AITEC Philosophy Podcast
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Welcome to AITEC Podcast, where we explore the ethical side of AI and emerging tech.
We call our little group the AI and Technology Ethics Circle (AITEC). Visit ethicscircle.org for more info.
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#34 John MacCormick: Can Machines Think Like Us?
When an AI tells a joke, writes an essay, or solves a complex programming problem, is it just performing a statistical magic trick—or is there something deeper happening under the hood?On this…
#33 Michael Gerlich: How AI is Stealing Your Ability to Think
Are we trading our critical thinking skills for the sake of digital convenience?In this episode of The AITEC Philosophy Podcast, Roberto Carlos García sits down with Michael Gerlich. Michael is the…
#32 Yochai Ataria: Why Blade Runner is Secretly About Fake Realities
Have you ever suspected that the technology you use isn't just a tool, but an entirely fake reality replacing the natural world?On this episode of The AITEC Podcast, Sam Bennett sits down with…
#31: Jacob Browning: Unmasking the Fake Minds of Large Language Models
Have you ever wondered if AI models actually understand the words they generate, or if they are just really good at faking it?On this episode of The AITEC Podcast, Roberto García and Sam Bennett are…
#30 Andrea Pinotti: Beyond the Frame—Virtual Reality, Narcissus, and the Desire to Enter the Image
Philosopher Andrea Pinotti joins us to discuss At the Threshold of the Image: From Narcissus to Virtual Reality. What begins as a conversation about image theory quickly becomes a sweeping…
#29 Justin Tiehen: Why AI Can't Make a Promise—The Hidden Limits of Large Language Models
Have you ever felt like ChatGPT genuinely understands you? What if the reality is that it doesn't even have the foundational capacity to "speak" to you at all?On this episode of The AITEC Podcast,…
#28 Mathilda Marie Mulert: Sex Robots, Simulation, and the Question of Moral Harm
In this episode of the AITEC Podcast, we’re joined by philosopher Mathilda Marie Mulert, a doctoral researcher at the Oxford Internet Institute, to explore one of the most difficult questions in…
#27 Matheus Ferreira de Barros: Technology, Spheres, and the Human Being
In this episode of the AITEC podcast, Sam Bennett and Roberto Carlos speak with Matheus Ferreira de Barros, a philosopher of technology at PUC-Rio and the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, about…
#26 Iwan Williams: Do Language Models Have Intentions?
In this episode of the AITEC podcast, Sam Bennett speaks with philosopher of mind and AI researcher Iwan Williams about his paper “Intention-like representations in language models?” Williams is a…
#25 Pilar López-Cantero: The Ethics of Breakup Chatbots
What if your ex never really left—because you trained a chatbot to be them? In this episode of the AITEC Podcast, we’re joined by philosopher Pilar López-Cantero to explore her provocative article,…
#24 Kevin Crowston and Francesco Bolici: The Death of Expertise?
In this episode of the AITEC Podcast, we sit down with Kevin Crowston and Francesco Bolici—two leading scholars of information science and organizational behavior—to explore the hidden risks of…
#23 Sebastian Purcell: Rootedness, Not Happiness — Aztec Wisdom for a Slippery World
In this episode, we speak with philosopher Sebastian Purcell about his new book The Outward Path: Lessons on Living from the Aztecs. Purcell shows that Aztec philosophy offers a strikingly different…
#22 Iain Thomson: Why Heidegger Thought Technology Was More Dangerous Than We Realize
What if our deepest fears about AI aren't really about the machines at all—but about something we've forgotten about ourselves? In this episode, we speak with philosopher Iain D. Thomson (University…
#21 Jayashri Bangali: AI in Education
In this episode, we sit down with Jayashri A. Bangali, a researcher and educator whose work explores the evolving role of artificial intelligence in education—both in India and around the world. We…
#20 Bernardo Bolaños and Jorge Luis Morton: On Stoicism and Technology
In this episode, we speak with Bernardo Bolaños and Jorge Luis Morton, authors of On Singularity and the Stoics, about the rise of generative AI, the looming prospect of superintelligence, and how…
#19 Joshua Hatherley: When Your Doctor Uses AI—Should They Tell You?
In this episode, we speak with Dr. Joshua Hatherley, a bioethicist at the University of Copenhagen, about his recent article, “Are clinicians ethically obligated to disclose their use of medical…
#18 Jeff Kane: Why Human Minds Are Not Computer Programs
Philosopher Jeff Kane joins us to discuss his new book The Emergence of Mind: Where Technology Ends and We Begin. In an age where AI writes poems, paints portraits, and mimics conversation, Kane…
#17 Caroline Ashcroft: The Catastrophic Imagination
In this episode, we speak with Dr. Caroline Ashcroft, Lecturer in Politics at the University of Oxford and author of Catastrophic Technology in Cold War Political Thought. Drawing on figures like…
#16 Teresa Baron: The Artificial Womb on Trial
Philosopher Teresa Baron joins us to discuss her book The Artificial Womb on Trial. As artificial womb technology edges closer to reality, Baron asks a different question: not just what ectogenesis…
#15 Stephen Kosslyn: Learning to Flourish in the Age of AI
What does it mean to live well in an AI-driven world—and how can we use AI to help us get there?In this episode, we speak with psychologist and neuroscientist Dr. Stephen Kosslyn. Stephen Kosslyn is…
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AITEC Philosophy Podcast has published 35 episodes since October 2023, covering topics in Philosophy, Science.
AITEC Philosophy Podcast is currently highly active with new episodes monthly. Average episode length is 1h 5m.
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