Shows
Tech me OutIn Legal Tech We Trust? - ChatboxIn conversation with Christina Blacklaws (former President of the Law Society of England and Wales).
An episode, produced by LETS Lab Fellow Dilara Altun, seeks to address the extent to which AI has challenged the rule of law. Our guest for this episode is Christina Blacklaws, former President of the Law Society of England and Wales, explains the ways in which law can benefit from automation and emerging tech.2021-12-2749 min
Tech me OutDon't Fear the Algorithm - ChatboxIn conversation with Fraser Matcham (CEO of Legal Utopia, UK)
This episode, produced by LETS Lab Fellow Eva Souchet, explores the bright side of automation in the legal industry from opening access to justice to reforming the law curriculum at Universities.Our guest, Fraser Matcham (Legal Utopia) highlights the importance of bringing the gap between technology and law in education and provides some tips for young law graduates. 2021-12-2021 min
Tech me OutNew Tech, New Rules? The future of the Legal Profession. - ChatboxFeaturing special guest and Attorney at Law, Jeannette Gorzala, of Stadler Völkel, this episode, produced by LETS Labber William Philips, takes a dive into the topics of lawtech and how they’re utilised in an actively operating business. This discussion explores the legal and technical challenges faced by companies operating in the legal technology sector, both those that are currently present and those that are expected to impact organisations in the future. 2021-12-1317 min
Tech me OutLegal-Tech: Revolution or Disruption? - ChatboxIn conversation with Ahmad Haj Mosa (Head of AI, PwC Europe)
Our guest speaker for this episode is Ahmad Haj Mosa, Head of AI at PwC Europe and Co-founder & CTIO of Digicust. How has AI shaped expectations for professional services including legal tax, financial services, cybersecurity technology consulting, and compliance? LETS Labber Vikalp Jaiswal seeks to assess how disruptive might new technologies be for the legal services sector.2021-12-0125 min
Tech me OutPosthuman Solutions to a Posthuman Problem - Lethal Autonomous Weapons - ChatboxOur Fatimazahra Dehbi (BHRE, LETS Lab) is joined by our guest, Dr Emily Jones (Lecturer in the School of Law and Human Rights Centre at the University of Essex) to discuss the key debates surrounding the existence, use and regulation of lethal autonomous weapons under international law, and how looking at these weapons through the lens of posthuman feminism could help address the issues of their regulation, or lack thereof.2021-06-2525 min
Tech me OutMade You Look: DeepFakes and Synthetic Media - ChatBoxThis episode discusses how deepfakes pose significant legal challenges that go well beyond the scope of disinformation. Our Elliott Domeney discusses intricate uses of AI and image manipulation with our guest for this episode:Kelsey Farish, Associate at DAC Beachcroft LLP.Music by https://www.fiftysounds.com - Track: Interconnected 2021-06-1832 min
Tech me OutMade in China: The Chinese Social Credit System - ChatBoxFor this episode we are travelling to China to explore how an Orwellian social credit system is ranking its citizens harnessing surveillance technologies. Our Eva Souchet discusses tech enhanced authoritarianism with our guest for this episode: Dr Samantha Hoffmann, Senior Analyst at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute.2021-05-1718 min
Tech me OutElectronic persons, robotic cleaners and the new digital underclassOur guest speaker for this episode is Prof Andrew Murray (London School of Economics), a leading scholar of information Technology Law, a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (FRSA) and the author of Information Technology Law: The Law and Society. Featured material: Amodei et al, 2016 and European Parliament resolution of 16 February 2017 with recommendations to the Commission on Civil Law Rules on Robotics (2015/2103(INL) 2021-02-1944 min
Tech me OutMoral AI and the mathematical formula for happinessWendell is an ethicist at Yale University's Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics, and a senior advisor to the Hastings Center, and together we discuss on moral reasoning, algorithmic accountability and … the quest for a mathematical formula to maximise happiness.2020-11-2639 min