Age of AI

Young 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 …

Medlir 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. 

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• https://ericstoddart.wp.st-…

Chris 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.

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Medlir and Chris are joined by Ingvild Bode for a wide ranging conversation on military automation, accountability and the future (and present) of armed conflict.

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• AutoNorms Weaponised Artificial…

Medlir 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 A…

In this episode, Medlir and Chris discuss the question of AI sentience and Lambda with Young Diogenes.

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• https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2022/03/25/what-is-a-transformer-model/
• https://cajundiscordia…

Chris 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.

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Chris 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 patriarc…

Chris 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…

In 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 g…

In 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 Secur…

Medlir 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 …

Medlir 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 …

Chris and Medlir explore with Young Diogenes the question of whether AI will be our artist of the future, while Medlir talks to Ilan Manor about public digital diplomacy and the use of digital tools …

Chris and Medlir review AI-themed television shows with Young Diogenes (e.g. Westworld), followed by a discussion with Frederick Bruneault, professor of philosophy at University of Quebec Montreal, a…

Medlir and Chris start off our third season with AI4Peace's Branka Panic, about how AI can contribute to peace and conflict prevention. Plus see our bonus episode this week on YD's AI movie picks, wh…

How do we teach emerging tech in IR? How will technological changes impact the discipline in particular and higher education more broadly? How can we best design curriculums to address emerging chall…

What does the education look like in an age of everincreasing demands for technical proficiency and availability? How can we make better uses of emerging tech in our classrooms and study spaces? Tech…

Medlir and Chris talk to Bojan Perkov of the SHARE Foundation about digital surveillance in Serbia. Meanwhile, YD discusses why mass surveillance and facial recognition technologies are far from beni…