In an uncertain world where AI technology is disconnecting us more and more each day, we are dreaming of a world where technology connects us. The premise of this podcast of simple: let's talk to people and imagine the most hopeful and idealistic futures for technologies that connect and do good in the world.
What happens when AI filmmaking keeps its heart in human storytelling?
In this episode, Dylan Thomas Doyle speaks with Jagger Waters, writer, director, and creative lead at Escape—a streaming platfor…
What happens when a nation declares AI dominance its top priority? In this episode, Dylan Thomas Doyle speaks with Justin Hendrix, editor of Tech Policy Press, about the Trump administration’s newly …
What happens when we center young people in conversations about artificial intelligence? In this episode, Dylan Thomas Doyle speaks with Tess Posner, CEO of AI4ALL, a nonprofit organization working t…
Musical Deepfakes: A Conversation with AyseDeniz Gokcin
What happens when a classically trained pianist collaborates with artificial intelligence? In this episode, Dylan Thomas Doyle speaks with AyşeD…
When American Democracy Meets Digital Kleptocracy: A Conversation with Casey Michel
What happens when the rule of law meets the rule of money and money wins? It's a question that's becoming impossible…
In this episode we chat the future of democracy, tech, and creativity with Baratunde Thurston. We also laugh a lot. From Indigenous roots to AI’s role in civic life, we unpack how humor and hope can …
In this episode, Dylan and dana boyd (Cornell, Data & Society, Microsoft Research) discusses whether AI and its disruptions are inevitable and how everyday people can reclaim agency and our future.
In this episode we talk to Oliver Haimson about his new book Trans Technologies, out now through MIT Press. We also talk about trans vape companies, which is the real highlight.
In the first episode of our Joyful Tech series, Rebecca Jonas (UC Santa Cruz) talks digital literacy in rural Appalachia, why libraries are innovation hubs, and how "play" is key to learning tech. Pl…
How is AI changing the state of war?
In this educational episode we sit down with Atay Kozlovski and Ayca Ariyoruk to discuss what autonomous weapons are, how they are being used, and what we should …
In this bonus ep, Dylan and David talk about DC thai food. But also our shared AI futures. Recorded live at the Shared Futures AI Forum sponsored by Aspen Digital and the Patrick J. McGovern Foundati…
We talk with Tom Williams about his upcoming book Degrees of Freedom: on Robotics and Social Justice. In the episode we discuss robotics ethics, liberty, and the history of robot racism.
What's up with all of these chatbots impersonating our dead loved ones?
In this conversation, we talk with Tomasz Hollanek discusses the concept of digital immortality, exploring its implications in t…
In this conversation, Casey Fiesler discusses the recent cancellation of her NSF grant focused on AI education, exploring the implications for students and the broader academic community. The discuss…
In this episode, we dive into the ethical, social, and political stakes of data in the age of AI with two leading voices in the field: Mary Gray, Senior Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research and…
What if everything you’ve been told about AI is a con?
In this episode, we sit down with linguist Emily M. Bender and sociologist Alex Hanna — two of the most incisive critics of mainstream AI discour…
Welcome to AI-tocracy: where algorithms meet authority.
This is a show where we talk about tech, power, and the people caught in between. Hosted by Dylan Thomas Doyle. Asking:
Who’s really in control …