Age of AI
A podcast on the impact of emerging technologies in transforming politics, law, and society. Hosted by Medlir Mema, Chris Lamont, and Young Diogenes in association with the Global Governance Institute in Brussels.
Website: http://www.ageofaipodcast.com/
X.com: @MedlirM and @ck_lamont.
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Episodes
80 episodes
S9E2: Reviewing the UN Summit of the Future
Medlir shares insights with Chris from the UN Summit of the Future. They discuss the Pact for the Future, the Global Digital Compact, and the Declaration on Future Generations. In addition, Medlir and Chris also discuss California’s recently ve...
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Season 9
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Episode 2
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23:43
S9E1: AI Futures and the UN Summit of the Future
In the first episode of Season 9, Medlir and Chris revisit the topic of AI agents, AI and US-China relations, and also China’s recent moves in regulating AI. They then wrap up with a discussion of the Summit of the Future, and AI and Sustainabl...
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Season 9
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Episode 1
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30:28
S8E8: The promise and risks of generative AI technology for businesses with Maria Santacaterina
Maria Santacaterina and Medlir discuss the impact of generative AI on businesses. They ask the question whether the massive financial investment in generative AI will pay off for these businesses. Is the promise of AI, hype or real?Link...
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Season 8
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Episode 8
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33:33
S8E7: Japan’s Military AI Strategy
In July 2024, Japan’s Ministry of Defense unveiled its first basic policy document on the use of artificial intelligence and a comprehensive strategy to enhance Japan’s cyber defense capabilities. In this episode Dr. Ryo Hinata-Yamaguchi of the...
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Season 8
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Episode 7
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28:42
S8E6: AI for Peace with Dr. Paige Arthur
Medlir sits down with Dr. Paige Arthur, Director of Global Programming at Columbia Global, and co-author of AI for Peace (with Branka Panic), to discuss how recent AI innovations can contribute to conflict prevention and peace. They also explor...
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Season 8
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Episode 6
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37:13
S8E5: The Diogenes Awards | Our Annual Awards of AI in Television and Film
This week, our annual Diogenes Awards. We take a look at AI in television and film (and sometimes other musings and occasional 'arguments'). We discuss each host's top nominee(s) since 2023, and then narrow it to the consensus pick for all of y...
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Season 8
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Episode 5
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29:08
S8E4: Mihalis Kritikos on Governing AI
Chris talks with Mihalis Kritikos of the European Commission on Artificial Intelligence Ethics and Trustworthy Governance of AI. Mihalis sheds light on how he got started working on AI governance during the Covid-19 pandemic, the ethics of AI, ...
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Season 8
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Episode 4
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21:29
S8E3: How Ukraine uses AI to Fight Disinformation
Chris talks to Maya Sobchuk, GGI non-resident fellow and researcher at the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Tokyo about her work on AI and disinformation. In this episode Maya reflects on the history of R...
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Season 8
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Episode 3
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25:59
S8E2: Conflict Forecasting with Hannes Mueller
Medlir is joined by Dr. Hannes Mueller to discuss recent developments in conflict prevention. Specifically, we examine how artificial intelligence can help governments detect risk early, predict the likelihood of new conflicts, and prevent olde...
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Season 8
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Episode 2
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51:08
S8E1: Cool New Things You Can Do with AI or: How YD Learned to Start Worrying and Love Long Context Windows
For our season opener, Young Diogenes has a chat with Chris and Medlir about some cool new things large language models can now do for us. Specifically, why some companies, like Google with Gemini, are choosing to concentrate on increasingly la...
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Season 8
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Episode 1
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27:28
S7E8: Misinformation and Disinformation in the age of AI
Medlir asks Lukas Andriukaitis, Board member of Lithuania-based Civic Resilience Initiative (CRI), what it means to work and live at the frontier of the new misinformation / disinformation space. They discuss the current atmosphere in the regio...
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Season 7
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Episode 8
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31:21
S7E7: The EU AI Act with Luca Bertuzzi
Luca Bertuzzi joins Medlir for a discussion on the EU AI Act passed by the European Parliament on March 13th. Among other things, they discuss the likely impact of the law on innovation and governance within the EU and abroad, as well as critic...
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Season 7
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Episode 7
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26:47
S7E6: The Politics and Governance of Big Data and AI
Andrej Zwitter and Oskar Gstrein share with Chris what they will be keeping an eye out for in the AI regulatory space in 2024. They also discuss their latest work on the politics and governance of big data and artificial intelligence and their ...
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Season 7
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Episode 6
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33:24
S7E5: AI and Military Technologies
Medlir sits down with Dr. Raluca Csernatoni and Dr. Marijn Hoijtink to discuss the escalating ‘innovation race’ among corporate giants. They discuss AI’s contribution to the rise in power of the private tech sector vs. the state, as well ...
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50:29
S7E4: AI and Wargaming with Baptiste Alloui-Cros
Medlir is joined by Baptiste Alloui-Cros, founder of the Strand Simulations Group and a wargame designer, to discuss how AI is likely to impact how we think, strategize, and prepare for war.Links:
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Season 7
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Episode 4
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27:57
S7E3: The Birth of Digital Human Rights with Rebekah Dowd
This week Medlir and our guest Rebekah Dowd, an academic, scholar, and author of The Birth of Digital Human Rights: Digitized Data Governance as a Human Rights Issue in the EU, explore how and why the EU became a leader in the realm of...
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Season 7
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Episode 3
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43:34
S7E2: AI, Digital Humanities and Virtual Memory Spaces
In this episode Chris talks to Arnaud Kurze of Montclair State University, currently a Digital Studies Fellow at the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress. Arnaud has carried out groundbreaking research in digital humanities, memory s...
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Season 7
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Episode 2
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29:45
S7E1: Introducing AI Global Governance with Joachim Koops
Medlir and Chris speak with Dr. Joachim Koops of the Global Governance Institute and Leiden University to discuss the launch of the AI Global Governance program. They further discuss the challenges associated with the question of governan...
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Season 7
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Episode 1
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38:13
S6E8: Trends and Announcements in AI for 2023
Young Diogenes (YD), Medlir and Chris discuss trends and developments in AI for 2023 (Democratization, Personalization, Twinning, GenAI, Multi-modal AI, AI ethics). We also discuss advances in behavioral AI for communications security, we...
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Season 6
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Episode 8
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41:03
S6E7: Innovations in Deterrence through AI, with Emma Morrison and Justin Lynch
Medlir sits down with Emma Morrison and Justin Lynch to discuss ways AI can help analysts in understanding significant events, attributing actions, and presenting usable information to decision-makers, while reflecting on how AI may adversely a...
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Season 6
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Episode 7
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44:17
S6E6: Governing AI to Advance Shared Prosperity with Katya Klinova
Medlir discusses the impact of AI on development with Katya Klinova, Head of AI, Labor, and the Economy division of the Partnership on AI. There she oversees (among other things) the AI and Shared Prosperity Initiative, asking how to make...
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Season 6
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Episode 6
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43:19
S6E5: AI Governance with Justin Bullock
Medlir is joined for a wide-ranging conversation on the shifting landscape of AI governance by Dr. Justin Bullock, a Senior Researcher at Convergence Analysis, in the UK. Dr. Bullock brings a wealth of expertise in public administration, artifi...
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Season 6
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Episode 5
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55:58
S6E4: Recent developments in disinformation through AI
YD, Chris, and Medlir discuss some recent uses of AI, to quickly and easily generate political influence campaigns. Many of us are already aware of the rapidity and volume at which AI can generate content. But in this episode, we ...
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Season 6
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Episode 4
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25:13
S6E3: Joseph Vukov on Religion and AI
Medlir is joined by Dr. Joseph Vukov, Associate Director of the Hank Center for the Catholic Intellectual Heritage at Loyola University Chicago, whose research explores questions at the intersection of ethics, neuroscience, and philosophy of mi...
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Season 6
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Episode 3
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41:19
S6E2: AI and Disarmament with Branka Marijan
Medlir Mema is joined by Dr. Branka Marijan, a Senior Researcher at Project Ploughshares, where she leads the research on the military and security implications of emerging technologies. Her research interests include trends in warfare, civilia...
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Season 6
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Episode 2
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39:09