In the first episode of this season, TCS Podcast Producer Erica Lees-Smith dives into the world of AI in conversation with Annissa La Touche, Cambridge Geography graduate, and Alva Markelius, PhD student and founder of the Cambridge University AI Ethics Society. They discuss the rapidly expanding technology's repercussions on society for young people, human rights, systemic injustices and the environment. This episode was inspired by a TCS article by Annissa published in July which you can read here: https://www.thecambridgestudent.co.uk/opinion/ai-and-human-rights-reflections-on-expert-panels-stands-against-palantir-and-the-utilisation-of-ai-in-genocide
Content warning: this episode briefly mentions self-harm
Sources
Definitions of AI - https://www.ibm.com/topics/artificial-intelligence
Alva's paper, 'The mechanisms of AI hype and its planetary and social costs' https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s43681-024-00461-2
Cambridge University AI Ethics Society: @cambridgeaiethics (Instagram)
Amnesty International's Stop Killer Robots campaign: https://www.stopkillerrobots.org/stop-killer-robots-x-amnesty-international/
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