IR in the age of AI
93 episodes - English - Latest episode: 23 days ago - ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsA podcast (OnAiR) at the intersection of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and International Relations (IR) theory, law, practice. Hosted by Medlir Mema, Chris Lamont, and Young Diogenes, in collaboration with the Global Governance Institute.
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S7E8: Misinformation and Disinformation in the age of AI
March 24, 2024 21:00 - 31 minutes - 21.6 MBMedlir 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 region and beyond, in terms of threat of misinformation/disinformation. They consider both the benefits and the drawbacks of AI-enabled technologies as billions across the world prepare to cast their votes in 2024. Links: https://cri.lt/ https://cri.lt/w...
S7E7: The EU AI Act with Luca Bertuzzi
March 17, 2024 21:00 - 26 minutes - 18.5 MBLuca 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 criticisms that the act fails to address concerns regarding human rights and civil liberties. Links: https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/03/13/lawmakers-approve-ai-act-with-overwhelming-majority?utm_content=buffer785c3&utm_medium=social&utm_source=link...
S7E6: The Politics and Governance of Big Data and AI
March 10, 2024 22:00 - 33 minutes - 23 MBAndrej 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 newly published Handbook on the Governance Politics and Governance of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence. In this discussion Andrej and Oskar explore the EU AI Act and challenges that datafication and algorithmic logics pose for governance, privacy, ...
S7E5: AI and Military Technologies
March 03, 2024 22:00 - 50 minutes - 34.8 MBMedlir 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 as the ‘existential threat’ and ‘superintelligence’ narratives around foundational AI models and how these shape specific socio-technical imaginaries of the future. They also dive into AI’s impact on geopolitical and military power, including Sino-American...
S7E4: AI and Wargaming with Baptiste Alloui-Cros
February 25, 2024 22:00 - 27 minutes - 19.3 MBMedlir 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: https://strandsimulationsgroup.com/ https://www.militarystrategymagazine.com/article/does-artificial-intelligence-change-the-nature-of-war/ https://www.militarystrategymagazine.com/article/what-is-the-utility-of-the-principles-of-war/ #wargaming, #simulation, #AI, #warfare, #strategy
S7E3: The Birth of Digital Human Rights with Rebekah Dowd
February 11, 2024 22:00 - 43 minutes - 30 MBThis 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 digital human rights. Links: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-82969-8 https://gdpr.eu/what-is-gdpr/ https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/headlines/society/20230601STO93804/eu-ai-act-first-regulation-on-artificial-intelligence https://www...
S7E2: AI, Digital Humanities and Virtual Memory Spaces
February 04, 2024 22:00 - 29 minutes - 20.5 MBIn 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 studies, and transitional justice and offers his insights into AI and virtual memory spaces, accountability, Links: Kluge Fellowship: https://www.loc.gov/programs/john-w-kluge-center/scholars-in-residence/current-scholars-in-residence/ Wilson Center...
S7E1: Introducing AI Global Governance with Joachim Koops
January 28, 2024 22:00 - 38 minutes - 26.3 MBMedlir 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 governance more broadly. Links: https://www.globalgovernance.eu/about-us https://www.globalgovernance.eu/education/aigg
S6E8: Trends and Announcements in AI for 2023
December 17, 2023 22:00 - 41 minutes - 28.3 MBYoung 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, weather forecasting, material science, and discussion of the recent chaos at OpenAI (based on reporting by Karen Hao, the final link below provides some really interesting additional details on the events inside OpenAI if you'd like to get caught up). Crypt...
S6E7: Innovations in Deterrence through AI, with Emma Morrison and Justin Lynch
December 03, 2023 22:00 - 44 minutes - 30.5 MBMedlir 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 affect a country's ability to signal credibly, or understand its adversaries intentions accurately. Links: https://sais.jhu.edu/kissinger/programs-and-projects/kissinger-center-papers/deterrence-through-ai-enabled-detection-and-attribution https://w...
S6E6: Governing AI to Advance Shared Prosperity with Katya Klinova
November 19, 2023 22:00 - 43 minutes - 29.8 MBMedlir 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 AI progress in the workforce more inclusive, as well as the potential impact of AI on the economic growth prospects of low- and middle-income countries. Links: Governing AI to Advance Shared Prosperity - published version on the website of Oxford Univers...
S6E7: Governing AI to Advance Shared Prosperity with Katya Klinova
November 19, 2023 22:00 - 43 minutes - 29.8 MBMedlir discusses the impact of AI on development with Dr. 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 AI progress in the workforce more inclusive, as well as the potential impact of AI on the economic growth prospects of low- and middle-income countries. Links: Governing AI to Advance Shared Prosperity - published version on the website of Oxford Uni...
S6E5: AI Governance with Justin Bullock
November 05, 2023 22:00 - 55 minutes - 38.5 MBMedlir 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, artificial intelligence (AI), organizational theory, and management. He is the lead editor of Oxford University Press’ Handbook of AI Governance. Links: https://academic.oup.com/edited-volume/41989 https://justinbullock.org/academic-works/ https://jus...
S6E5: AI Governance with Justic Bullock
November 05, 2023 22:00 - 55 minutes - 38.5 MBMedlir 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, artificial intelligence (AI), organizational theory, and management. She is the lead editor of Oxford University Press’ Handbook of AI Governance. Links: https://academic.oup.com/edited-volume/41989 https://justinbullock.org/academic-works/ https://ju...
S6E4: Recent developments in disinformation through AI
October 22, 2023 21:00 - 25 minutes - 17.4 MBYD, 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 discuss some of the ways in which AI quality is improving, as well as some different mechanisms being tested to maximize the intensity and appeal to our emotions and biases. Links: Cyber Propaganda & Influence Ops: Rising Asia-Pacific Threats | Security Insider...
S6E3: Joseph Vukov on Religion and AI
October 08, 2023 21:00 - 41 minutes - 28.5 MBMedlir 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 mind, and at the intersection of science and religion. Links: https://www.scienceforhumans.com/the-team https://mailchi.mp/scu/itec-handbook https://www.focolaremedia.com/bookstore/perils-perfection?v=492 https://www.focolaremedia.com/sites/default...
S6E2: AI and Disarmament with Branka Marijan
September 24, 2023 21:00 - 39 minutes - 27 MBMedlir 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, civilian protection, use of drones, and civil-military relations. Links: https://www.g20interfaith.org/branka-marijan/ https://www.ploughshares.ca/author/branka-marijan US-Russia confrontation on AI https://www.cigionline.org/articles/beyond-ukraine-ai...
S6E1: Digital Authoritarianism in the Middle East
September 17, 2023 21:00 - 26 minutes - 18.6 MBHow do states use digital tools to deceive, disseminate disinformation, and deepen authoritarianism? In this episode Chris talks with Marc Owen Jones about digital authoritarianism in the Middle East, who sheds light on this question and much more in a far-reaching discussion. Show Notes https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/digital-authoritarianism-in-the-middle-east/
S5E10: AI and the Intelligence Community
July 23, 2023 21:00 - 35 minutes - 24.8 MBMedlir discusses the likely impact of AI and Emerging Tech with Dr. Chris Moran and Dr. Joe Burton, authors of a recent study which argues that talk of an AI-fueled intelligence revolution is premature. Links: The US Intelligence Community, Global Security, and AI: From Secret Intelligence to Smart Spying The Future of Analysis A.I. Poses ‘Risk of Extinction,’ Industry Leaders Warn China Is Flirting With AI Catastrophe Russia's Use of Uncrewed Systems in Ukraine
E5E9: Roundtable on the Future of Human / AI collaboration (Part 2)
July 09, 2023 21:00 - 20 minutes - 14.2 MBYoung Diogenes, Chris, and Medlir get back to a long-awaited sequel we promised from season 4! (See, we do get back to our promises sometimes. Ha.) We continue exploring the future of AI integration into research, provenance, and other nonsense predictions about the future of AI. Yeah, yeah, feel free to tease us about that later. Medlir and YD get into a 'fight' -- as usual. And we still don't freakin' finish our discussions on provenance! Hey, ya know, you get a bunch of academics in a ...
E5E9: Roundtable on the Future of Human/AI collaboration
July 09, 2023 21:00 - 20 minutes - 14.2 MBChris, Medlir, and Young Diogenes get back to a sequel from season 4. We continue exploring the future of AI integration into research, provenance, and predictions about the future of AI, as well as some light-hearted jabs at each other. Adept Raises $350 Million To Build AI That Learns How To Use Software For You (forbes.com) Adobe Firefly (Beta) Four Reasons Data Provenance Is Vital For Analytics And AI (forbes.com) "Did ChatGPT really say that?": Provenance in the age of Generative A...
S5E8: AI detection tools with CrossPlag founding partner Alejtin Berisha
July 02, 2023 21:00 - 28 minutes - 19.9 MBMedlir sits down with CrossPlag's Dr. Alejtin Berisha to discuss the challenges of Higher Education in the age of AI and the promise of AI originality detection tools like CrossPlag for educators hoping to incorporate tools like ChatGPT in their curriculum. Links: CrossPlag Website CrossPlag Review 'Everybody is cheating': Why this teacher has adopted an open ChatGPT policy Professor Flunks All His Students After ChatGPT Falsely Claims It Wrote Their Papers
S5E7: Responsible AI in Africa
June 25, 2023 21:00 - 32 minutes - 22.1 MBIn this episode Kutoma Wakunuma, Damien Okaibedi Eke, and Simisola Akintoye join Chris to discuss their latest edited volume, Responsible AI in Africa. In this conversation we explore Africa’s exclusion from conversations on AI ethics, epistemic injustice, the concept of Ubuntu, and innovations from Africa’s silicon savannas. Link(s): Responsible AI in Africa
S5E6: AI, National Security, and the Future of Education with Jeannie Johnson
June 18, 2023 21:00 - 31 minutes - 21.5 MBMedlir sits down with Dr. Jeannie Johnson, co-founder and Director of the Center for Anticipatory Intelligence (CAI), to discuss CAI’s mission, what it means to create the nation’s first MA program in Anticipatory intelligence, and the importance of combining expertise in national security and geopolitics with cutting-edge instruction in cyber threats, data analytics, and emergent technology. Links: Jeannie Johnson Founding Director | Center for Anticipatory Intelligence Associate Professo...
S5E5: AI and The New Digital Era of Governance with Evrim Tan
June 04, 2023 21:00 - 42 minutes - 29.3 MBMedlir talks with Evrim Tan, the co-author (with Joep Crompvoets) of The new digital era governance: How new digital technologies are shaping public governance, a fantastic recent publication that seeks to draw important distinctions between the 'old' digital era governance and the 'new' AI-based one. Links: The new digital era governance OECD Working Papers on Public Governance
S5E4: The Diogenes Awards
May 14, 2023 21:00 - 36 minutes - 25.3 MBOur lighthearted yearly conversation about Television and Film containing Artificial Intelligence -- featuring the ever delightful Chris, Medlir, and of course the incredibly handsome Young Diogenes. What will these goofballs pick and argue about this year? (Ed. note: probably almost nothing related to the content, eh? *zing* In seriousness, they cover all of their picks, sling around a few digs at each other, and include some interesting surprises for our listeners. Thank you all so much ...
S5E3: Coding Democracy and the Hacker Ethic with Maureen Webb
May 07, 2023 21:00 - 39 minutes - 27.1 MBIn this episode Chris talks with Maureen Webb about her latest book, Coding Democracy: How Hackers Are Disrupting Power, Surveillance and Authoritarianism (MIT Press, 2000). Webb explores the hacker ethic, Julian Assange & the cypherpunk movement, and the future of democracy. Links Coding Democracy: How Hackers Are Disrupting Power
S5E2: AI Chatbots and Gender with Sylvie Boreau
April 30, 2023 21:00 - 29 minutes - 20.2 MBMedlir talks with Dr. Sylvie Borau, an associate professor at TBS Education, Toulouse, France, where she teaches ethical marketing and consumer behavior. They discuss gender imbalance in AI and the issue of 'Benevolent Sexism.' Together they also consider the implications of one of Dr. Boreau's recent studies which concludes that female bots are endowed with more positive human qualities than male bots, and they are perceived as more human than male bots when compared to both animals and m...
S5E1: AI and Terrorism with Ryan Washington
April 23, 2023 21:00 - 33 minutes - 22.8 MBMedlir talks with his guest, Ryan Washington, a former Marine working with Special Intelligence. They discuss the threat of extremist violence as an important security threat and, perhaps more importantly, a societal threat -- especially as both governments and perpetrators of violence look to co-opt AI into their arsenal. Links: https://www.csis.org/analysis/pushed-extremes-domestic-terrorism-amid-polarization-and-protest http://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/National-Str...
S4E12: China’s AI Investment Activity in SE Asia with Ngor Luong and Channing Lee
March 12, 2023 22:00 - 26 minutes - 18.6 MBChris talks with Ngor Luong and Channing Lee of the Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET) at Georgetown University about their recently published report Chinese AI Investment and Commercial Activity in Southeast Asia. Link: https://cset.georgetown.edu/publication/chinese-ai-investment-and-commercial-activity-in-southeast-asia
S4E11: AI, GrAIde, and the Future of Grading and Assessments with Manjinder Kainth
February 26, 2023 22:00 - 24 minutes - 17.2 MBIn this episode Chris discusses AI assisted grading and the future of assessments in higher education with the CEO of Graide, Manjinder Kainth. Starting with a discussion of ChatGPT our guest presents new developments and tools for AI assisted grading and also shares some advice for those seeking to embark on their own start-up journeys. Links: https://www.graide.co.uk/ https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2022/artificial-intelligence-offers-solution-to-heavy-marking-loads
S4E10: Biometric Surveillance and Civil Society in Serbia with the SHARE Foundation
February 12, 2023 22:00 - 33 minutes - 22.9 MBIn this episode Chris discusses developments in biometric surveillance with Bojan Perkov of the SHARE Foundation who returns to OnAiR to discuss a proposed law on internal affairs in Serbia that would have provided a legal framework for mass biometric surveillance in public spaces. Show Notes: https://www.sharefoundation.info/en/round-two-of-the-battle-against-mass-biometric-surveillance/ https://www.sharefoundation.info/en/new-policing-draft-laws/ https://www.sharefoundation.info/en/bi...
S4E9: Roundtable on the Future of Human / AI collaboration (Part 1)
January 29, 2023 22:00 - 27 minutes - 19 MBYoung Diogenes, Chris, and Medlir share some musings on the future of Human and AI collaboration. In light of some of the challenges faced by academia (since the launch of ChatGPT), we discuss what an early integration of AI and word processing might look like. Medlir chastises tech companies for launching products without sufficient vetting.
S4E8: Surveillance and the Common Good with Eric Stoddart
January 08, 2023 22:00 - 37 minutes - 26.1 MBMedlir is joined by Eric Stoddart from the St. Andrews School of Divinity for a conversation about belief, Practical Theology, AI, surveillance, and the Common Good. Links: https://ericstoddart.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2021/01/03/new-book/ https://www.mdpi.com/journal/religions/special_issues/new_technologies https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/07/29/the-religious-divide-on-views-of-technologies-that-would-enhance-human-beings/
S4E7: Roundtable discussion on OpenAI's ChatGPT
December 25, 2022 22:00 - 27 minutes - 18.9 MBChris and Medlir catch up with Young Diogenes to discuss OpenAI's ChatGPT and explore its possible uses and abuses. Don't miss a passing glance at David Bowie's 'Verbasizer' and Meta's AI Cicero. Links: https://openai.com/blog/chatgpt/ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2022/12/chatgpt-ai-writing-college-student-essays/672371/ https://slate.com/technology/2022/12/chatgpt-college-essay-plagiarism.html https://www.vice.com/en/article/xygxpn/the-verbasizer-was-david-bowies-199...
S4E6: Military Automation, Regulation and Future Wars with Ingvild Bode
December 11, 2022 22:00 - 33 minutes - 22.9 MBMedlir and Chris are joined by Ingvild Bode for a wide ranging conversation on military automation, accountability and the future (and present) of armed conflict. Links: AutoNorms Weaponised Artificial Intelligence, Norms, and Order Worried about the autonomous weapons of the future? Look at what’s already gone wrong AI has already been weaponised – and it shows why we should ban 'killer robots'
S4E5: International Law, Russia-Ukraine conflict, and Emerging Tech with Carrie McDougall
November 27, 2022 22:00 - 34 minutes - 24 MBMedlir is joined by Carrie McDougall of the Melbourne Law School and an expert in international criminal law. They discuss prospects for a possible international tribunal to prosecute the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine, and to consider the question of accountability and Autonomous Weapons Systems. Links: Autonomous Weapon Systems and Accountability: Putting the Cart before the Horse The Case for Creating an International Tribunal to Prosecute the Crime of Aggression Against Ukraine ...
S4E4: AI and Emotions with Young Diogenes
November 13, 2022 22:00 - 24 minutes - 16.8 MBIn this episode, Medlir and Chris discuss the question of AI sentience and Lambda with Young Diogenes. Links: https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2022/03/25/what-is-a-transformer-model/ https://cajundiscordian.medium.com/what-is-lamda-and-what-does-it-want-688632134489 https://cajundiscordian.medium.com/is-lamda-sentient-an-interview-ea64d916d917 https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=iBXyKJwqh20&ab_channel=2ago1992 https://www.wired.com/story/lamda-sentient-ai-bias-google-blake-lemoine...
S4E3: China’s Digital Cities, Surveillance, and Digital Authoritarianism with Zeyi Yang
October 30, 2022 21:00 - 42 minutes - 29 MBChris and Medlir welcome Zeyi Yang of MIT Technology Review to the show for a wide ranging discussion from Pokemon to predictive policing and digital authoritarianism to China’s urban Metascapes. Links: https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/06/22/1054586/hikvision-worlds-biggest-surveillance-company/ https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/25/technology/china-surveillance-police.html?referringSource=articleShare https://asia.nikkei.com/Economy/Trade-war/U.S.-China-tensions-knock-96-off-of-bilate...
S4E2: AI Governance, Gender, and Illiberal Society with Jelena Cupac
October 16, 2022 21:00 - 36 minutes - 24.9 MBChris and Medlir are joined Dr. Jelena Cupac, a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Global Governance Research Unit at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center in Germany, to discuss her work on patriarchy, democracy, and AI ethics. Links: Engines of Patriarchy: Ethical Artificial Intelligence in Times of Illiberal Backlash Politics Backlash advocacy and NGO polarization over women's rights in the United Nations
S4E1: On Realizing Meaningful Human Control in Military AI with Taylor Woodcock
October 02, 2022 21:00 - 24 minutes - 16.8 MBChris discusses with Asser Institute's Taylor Woodcock the implications of the development and use of military applications of AI for the international legal obligations applicable in armed conflict under international humanitarian law and international human rights law. Links: Aspects of Realizing (Meaningful) Human Control: A Legal Perspective | https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4109202 Lethal autonomous weapons, war crimes, and the Convention on Conventional Weapons ...
S3E8: AI-Human Collaborations, Top Gun: Maverick, and Tamagotchi with Young Diogenes
July 17, 2022 21:00 - 22 minutes - 15.3 MBIn this episode Medlir and Chris have a chat with Young Diogenes about the use of AI in the latest Top Gun movie, and then explore the boundaries, risks, and opportunities of human-AI collaboration going forward, in a wide ranging discussion that also looks at the question of ‘tamagotchi’ children. Links: Hear Val Kilmer's AI voice – Sonantic Val Kilmer’s daughter says watching dad film ‘Maverick’ was ‘extraordinary’ IMDB Val Kilmer's Dialogue in "Top Gun: Maverick" Was Read By AI Becau...
S3E7: AI-Human Collaborations, Top Gun: Maverick, and Tamagotchi with Young Diogenes
July 17, 2022 21:00 - 22 minutes - 15.3 MBIn this episode Medlir and Chris have a chat with Young Diogenes about the use of AI in the latest Top Gun movie, and then explore the boundaries, risks, and opportunities of human-AI collaboration going forward, in a wide ranging discussion that also looks at the question of ‘tamagotchi’ children. Links: Hear Val Kilmer's AI voice – Sonantic Val Kilmer’s daughter says watching dad film ‘Maverick’ was ‘extraordinary’ IMDB Val Kilmer's Dialogue in "Top Gun: Maverick" Was Read By AI Becau...
S3E6: AI and the Quad with Husanjot Chahal and Ngor Luong
July 10, 2022 21:00 - 1 hour - 41.4 MBIn this episode Medlir and Chris speak with the two of the authors of a Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET) Georgetown report on AI cooperation among members of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, more commonly known as the Quad. Links Quad AI | Assessing AI-related Collaboration between the United States, Australia, India, and Japan The Future of the Quad’s Technology Cooperation Hangs in the Balance
S3E7: AI and the Quad with Husanjot Chahal and Ngor Luong
July 10, 2022 21:00 - 1 hour - 41.4 MBIn this episode Medlir and Chris speak with the two of the authors of a Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET) Georgetown report on AI cooperation among members of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, more commonly known as the Quad. Links Quad AI | Assessing AI-related Collaboration between the United States, Australia, India, and Japan The Future of the Quad’s Technology Cooperation Hangs in the Balance
S3E7: AI and the Quad with Husanjot Chahal and Ngor Luong
July 10, 2022 21:00 - 1 hour - 41.4 MBIn this episode Medlir and Chris speak with the two of the authors of a Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET) Georgetown report on AI cooperation among members of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, more commonly known as the Quad. Links Quad AI | Assessing AI-related Collaboration between the United States, Australia, India, and Japan The Future of the Quad’s Technology Cooperation Hangs in the Balance
S3E6: Emerging Tech and Analog/Digital Peace with Gezim Visoka
June 26, 2022 21:00 - 1 hour - 56.9 MBMedlir and Chris discuss the distinction between analogue and digital approaches to IR and the impact of digital innovations in peace-building. They also ask whether digital peace is any more secure and less fragile than the analog one. Meanwhile Young Diogenes engages with Derek Parfit's 'hinge of history' argument and, unsurprisingly, finds extant interpretations lacking. Links: The Oxford Handbook of Peacebuilding, Statebuilding, and Peace Formation Peace-making: new technologies are n...
S3E5: Emerging Tech and Analog/Digital Peace with Gezim Visoka
June 26, 2022 21:00 - 1 hour - 56.9 MBMedlir and Chris discuss the distinction between analogue and digital approaches to IR and the impact of digital innovations in peace-building. They also ask whether digital peace is any more secure and less fragile than the analog one. Meanwhile Young Diogenes engages with Derek Parfit's 'hinge of history' argument and, unsurprisingly, finds extant interpretations lacking. Links: The Oxford Handbook of Peacebuilding, Statebuilding, and Peace Formation Peace-making: new technologies are n...
S3E5: Emerging Tech, Geopolitics, and Geoeconomics with Dan Ciuriak
June 12, 2022 21:00 - 1 hour - 42.2 MBMedlir and Chris discuss Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the future of global trade, data colonialism and prospects for the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework with guest Dan Ciuriak, while Young Diogenes talks up AI’s potential to transform manufacturing ("Yes, yes, I understand 'Manufacturing' won't seem all that exciting to some of you. Ha. " --YD) Links: Unfree Flow with No Trust | https://www.cigionline.org/articles/unfree-flow-with-no-trust-the-implications-of-geoeconomics-and-geopolitics...
S3E4: Emerging Tech, Geopolitics, and Geoeconomics with Dan Ciuriak
June 12, 2022 21:00 - 1 hour - 42.2 MBMedlir and Chris discuss Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the future of global trade, data colonialism and prospects for the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework with guest Dan Ciuriak, while Young Diogenes talks up AI’s potential to transform manufacturing ("Yes, yes, I understand 'Manufacturing' won't seem all that exciting to some of you. Ha. " --YD) Links: Unfree Flow with No Trust | https://www.cigionline.org/articles/unfree-flow-with-no-trust-the-implications-of-geoeconomics-and-geopolitics...