87 episodes

Discourse on AI Ethics.

News, explanation and Interviews with academics, authors, business leaders, creatives and engineers on the subject of autonomous algorithms, artificial intelligence, machine learning, technology ethics and more.

Machine Ethics Podcast Ben Byford and friends

    • Society & Culture
    • 5.0 • 13 Ratings

Discourse on AI Ethics.

News, explanation and Interviews with academics, authors, business leaders, creatives and engineers on the subject of autonomous algorithms, artificial intelligence, machine learning, technology ethics and more.

    Good tech with Eleanor Drage and Kerry McInerney

    Good tech with Eleanor Drage and Kerry McInerney

    This episode we're chatting with Eleanor and Kerry on what is good technology and is it even possible? Technology is political, watering down regulation, the magic of AI, the value of human creativity, how Feminism, Aboriginal, mixed race studies can help AI development? The performative nature tech and more...

    • 53 min
    What is AI? Vol.3

    What is AI? Vol.3

    This is a bonus episode looking back over answers to our question: What is AI?

    • 14 min
    New forms of story telling with Guy Gadney

    New forms of story telling with Guy Gadney

    This episode we're chatting with Guy Gadney on new forms of story telling, placing people inside a story, natural language in games, LLM hype, data used in LLMs, copyright infringment, the destructive ideology of innovation, an unprecedented redistribution of wealth away from the cultural industries and more...

    • 47 min
    Review of 2023 with Karin Rudolph

    Review of 2023 with Karin Rudolph

    For our in-person episode on 2023 with Karin Rudolph we chat about the Future of Life Institute letter, existential risk of AI, TESCREAL, Geoffrey Hinton’s resignation from Google, the AI Safety Summit, EU AI act and legislating AI, neural rights and more...

    • 1 hr 2 min
    Avoidable misery with Adam Braus

    Avoidable misery with Adam Braus

    This episode we're chatting with Adam Braus about natural stupidity, natural intelligence, misericordianism and avoidable misery, the drowning child thought experiment, natural state of morality, Donald Trump bot, Asimov’s rules, human instincts, the positive outcomes of AI and more...

    • 1 hr 6 min
    Work, wellness and creativity with Harriet Pellereau

    Work, wellness and creativity with Harriet Pellereau

    This episode we're chatting with Harriet Pellereau about AI’s lack of reasoning ability, uses of generative AI, creativity and AI, what even is creativity? creative duties, new ways of working / digital working, 4 day week global, work life balance, the hidden cost of convenience, responsible tech and more...

    • 56 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
13 Ratings

13 Ratings

Torritay ,

Thought provoking

Always an interesting listen.

Joshartois ,

Fascinating

He's asking questions in this sector that many aren't. Expect to see more from Ben Byford in the future!

Araceli Camargo ,

Neuroscientist

I really like the podcast as the conversation around ethics in machine learning is still quite absent. Therefore it is great to see that there are a group of people taking an interest and creating a platform for discussion. I also really like the diversity of people and industries!

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