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Episode #1- Tal Zarsky on the Ethics of Big Data and Predictive Analytics
This is the first in a series of podcast interviews being conducted as part of the Algocracy and Transhumanism project. In this episode I have the great privilege of interviewing Prof. Tal Zarsky, an...
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Episode #2: James Hughes on the Transhumanist Political Project
This is the second episode in the Algocracy and Transhumanism project. In this episode I interview Dr. James Hughes, executive director of the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies and...
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Episode #3: Sven Nyholm on Love Enhancement, Deep Brain Stimulation and the...
This is the third episode in the Algocracy and Transhumanism project podcast. In this episode I talk to Sven Nyholm who is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the Eindhoven University of...
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Episode #4: Evan Selinger on Algorithmic Outsourcing and the Value of Privacy
This is the third episode in the Algocracy and Transhumanism Podcast. In this episode I interview Evan Selinger. Evan is a Professor of Philosophy at the Rochester Institute for Technology. He is...
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Episode #5 – Hannah Maslen on the Ethics of Neurointerventions
This is the fifth episode in the Algocracy and Transhumanism Podcast. In this episode I speak to Hannah Maslen. Hannah is a research fellow at the Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics in Oxford and is...
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Episode #6 – Deborah Lupton on the Quantified Self
This is the sixth episode in the Algocracy and Transhumanism podcast. In this episode, I talk to Deborah Lupton about her book The Quantified Self (Polity Press 2016). Deborah is a Centenary Research...
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Episode #7 -Brett Frischmann on Reverse Turing Tests and Machine-like Humans
This is the 7th episode of the Algocracy and Transhumanism Podcast. In this episode I talk to Brett Frischmann about his work on human-focused Turing Tests. Brett is a Professor of Law at Cardozo Law...
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Episode #8 – Karen Levy on the Rise of Intimate Surveillance
This is the eighth episode in the Algocracy and Transhumanism podcast. In this episode, I talk to Karen Levy about the topic of intimate surveillance. Karen is an assistant professor in the Department...
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Episode #9 – Rachel O’Dwyer on Bitcoin, Blockchain and the Digital Commons
This is the ninth episode in the Algocracy and Transhumanism Podcast. In this episode I talk to Rachel O’Dwyer who is currently a postdoc at Maynooth University. We have a wide-ranging conversation...
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Episode #10 – David Gunkel on Robots and Cyborgs
This is the tenth episode in the Algocracy and Transhumanism Podcast. In this episode I talk to David Gunkel. David is a professor of communication studies at Northern Illinois University. He...
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Episode #11 – Sabina Leonelli on whether Big Data will revolutionise science
In this episode I talk to Sabina Leonelli. Sabina is an Associate Professor at the Department of Sociology, Philosophy and Anthropology at the University of Exeter. She is as the Co-Director of the...
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Episode #12 – Rick Searle on the Dark Side of Transhumanism
In this episode I interview Rick Searle. Rick is an author living in Amish country in Pennsylvania. He is a prolific writer and commentator on all things technological. I get Rick to educate me about...
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Episode #13 Laura Cabrera on Human Enhancement, Communication and Values
In this episode I interview Dr Laura Cabrera. Laura is an Assistant Professor at the Center for Ethics & Humanities in the Life Sciences at Michigan State University where she conducts research...
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Episode #14 Aaron Wright on Blockchain Technology and the Law
In this episode I interview programmer and lawyer Aaron Wright. Aaron is an expert in corporate and intellectual property law, with extensive experience in Internet and new technology issues. He is a...
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Episode #15 – Nicole Vincent on Neurointerventions and Human Happiness
In this episode I talk to Nicole Vincent. Nicole is an international philosopher extraordinaire. She has appointments at Georgia State University, TU Delft (Netherlands) and Macquarie University...
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A Critique of Linguistic Capitalism: a short podcast from Pip Thornton
I started work as the research assistant on the Algocracy and Transhumanism project in September, and John has invited me to record a short podcast about some of my own PhD research on Language in the...
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Episode #16 Anders Sandberg on the ethics and risks of time compression in...
In this episode I talk to Anders Sandberg about the ethical implications of time compression – or the speeding up of computational tasks to quantum levels. Anders is research associate to the Oxford...
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Episode #17 Steve Fuller on Transhumanism and the Proactionary Imperative
In this episode I talk to Professor Steve Fuller about his sometimes controversial views on transhumanism, religion, science and technology, enhancement and evolution. Steve is Auguste Comte Professor...
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Episode #18 – Jonathan Pugh on bio-conservatism and human enhancement
In this episode I talk to Jonathan Pugh about bio-conservatism and human enhancement. Jonny is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Applied Moral Philosophy at The University of Oxford, on the Wellcome...
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PODCAST: Pip Thornton – Critiquing linguistic capitalism, Google’s ad empire,...
My post as research assistant on the Algocracy & Transhumanism project at NUIG has come to an end, and I will shortly be returning to Royal Holloway to finish writing up my PhD. I have really...
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