Machine Ethics Podcast

Intelligence explosion with James Barrat - Machine Ethics Podcast This episode James and I are trying to stay positive while chatting about: superintelligence, AI basic drives, and the alignment problem; The intelligence explosion, existential risks of AI; profit ov...

Ep. 109 now live with James Barrat. We chat superintelligence, AI basic drives, and the alignment problem; The intelligence explosion, existential risks of AI; profit over responsibility, the super rich; AI regulation and much more www.machine-ethics.net/podcast/inte...

Moral Agents with Jen Semler - Machine Ethics Podcast This month we chatted in-person with Jen Semler. We chatted about what is AI? Philosophers and engineer collboartions, businesses working with ethicists, machine ethics and AMAs, what makes a moral ag...

Ep.108 we chatted inperson with Jen Semler on what is AI? Philosophers & engineer collaboration, businesses working with ethicists, machine ethics, what makes a moral agent, moral decisions, machine consciousness, companies as not democratic organisations…
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106. Companion AI with Giulia Trojano. We discuss AI as an economic narrative, companion chatbots, chatbot parental controls, surveillance in the guise of safety, advertising creeping into GenAI, ReplikaAI, lack of research in emotional AI, determinism, & more www.machine-ethics.net/podcast/comp...

The AI Bubble with Tim El-Sheikh - Machine Ethics Podcast This month we're chatting again with Tim El-Sheikh. We discuss podcasting, history of openAI, London startups, what are the AI use cases, is GenAI even safe? the AI bubble, snake oil salesmen, why do ...

Ep. 105 The AI Bubble with Tim El-Sheikh www.machine-ethics.net/podcast/the-...

Great conversation on the podcast today about the AI bubble, it’s gonna burst!!! will be out next week!

So. I bought this game for the lolz but it’s somehow amazing, subversive, unapologetically anti-AI-taking-our-jobs and it was made by the host of @machine-ethics.net, @benbyford.com?!

I’m obsessed.

What excites you about AI? Vol.2 - Machine Ethics Podcast This is a bonus episode looking back over answers to our question: What excites you about AI?

Ep.103 What excites you about AI?
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Episode 102 now live! Adir Ben-Yehuda & I chat about–AI automation for web development, Human Machine Interfaces, allowing an LLM to optimism itself, job displacement, vibe coding, Grok's MechaHitler, the ethics and guard rails of LLMs and more… www.machine-ethics.net/podcast/auto...

AI Ethics, Risks and Safety Conference 2025 - Machine Ethics Podcast In this special live panel episode we recorded at the AI Ethics, Risks and Safety Conference 2025 in Bristol, May 2025. We chat about what is AI, predictions for the next 5 years - good and bad, the i...

Ep.101 out! special live panel at AI Ethics, Risks & Safety Conference 2025. We chat: what is AI, predictions for 5 years, incoming wave of fraud, AI education, copyright, uncertainty of regulation, sovereign AI capabilities, impact on creative industries www.machine-ethics.net/podcast/ai-e...

Ep.100!!! Deepdive: AI and the Environment. We chatted with Hannah, Boris, Will & Mél on water stress, AI energy usage, AI for fossil fuel discovery, AI as geo-political, GenAI vs ML, transparency on usage, regulation, who controls AI, & more... www.machine-ethics.net/podcast/deep...

Co-design with Pinar Guvenc - Machine Ethics Podcast This episode we're chat with Pinar Guvenc on “What's Wrong With” podcast, co-design, is AI ready for society and is society ready for AI? What is design? co-creation with AI as a stakeholder, bias in ...

Ep.99 Co-design with Pinar Guvenc now live! We chat on “What's Wrong With” podcast, co-design, is society ready for AI? What is design? co-creation with AI as a stakeholder, bias in design, small language models, human experience, attention, and more... www.machine-ethics.net/podcast/co-d...

Careful technology with Rachel Coldicutt - Machine Ethics Podcast This episode we're chatting with Rachel about AI taxonomy, innovating for everyone not just the few, Rachel's chronic honesty, responsibilities of researchers, socially responsible technology, ethics ...

Ep.98 out now! We chat with @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social on innovating for everyone not just the few, chronic honesty, responsibilities of researchers, socially responsible technology, ethics work as free labour, the right to repair, tinker, improve...
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Ep.97 now live. Enrico Panai & I chat about the digital revolution, how AI transforms data, importance of knowing tech as a tech philosopher, what ethicists do, pasta, whether ethics is really a burden or can enable you to run faster, dont steal peoples time... www.machine-ethics.net/podcast/runn...