcast welcomes one of our heroes Dr. Timnit Gebru to the show.    Dr. Timnit G...

How does your data tell your story? Is historical data political? What do our archives have to do with defining the future of our technology? To answer these questions and more The Radical AI Podcast welcomes Stanford PhD. Student and Archivist Eun Seo Jo to the show.    Eun Seo Jo is a PhD student in History at Stanford University. Her research broadly covers applications of machine learning on h...

Should we grant robots rights? What is moral relationality and how can it be useful for designing machine learning algorithms? What is the algorithmic colonization of Africa and why is it harmful? To answer these questions and more The Radical AI Podcast welcomes Abeba Birhane to the show.    Abeba Birhane is a PhD candidate in cognitive science at University College Dublin in the School of Comput...

What is the role of journalism in telling the stories of tech ethics? How can journalism bridge the gap between technology and public policy? How do we measure truth in journalism, research and beyond?  To answer these questions and more The Radical AI Podcast welcomes Karen Hao to the show.  Karen is the artificial intelligence reporter for MIT Technology Review. She covers the ethics and social...

In this Minisode hosts Dylan and Jess celebrate one month since launch and debrief racism and sexism in AI, labor movements in tech spaces, theology, and so much more! Every month The Radical AI Podcast releases a Minisode reviewing the previous month's episodes and updating listeners on insider news from the Radical AI world.  As always we invite you to please subscribe, rate, and leave a review...

What is the intersection between labor justice movements and the AI technology industry? How can we use design and ethnography to address the relationship between technology, power, and liberation? To answer these questions and more The Radical AI Podcast welcomes Dr. Lilly Irani to the show.  Dr. Lilly Irani is an associate professor of communication and science studies at the University of Calif...

How is racism embedded in technological systems? How do we address the root causes of discrimination? How do we as designers and consumers of AI technology reclaim our agency and create a world of equity for all? To answer these questions and more The Radical AI Podcast welcomes Dr. Ruha Benjamin to the show.   Dr. Benjamin is Associate Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University...

Can you separate technology from power? Is technology ever objective? How do we build technology that meets the needs of everyone? To answer these questions and more The Radical AI Podcast welcomes Dr. Sarah Myers West to the show.  Dr. Sarah Myers West is a postdoctoral researcher at the AI Now Institute. Her research centers on the critical study of technology and culture, with an emphasis on hi...

What does it mean to be an embodied black woman in technology spaces? What is techno-womanism? Do spirituality and liberation have a place in our conversations about technology? To answer these questions and more The Radical AI Podcast welcomes Shamika Goddard to the show.  Shamika was born and raised in San Antonio, TX, and is the oldest of four children. Attending math and engineering camps for...

In this Minisode hosts Jess and Dylan debrief the breaking news of contact tracing apps, socio-political power structures, and reveal future guests for the show. Every month The Radical AI Podcast releases a Minisode reviewing the previous month's episodes and updating listeners on insider news from the Radical AI world.  As always we invite you to please subscribe, rate, and leave a review to sho...

What does it mean that Apple and Google have partnered to create contact tracing apps? Should you be worried that your medical data is at stake? What are the ramifications of this unprecedented collaboration of two tech behemoths? To answer these questions and more The Radical AI Podcast welcomes Seda Gurses to the show. Seda is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Multi-Actor Sys...

How does a machine experience your identity? What do women and gender studies have to do with technology design? How do we create more dialogue between industry and the academy? To answer these questions and more The Radical AI Podcast welcomes Morgan Klaus Scheuerman to the show. Morgan Klaus Scheuerman is an Information Science Ph. D. student at the University of Colorado interested in exploring...

Are we being watched? Who is responsible for ensuring the ethical use of our data? What does it mean to be data literate? To answer these questions and more The Radical AI Podcast welcomes Kandrea Wade to the show. Kandrea Wade is a PhD student in the Information Science department at CU Boulder focusing on algorithmic identity and the digital surveillance of marginalized groups. Full show notes f...

Are robots moral? How can we tell? What do language, politeness, and persuasion have to do with robot morality? To answer these questions and more The Radical AI Podcast welcomes Dr. Tom Williams to the show. Tom Williams is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the Colorado School of Mines, where he directs the Mines Interactive Robotics Research Lab. Full show notes for this episode can...

The Radical AI Podcast will officially launch on 4/10/20!  

Who are we? Why do we exist? What is our origin story? Join hosts Dylan and Jess as they begin from the beginning: just what is Radical AI anyway?