Digital Kallipolis

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Welcome to Digital Kallipolis! The Megapolis of conversations where future technology and today’s AI-driven challenges meet human rights, democracy, and tough questions posed by governance and technology scholar and lawyer Łukasz W. Niparko, Ph.D., LL.M. Together we will challenge deepfakes and misinformation, and seek the balance between regulation and responsible innovation. We will also look for solutions that can ensure safer AI, healthier social media, and a more competitive tech ecosystem. After all, as one of my guests said, “We Are the Regulators!”

Episodes

  1. Aug 13

    “Think About Your Thinking”: Zach McDowell on AI, Wikipedia, and (Public) Knowledge

    What happens to public knowledge when an increasing share of what we read, search for, and learn is mediated by artificial intelligence (Al)? On Digital Kallipolis, I am joined by Zach McDowell for a conversation about Wikipedia, Al, the digital commons, and the changing ways in which we produce, access, and share knowledge. Zachary J. "Zach" McDowell is an Associate Professor of Communication at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC), whose work examines how information is created, shaped, accessed, and consumed in the digital age. His research spans Wikipedia, digital media, information equity, technology policy, and the ethics of internet and Al technologies, with particular attention to which knowledge becomes visible, which remains excluded, and why. Zach previously served as a research fellow with Wiki Education and is the co-author, with Matthew A. Vetter, of Wikipedia and the Representation of Reality, a book that examines how Wikipedia represents reality while grappling with systemic bias, information inequality, and the underrepresentation of marginalized topics. Here you can watch our conversation: https://youtu.be/MtTBwiwYHG8 Digital Kallipolis is a space for conversations about AI, democracy, human dignity, and the future we are building together. If you believe technology should serve people, and that informed voices can shape a safer, more just digital world, please SUBSCRIBE! Digital Kallipolis WEBSITE: ⁠https://niparko.online/⁠ Our SOCIAL MEDIA, Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/digitalkallipolis/⁠ CONTACT: ⁠https://niparko.online/contact-form/⁠ You can SUPPORT Digital Kallipolis directly via PayPal: ⁠https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/lukaszniparko1⁠ | Thank You! THANKS for stopping by! “Remember [Our] Humanity, and forget the rest...” —Russell–Einstein Manifesto, 1955

  2. May 23

    AI & Geopolitics | Digital Kallipolis with Clement Ngu

    Clement Ngu is a Brussels-based journalist and contributing writer for Nikkei Asia, covering EU-Asia relations, technology, trade, and geoeconomics. His work explores how global politics, digital policy, and economic power are shaping and being reshaped by AI development and deployment. In this conversation we answer the ultimate question: What is the global AI race really about: technology, money, power, regulation, or the future of human society? During his visit to Digital Kallipolis, Clement explains that AI is not only a technology story, but also a geopolitics, supply-chain, standards, and power story, and that the U.S., China, and Europe operate within different ‘AI cultures’. The U.S. is more founder- and capital-driven; China has a coordinated state strategy and massive deployment capacity; and Europe has standards, rights, and regulatory integration, but could benefit from more courage and cooperation in the realm of AI, just as it did with aviation when creating Airbus. Watch and hear our entire conversation. Digital Kallipolis WEBSITE: https://niparko.online/ Our SOCIAL MEDIA, Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/digitalkallipolis/ CONTACT: https://niparko.online/contact-form/ You can SUPPORT Digital Kallipolis directly via PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/lukaszniparko1 | Thank You! Thanks for stopping by! “Remember [Our] Humanity, and forget the rest...” Russell–Einstein Manifesto, 1955

  3. May 7

    What are we getting wrong and right about AI Safety? | Digital Kallipolis with Ziyue Wang

    This conversation with Ziyue Wang explores some of the most pressing questions at the frontier of AI safety: what it means for powerful AI systems to be safe enough to deploy, how companies model misuse risks such as cyberattacks, CBRN threats, manipulation, loss of control, and malicious actors, and why problems like AI sandbagging remain difficult to detect and prevent. Ziyue also reflects on the broader societal impact of AI, the gap between capability development and safety work, the role of regulation in the EU, U.S., and China, and the personal journey of pivoting into frontier AI safety. Ziyue is an AGI safety researcher and Tech Lead. He works on frontier safety mitigation, with a focus on safeguards against cybersecurity threats, biological risks, and other high-stakes misuse scenarios. Daily he responds to the question: how to make increasingly powerful AI systems safe enough to deploy responsibly? Before moving into AI safety, Ziyue built strong technical foundations through work in quantitative research, software engineering, large language models, and coding. He also writes about AGI safety and the future of AI through his Substack, Belay the Future: https://ziyuewang.substack.com/ Digital Kallipolis is a space for conversations about AI, democracy, human dignity, and the future we are building together. If you believe technology should serve people, and that informed voices can shape a safer, more just digital world, please SUBSCRIBE! Digital Kallipolis WEBSITE: https://niparko.online Our SOCIAL MEDIA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/digitalkallipolis/ CONTACT: https://niparko.online/contact-form/ You can SUPPORT Digital Kallipolis directly via PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/lukaszniparko1 | Thank You! Thanks for stopping by! “Remember [Our] Humanity, and forget the rest...” —Russell–Einstein Manifesto, 1955

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Welcome to Digital Kallipolis! The Megapolis of conversations where future technology and today’s AI-driven challenges meet human rights, democracy, and tough questions posed by governance and technology scholar and lawyer Łukasz W. Niparko, Ph.D., LL.M. Together we will challenge deepfakes and misinformation, and seek the balance between regulation and responsible innovation. We will also look for solutions that can ensure safer AI, healthier social media, and a more competitive tech ecosystem. After all, as one of my guests said, “We Are the Regulators!”