Shows
Radical ImaginationRebooting AI for Language LearningDiscover the powerful role of artificial intelligence in preserving indigenous languages in our latest episode, where I, Angela Glover Blackwell, engage in a compelling discussion with Keoni Mahelona, the talented CTO of Te Hiku Media. We delve into the rich history of the Māori people, uncovering the injustices they've faced and the ways AI is paving the way toward the revitalization of their language. Get ready to be intrigued and enlightened as we discuss how Te Hiku Media is disrupting traditional systems using AI to ensure the preservation of the Māori language.We also explore th...2023-12-1522 min
IRL: Online Life is Real LifeLend Me Your VoiceBig tech’s power over language, means power over people. Bridget Todd talks to AI community leaders paving the way for open voice tech in their own languages and dialects.In this episode: AI builders and researchers in the US, Kenya and New Zealand who say the languages computers learn to recognize today will be the ones that survive tomorrow — as long as communities and local startups can defend their data rights from big AI companies.Halcyon Lawrence was an Associate Professor of Technical Communication and Information Design at Towson University in Maryland (via Trinidad and...2023-11-2122 min
Tech Won't Save UsBig Tech Won’t Revitalize Indigenous Languages w/ Keoni MahelonaParis Marx is joined by Keoni Mahelona to discuss the colonial nature of data extraction by major tech companies, and how Te Hiku takes a very different approach to revitalize the Māori language. Keoni Mahelona is the Chief Technology Officer at Te Hiku Media. Follow Keoni on Twitter at @mahelona.Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Follow the podcast (@techwontsaveus) and host Paris Marx (@parismarx) on Twitter, and support the show...2023-07-201h 07
Te PūtahiDr Tahu Kukutai & Keoni Mahelona: Data SovereigntyDr Tahu Kukutai and Keoni Mahelona discuss data, governance and sovereignty. What is data? What is Māori data? What considerations and concerns do our experts have around data and the future? This discussion focusses on distinctions between data, the risks around platforms, management, development, international collaboration and some legal issues.2020-06-0200 min
BrazilJSTecnologia para salvar a cultura de um povoKeoni Mahelona faz parte do Te Hiku Media, projeto que criou uma plataforma de conteúdos na língua Te Reo Maori – e com isso pretende preservar a identidade de cinco tribos da Nova Zelândia Get full access to BrazilJS at www.braziljs.org/subscribe2019-09-0203 min
Greater Than Code143: Indigenous Data Sovereignty with Keoni Mahelona01:20 - Keoni’s Background and Superpower: Building things quickly.
03:57 - Respect for Indiginous Cultures + Community + People
08:55 - Ownership of Data
14:52 - Learning Māori
18:59 - Indigenous Data Sovereignty
Data as a Strategic Resource: Self-determination, Governance, and the Data Challenge for Indigenous Nations in the United States
Indigenous Data Sovereignty: Toward an agenda (Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research (CAEPR)) (Volume 38)
31:16 - History: The U.S. Occupation of The Kingdom of Hawaii
36:58 - Creating a License to Protect Data Sovereignty
41:45 - Sharing Dat...2019-08-141h 08
Greater Than Code143: Indigenous Data Sovereignty with Keoni Mahelona01:20 - Keoni’s Background and Superpower: Building things quickly.
03:57 - Respect for Indiginous Cultures + Community + People
08:55 - Ownership of Data
14:52 - Learning Māori
18:59 - Indigenous Data Sovereignty
Data as a Strategic Resource: Self-determination, Governance, and the Data Challenge for Indigenous Nations in the United States
Indigenous Data Sovereignty: Toward an agenda (Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research (CAEPR)) (Volume 38)
31:16 - History: The U.S. Occupation of The Kingdom of Hawaii
36:58 - Creating a License to Protect Data Sovereignty
41:45 - Sharing Dat...2019-08-141h 08
The Story ColliderHome: Stories about science and communityThis week, we present two stories about finding community with science. Part 1: Keoni Mahelona leaves his home in Hawaii in pursuit of science. Part 2: After growing up wealthy, Chuck Collins' thinking is transformed by his work with mobile home park tenants. Aloha. O Keoni koʻu inoa. No Hawaiʻi au. I tēnei wā, noho au i Taipā. Keoni Mahelona is a melting pot of diversity in so many ways -- ethnicity, education, hobbies, sexuality, and possibly personality hahahahaha. He's had a seemingly random journey through engineering, business, and science that's somehow thrown h...2017-12-0833 min