Best Josh Drage Podcasts (2024)

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91. What scares you about AI? Vol.2 9:11

3d ago9:11

9:11

This is a bonus episode we're looking back over answers to our question: What scares you about AI?By Ben Byford and friends

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90. An ethos for the future with Wendell Wallach 1:03:57

10d ago1:03:57

1:03:57

This time we're chatting with Wendell Wallach on moral machines and Machine Ethics, AGI sceptics, the usefulness of the term of artificial intelligence, a new ethic or ethos for human society, ethics as decisions fast and slow, trade-off ethics, the AI oligopoly, the good and bad of capitalism, conciousness, global workspace theory and more...…

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89. AI Ethics, Risks and Safety Conference - Special Edition 12:55

19d ago12:55

12:55

In this special edition episode we hear vox-pops recorded at the AI Ethics, Risks and Safety Conference in Bristol on the 15th of May 2024. We hear about AI regulations, AI Standards, AI Ethics frameworks, principles, ethics guiding research, awareness of the ethics of AI, and explainable AI.By Ben Byford and Herbie Robson at the AI Ethics, Risks and Safety Conference

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88. AI fictions with Alex Shvartsman 35:22

2M ago35:22

35:22

This episode we're chatting with Alex Shvartsman about what is our AI future, human crafted storytelling, the Generative AI use backlash, disclaimers for generated text, human vs AI authorship, practical or functional goals of LLMs, changing themes in science fiction, a diversity of international perspectives and more...…

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87. Good tech with Eleanor Drage and Kerry McInerney 53:49

3M ago53:49

53:49

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...…

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86. What is AI? Vol.3 14:47

4M ago14:47

14:47

This is a bonus episode looking back over answers to our question: What is AI?By Ben Byford and guests

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85. New forms of story telling with Guy Gadney 47:51

5M ago47:51

47:51

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...…

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84. Review of 2023 with Karin Rudolph 1:02:33

6M ago1:02:33

1:02:33

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...By Ben Byford with Karin Rudolph

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83. Avoidable misery with Adam Braus 1:06:52

7M ago1:06:52

1:06:52

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...By Ben Byford with Adam Braus

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82. Work, wellness and creativity with Harriet Pellereau 56:03

9M ago56:03

56:03

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...…

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Unveiling Creative Wedding Decor Ideas: Expert Tips from Taylor Strobe 13:05

10M ago13:05

13:05

In this episode of the Colorado Wedding Podcast, expert guest Taylor Strobe, owner of Mountainside Events, shares invaluable insights on wedding ceremony decor. From floral arrangements and signage to altar decor and personalized elements, learn how to make your Colorado wedding truly unique and unforgettable. Thanks for listening to this episode o…

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Tips from A Colorado Wedding Venue Owner 19:24

10M ago19:24

19:24

In this episode, Rachel Speight from The Venue on the Rocks in Estes Park, CO, talks about the concept of short-term rentals for events, specifically focusing on weddings. She discusses that there are venues available for short-term rentals, providing an alternative option for those who don't want to commit to a long-term venue. The episode also to…

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Wedding Planning with Personalized Wedding Venues 21:09

10M ago21:09

21:09

Brian interviews Rachel Speight about her wedding venue, Venue On The Rocks, located in Estes Park near Rocky Mountain National Park. They talk about the special aspects of the place, such as its beautiful location and access to the riverfront. Rachel said she loves decorating and having flowers on site. Rachel advises couples to spend money on the…

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81. The state of AI Ethics with Alice Thwaite 1:03:11

10M ago1:03:11

1:03:11

This time I'm chatting to alice about teaching ethics, the idea of information environments, the importance of democracy, the Ethics hype train and the ethics community, people to follow in AI and Data Ethics, ethics as innovation and more...By Ben Byford with Alice Thwaite

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80. Art and AI collaboration with Sarah Brin 35:44

10M ago35:44

35:44

This time we're chatting with Sarah Brin about types of AI, the process of making artwork, how is an artwork culturally valuable, curatorial practise for AI art, unionising creative art workers, collaborative artwork with AI, using AI to help the climate emergency, AI in games and more...By Ben Byford with Sarah Brin

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Elevate Your Wedding with Unforgettable Reception Decor 17:11

11M ago17:11

17:11

Join us on this episode of the Colorado Wedding podcast as host Josh delves into the world of wedding decor with special guest Taylor Strope, owner of Mountainside Events. With over 12 years of experience in the wedding hospitality industry, Taylor shares her expert insights on creating stunning wedding decor that reflects your unique style. Discov…

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Should You Do a First Look or Not? 16:19

11M ago16:19

16:19

Join hosts Josh and Brian on the Colorado Wedding Podcast as they delve into the world of wedding moments with Taylor from Mountainside Events. Discover the concept of the first look—when couples share their initial gaze on their wedding day. Taylor, an experienced wedding planning expert, provides insights into choosing between a pre-ceremony firs…

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Tips for the Best Wedding Video 26:44

11M ago26:44

26:44

Welcome to a captivating episode of the Colorado Wedding Podcast, where hosts Brian and Josh, seasoned wedding videographers, share their expertise on crafting the perfect wedding video. With a passion for storytelling and an eye for detail, Brian and Josh guide you through the art of capturing your love story on camera. Learn how to choose the ide…

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How to Have the Absolute Best Wedding Photos 17:16

11M ago17:16

17:16

In this episode of the Colorado Wedding Podcast, hosts Josh and Brian take center stage as they delve into the world of wedding photography. Join them for an insightful conversation where Brian, a seasoned professional wedding photographer, shares his wealth of knowledge and expertise to help couples plan their dream wedding photoshoot. Discover th…

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Choosing Wedding Themes and Designs 18:17

12M ago18:17

18:17

Brandi Barela, a wedding consultant with years of wedding planning in Colorado, shares some valuable insights into planning a wedding that will blow you and your guests away. In a recent conversation with my friend Brandi, we delved into the world of wedding themes and design, uncovering some key elements that can make your special day truly unforg…

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Planning Your Wedding Day Timeline 25:16

12M ago25:16

25:16

In this conversation, Brian gives wedding planning tips and advice. He points out that the wedding timeline should be seen as a guide rather than a strict timeline, as things often run late or early. She suggests allowing some flexibility in timing to reduce stress and ensure better photos and videos. Brian also recommends involving important famil…

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Colorado Wedding Planning 101: Where to Begin 15:44

12M ago15:44

15:44

Brian and Brandi talk about the importance of personalization and creativity when planning a wedding. They emphasize that couples should feel free to incorporate their unique interests and hobbies into their special day. Whether it's throwing a frisbee down the aisle or shredding the dress in the pool, they encourage couples to embrace their passio…

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How To Write Great Wedding Vows 17:29

1y ago17:29

17:29

Welcome to the Colorado Wedding Podcast, where we delve into the enchanting world of weddings and offer valuable insights to make your special day truly memorable. In this episode, How to Write Great Wedding Vows, we explore the art of writing personalized wedding vows that reflect your love story. The only ones Josh and Brian as they discover the …

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Why to Host an Open Bar (at least through cocktail hour) 18:12

1y ago18:12

18:12

Join Josh on the Colorado Wedding podcast as they delve into the advantages of hosting an open bar at weddings, with a special focus on the cocktail hour. In this episode, they are joined by Bailey Foster, the Event & Brand Manager at Sweetheart Winery, who shares her expertise on creating a memorable wedding experience. Discover how an open bar no…

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Navigating Colorado Weather on Your Wedding Day 12:51

1y ago12:51

12:51

In this episode of the Colorado Wedding podcast, hosts Josh and Brian delve into the unpredictable and diverse weather conditions that couples may encounter when planning their weddings in Colorado. They emphasize the importance of considering the weather and its potential impact on various aspects of the wedding day. Josh and Brian discuss the dif…

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79. Taming Uncertainty with Roger Spitz 1:13:36

1y ago1:13:36

1:13:36

This time we chat with Roger Spitz about how to think about the future, what does a futurist do? Thriving with disruption, a chief existential officer, virtuous inflection points, delegating too much authority / decision making, our inappropriate education systemBy Ben Byford with Roger Spitz

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Starting Your Wedding Planning Checklist 16:30

1y ago16:30

16:30

Whether you are a bride, groom or someone planning a wedding in Colorado, this podcast is a must listen. Join Josh and Brian as they interview a variety of wedding experts including vendors, wedding planners, florists and more. Get ready to plan your dream wedding day and celebrate your love in the beautiful state of Colorado. Josh and Brian, seaso…

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78. Design and AI with Nadia Piet 40:56

1y ago40:56

40:56

This episode Nadia and I chat about how design can co-create AI, what the role of designers are in AI services? post-deployment design, narratives in AI development and AI ideologues, anthropocentric AI, augmented creativity, new AI perspectives, situated intelligences and more...By Ben Byford with Nadia Piet

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77. Doing Ethics with Marc Steen 52:24

1y ago52:24

52:24

This episode Marc Steen and I chat about: AI as tools, the ethics of business models, writing Ethics for People Who Work in Tech, the process of ethics - “doing ethics” and his three step process, misconceptions of ethics as compliance or a road block, evaluating ethical theories, universal rights, types of knowledges, what is the world we’re creat…

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76. The professionalisation of data science with Dr Marie Oldfield 38:10

1y ago38:10

38:10

This episode we're talking with Dr Marie Oldfield on definitions of AI, the education and communication gaps with AI, explainable models, ethics in education, problems with audits and legislation, AI accreditation, importance of interdisciplinary teams, when to use AI or not, and harms from algorithms.…

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75. The moral status of non-humans with Josh Gellers 1:05:03

1+ y ago1:05:03

1:05:03

This episode we talk with Josh Gellers about nature rights, rights for robots, non-human and human rights, justification for the attribution of rights, the sphere of moral importance, perspectives on legal and moral concepts, shaping better policy, the Lamda/Lemoine controversy, predicates of legal personhood, the heated discourse on robot rights, …

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74. AI, ethics and the future - DFA talk special edition 1:10:05

1+ y ago1:10:05

1:10:05

In this special edition episode with Data Science Festival we're hosting a panel discussing: what is ethics? Designing for Responsible AI, ethics as innovation and competitive advantage, ghost work, fairer AI, language as a human computer interface, cleaning up the web, technologies that shouldn’t be deployed and much more...…

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73. 2022 in review with Olivia Gamblin 1:17:37

1+ y ago1:17:37

1:17:37

For this end of year episode I'm joined by Olivia Gamblinn to discuss: ethics boards, generative images models and copywrite, concept art, model bias and representation in the generative models, paying artists to appear in training sets, plagerism, chatGPT and when it breaks down, factual “truth” in text models, expectations for AI and digital tech…

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72. Algorithms with Social Impact with Mitchel Ondili 43:48

1+ y ago43:48

43:48

This episode we talk with Mitchel Ondili on algorithm awareness, technology colonisation in the global south, OASI the registry for Algorithms with Social Impact, AI auditing, private vs public rights to consent, submitting your algorithms to OASI, hiring, and social services algorithms, the over datafication of life, or becoming an algorithmic sub…

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71. The Politics of AI with Mark Coeckelbergh 45:49

1+ y ago45:49

45:49

This episode we talk with Mark Coeckelbergh about AI as a story about machines and where are we heading in creating human level intelligence, moral standing and robot-animal interfaces, technology determinism, environmental impacts of robots and AI, energy budgets, politics and AI, self-regulation and global governance for global issues.…

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70. Rights, trust and ethical choice with Ricardo Baeza-Yates 45:19

2y ago45:19

45:19

This episode we talk with Ricardo Baeza-Yates about: Responsible AI, the importance of AI governance, questioning people's intent to create AGI, robot rights and brain / neural rights, the evolution of intelligence, ethical risk assessment, machine ethics, making ethical choices on behalf of your users, binary notions of trust, stupid uses of AI an…

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69. AI ethics strategy with Reid Blackman 57:24

2y ago57:24

57:24

In this episode we talk with Reid Blackman about: what is learning? What it means to be worthy of trust, bullsh**t AI principles, company values, purpose and use in decision making, his AI ethics risk strategy book, machine ethics as a fools errand, weighing metrics for measuring bias, ethics committees, police and the IRB. And much more...…

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68. Ethics of digital worlds with Richard Bartle 1:01:31

2+ y ago1:01:31

1:01:31

Richard Bartle joins us again after his appearance on ep.65 to chat about the metaverse, different ways to design AI controlled NPC, the lack of progress of AI in games, ethical considerations of games designers, ethics of AI life, virutalism, 'smart' AI will happened, robot rights and more...By Ben Byford with Richard Bartle

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67. AI Audits with Ryan Carrier 57:11

2+ y ago57:11

57:11

This episode we're chatting with Ryan Carrier about the positivity of the ForHumanity community, being compelled to do something about AI technologies negative impact, AI audits and topics including: trust, oversight, governance, privacy, cyber security, bias; creating an infrastructure of trust, disclosing found risks and the ethical decisions, th…

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66. 2021 in review with Merve Hickok 50:18

2+ y ago50:18

50:18

This episode Ben and Merve are chatting about 2021–EU AI legislation & harmonising AI product markets through policy, the UNESCO principles, systemic dogma, AI ethics in defence, Reith lectures and Lethal autonomous weapons, demonstrating values / principles and much more...By Ben Byford and Merve Hickok

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65. DeepDive: AI and Games 35:16

2+ y ago35:16

35:16

This first Deepdive episode we talk to Amandine Flachs, Tommy Thompson and Richard Bartle about AI in games, it's history, it's uses and where its going. We discover NPCs, games as a test bed for AI research, different game AI techniques, back office uses of AI, job displacement, bad actors and possible futures...…

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64. Emotion detection with Andrew McStay 50:23

2+ y ago50:23

50:23

This episode we're chatting with Andrew McStay about emotional human machine interface, emotion face and voice detection, emotion detection and hiring–and the possiblity of gaming these systems, interactive AI kids toys, the space between an ethical subject and an object in AI systems, raising children in an AI world, cultural differences in emotio…

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63. AI readiness with Tim El-Sheikh 1:00:53

3y ago1:00:53

1:00:53

This episode we're talking with Tim El-Sheikh of Nebuli.com. We chat about definitions of intelligence and augmented intelligence, ethical AI as the smarter AI, importance of a businesses AI strategy and getting data ready, AGI and what is conciousness? Human intuition, privacy as a human right and more...…

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62. What excites you about AI? Vol.1 17:25

3y ago17:25

17:25

In this bonus compilation episode we look back at our interviewees answers to the question: What excites you about our AI mediated future? We chat about rethinking our responsibility towards our world, algorithms that work for everyone not just the a few, social justice, solving coordination problems and humanitarian problems, growing as a humanity…

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61. Welcome to the Machine Ethics podcast 3:13

3y ago3:13

3:13

Short introduction to the podcast: what it is about, when it started, and how to get involved.By Ben Byford

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60. Responsible AI Research with Madhulika Srikumar 40:38

3y ago40:38

40:38

This time we're talking AI research with Madhulika Srikumar of Partnership on AI. We chat about managing the risks of AI research, how should the AI community think about the consequences of their research, documenting best practises for AI, OpenAI's GTP2 research disclosure example, considering unintended consequences & negative downstream outcome…

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59. What scares you about AI? Vol.1 16:44

3y ago16:44

16:44

In this bonus compilation episode we look back at our interviewees answers to the question: What scares you about our AI mediated future? We chat gender imbalance and lack of diversity, digital personhood, climate change, ubiquitous surveillance, deep-fakes, people misusing AI, human hubris, capitalism getting in the way and more...…

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58. AI regulation with Lofred Madzou 45:19

3y ago45:19

45:19

We chat with Lofred Madzou about AI as a journey to understand ourselves through smart machines, scepticism about wholesale job lose, understanding that “you are not your data”, dissecting the European proposal for AI regulation, examples of types of AI activities under regulation, the spirit of the regulation - human rights centric, risk based app…

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57. Value Sensitive Design with Steven Umbrello 50:15

3y ago50:15

50:15

We're talking with Steven Umbrello about transhumanism, his passion for philosophy and it's practical applications, Value sensitive design a modular design practise, technologies co-constructing society, integrating VSD using agile workflows, issues of principles, moral imagination and more...By Ben Byford with Steven Umbrello

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56. What is AI? Vol.2 24:28

3y ago24:28

24:28

This episode is our second bonus compilation of answers from previous years of interviews asking the question: What is AI? We hear from past interviewees Jess Smith, Rishal Hurbans, Jacob Turner, Cennydd Bowles, Joanna J Bryson, Damien Williams, Olivia Gamelin, David Gunkel, Bertram Malle, David Yakobovitch, Luciano Floridi, Lydia Nicholas.…

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