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Digital Democracy
Read more: Digital Democracyhttps://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-8f7ps-118f500 This week, we are kicking off a special series of “Technically Human” focused on the intersection of democracy and tech. In the first episode in the series, I sit down with Dr. Foaad Khosmood. We talk about the relationship between access to information and functional democracy, and how digital technologies can expand civil discourse.…
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The LAWS of War: Lethal autonomous weapons systems and the new ethics of warfare
Read more: The LAWS of War: Lethal autonomous weapons systems and the new ethics of warfarehttps://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-jwhtd-118551d In this episode, I speak with Dr. John C. Williams about the ethics of automated weapons systems. We talk about the concept of meaningful human control, about the ethics of war, and what it means to engage in the politics of biopower in the age of lethal autonomous weapons. Dr. John C. Williams is…
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Grimm Futures: Technology’s fairy tales
Read more: Grimm Futures: Technology’s fairy taleshttps://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-j9x3k-117b4d2 In this episode of “Technically Human,” I sit down with D.J. MacLennan to talk about the relationship between technological realities and fairy tale mythologies. We talk about what it means to re-write epic and age-old stories about magical worlds and beings in the age of tech, and how technological culture may itself be a…