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Computer Says Maybe

Alix Dunn

Technology is changing fast. And it's changing our world even faster. Host Alix Dunn interviews visionaries, researchers, and technologists working in the public interest to help you keep up. Step outside the hype and explore the possibilities, problems, and politics of technology. Learn more at www.themaybe.org/podcast.

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146 episodes

  1. An Accelerationist EU: Is The AI Race Worth Winning? 49:29
  2. The Urge to Merge: Reclaiming Competition in an Economy of Giants w/ Alvaro Bedoya 49:58
  3. Follow the AI Money: Big Tech’s Midterm Spending Spree w/ Steven Renderos 54:07
  4. Flock Shock: How Local Fights Over Surveillance Are Reshaping American Politics w/ Sarah Hamid & Anthony Ralphs 54:58
  5. The Climate Cost of AI Prophecies: How Data Centers Fuel Big Fossil w/ Ketan Joshi 46:36
  6. Beware the AI Prophets: Hype, Doom, and Prediction as Tools of Control w/ Carissa Véliz 44:46
  7. The Kids Are Online: Are Social Media Bans the Answer? w/ Cori Crider and Pamela Wisniewski 52:51
  8. When Kids Can’t Consent: The Case Against Tech in the Classroom w/ Andrew Liddell 49:21
  9. The Battle for Power Inside Big Tech: Against Tech Oligarchy w/ JS Tan & Clarissa Redwine 56:27
  10. Meet the Mom Winning Against AI in Schools w/ Ifeoma Ozoma 53:01
  11. The Digital Delusion: The False Promise of Ed Tech w/ Dr. Jared Cooney Horvath 42:40
  12. Meet the Guy (Actually) Passing Tech Laws 54:41
  13. How Anduril Tried to Kill Democracy in Ohio (& How Farmers Fought Back) 51:54
  14. A Sneak Peek into The Maybe Collective 2:44
  15. The Colossus Crossroads: Fighting for the Future of Memphis w/ KeShaun Pearson 31:38
  16. The Gig is Up: How Uber Ruined Wage Labor with Veena Dubal 48:23
  17. The Collective Fight for Our Humanity - REAL Resistance 50:26
  18. Who's Behind Big Brother? - REAL Resistance 45:19
  19. The Global Fight Against Technocolonialism - REAL Resistance 49:34
  20. Against Automated Governments - REAL Resistance 53:44
  21. The AI Information Warp - REAL Resistance 49:11
  22. Computer Says Kill: How To Say No w/ Matt Mahmoudi and Marwa Fatafta 51:44
  23. Computer Says Kill: The AI Safety Circus w/ Heidy Khlaaf 47:36
  24. Computer Says Kill: The Palestine Laboratory w/ Antony Loewenstein 49:12
  25. SPECIAL: Israel’s AI Kill List in Lebanon w/ Nabih Bulos 19:47
  26. Computer Says Kill: Anthropic is NOT the Good Guy w/ Madeline Batt 41:08
  27. Computer Says Kill: The Toxic Love Triangle of Big Tech, Big War & Big Science w/ David Gray Widder 37:16
  28. Computer Says Kill: The Blank Check to Beat China w/ Lis Siegel 43:48
  29. Short: RightsGone? Why Zambia May Have Pulled the Plug on RightsCon 13:30
  30. Computer Says Kill: A License for Unlimited War w/ Amos Toh 47:41
  31. Computer Says Kill: How a Calculator Company Reshaped Modern Warfare w/ Jeff Stern 37:54
  32. Computer Says Kill: Collapsing the Chain w/ with Matt Mahmoudi 49:18
  33. Computer Says Kill: New Series Trailer 1:17
  34. Fantasy Factory: Luddite Horror w/ Brian Merchant 35:29
  35. How to Scare a Fascist w/ Naomi Klein 44:56
  36. Fantasy Factory: One Filmmaker's Fight Against AI w/ Valerie Veatch 49:44
  37. Short: Grand Theft Grammarly w/ Julia Angwin & Peter Romer-Friedman 24:36
  38. Fantasy Factory: AI Supervillains w/ Anat Shenker-Osorio 52:23
  39. Fantasy Factory: AGI is Scientifically Impossible w/ Adam Becker 51:02
  40. Livestream: The People’s Policy: Holding Big Tech Accountable 1:00:16
  41. Lingo Bingo at the India AI Summit w/ Naomi Klein, Timnit Gebru, Nikhil Dey, and Chinasa Okolo 53:14
  42. Is Claude Out of the War Business? w/ Amos Toh 8:03
  43. Lingo Bingo at the India AI Summit w/ Meredith Whittaker, Audrey Tang, Abeba Birhane, and Usha Ramanathan 44:32
  44. Lingo Bingo at the India AI Summit w/ Karen Hao, Joan Kinyua, Chenai Chair, and Rafael Grohmann 44:32
  45. The Vaporstate: All Hail Scale at the India AI Summit 47:51
  46. The Vaporstate: Buy Blair, Sell AI 45:01
  47. The Vaporstate: Brazil is Banking on Apps 54:01
  48. The Vaporstate: ID in India 50:29
  49. The Vaporstate: A New Mini-Series 2:13
  50. The Age of Noise w/ Eryk Salvaggio (replay) 48:56