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By Deb Donig
Technically Human is a podcast about ethics and technology where I ask what it means to be human in the age of tech.
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1 hr 6 min
Topics
Laws, regulation, antitrust, standards, and public policy governing technology.
Hiring, career development, skills, workplace practice, and professional progression in technology.
Civil liberties, speech, access, surveillance, and human rights in digital environments.
Formats
Host-led conversation where a guest supplies most of the subject matter.
Detailed technical, architectural, or research-oriented examination.
Audience level
Assumes basic technology literacy and familiarity with common products, roles, and terminology.
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What does it mean for the web to be open—and open to whom? For most of the web’s history, we’ve operated on a fairly simple assumption: if you put something on a public website, people could find it, search engines could index it, and information could move relatively freely across the internet.
My guest today is Dave Merritt, cofounder and Chief Technology Officer of Watch Duty. Founded in 2021, Watch Duty is a nonprofit emergency-information platform that provides real-time, verified intelligence about wildfires and floods across all 50 states.
In recent months, courts and juries across the country have been confronting questions that technology policy has wrestled with for years: When should platforms be held responsible for harms facilitated by their products? Where is the line between regulating speech and regulating product design?
My conversation today is with Monika Bielskyte, a futurist, foresight strategist, speculative designer and founder of Protopia Futures. She developed the Protopia World Stack, a science-informed, life-centric foresight methodology.
On this episode I’m joined by Jess Holbrook, Head of UX Research for Microsoft AI. Over the past 12 years, Jess has held senior research and design leadership roles across Microsoft, Meta, Google, and Amazon.
Today I’m speaking with Dana Mazia, General Manager of the Bright Initiative by Bright Data, which provides nonprofits, academic institutions, and public bodies with pro bono access to public web data and expertise.
Today I am interviewing Bruce Friedrich, the author of the newly published book " Meat: How the Next Agricultural Revolution Will Transform Humanity's Favorite Food―and Our Future."
My guest for this episode is Professor Aleem Hossain, a writer and director working across science fiction, fantasy, experimental cinema, and television.
Globally, 8 billion people will experience trauma in their lifetime. Ninety-three percent of those in crisis will not receive adequate care. The barriers are familiar: cost, stigma, language, geography, workforce shortages.
My guest today is Avi Tuschman, founder and CEO of Crickit AI, an AI tool that live fact-checks social media videos. It’s a visionary technology that analyzes and verifies claims made on videos shared on social media platforms in real time.