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Responsive Lab PodcastEP 28: AI, Empathy, and the Human Side of Nonprofit Innovation with Tim LockieIn this episode of The Responsive Lab, Carly Berna and Scott Holthaus sit down with Tim Lockie, founder of The Human Stack and longtime nonprofit tech strategist, to dig into a bold truth: technology alone won’t save your nonprofit.
Tim unpacks why so many digital transformation efforts fall flat, and what it takes to build a culture that embraces data, AI, and change without burning out your team.
Key Takeaways:
- Without aligned human behavior, the best systems won’t lead to better outcomes.
- Burnout often happens not from big changes, but from the accumulation of small ones.
- No...
2025-05-2044 min
AI For YouFacial Recognition: Where do we go from here?Where do we go from here? Today we dive into how to address the harm that comes from facial recognition technology, by asking lots of different experts from our past episodes. They talk about current regulations and systems of power surrounding the technology.Subscribe for episodes every other Thursday!— Guests: Darren Byler, Jameson Spivack, Ella Jakubowska, Vic Harkness, and Hellen Wu —Darren Byler is an Anthropologist and incoming professor at Simon Fraser University who focuses on Uyghur dispossession, infrastructural power, and "terror capitalism."Jameson Spivack is an Associate at Georgetown Law Cent...
2021-06-2433 min
AI For YouFacial Recognition: What if it hurts more than it helps?What if facial recognition causes more harm than help? We dive into the bias embedded in facial recognition technology itself and the bias in the use of these tools by law enforcement and the government through stories, conversations, and lots of research.Subscribe for episodes every other Thursday!— Guests: Darren Byler, Jameson Spivack, and Ella Jakubowska —Darren Byler is an Anthropologist and incoming professor at Simon Fraser University who focuses on Uyghur dispossession, infrastructural power, and "terror capitalism."Jameson Spivack is an Associate at Georgetown Law Center on Privacy and Technology focu...
2021-06-1032 min
AI For YouFacial Recognition: From Bathrooms to Clearview AI to Jaywalking CamsHow can a camera and a few lines of code identify who we are? On the show, we dive into facial recognition, how it works (neural networks and all that jazz), and how/why it's being used in the US and China, especially by the government and police.Subscribe for episodes every other Thursday!— Guests: Vic Harkness, Sargeant Jason Webb, Hellen Wu—Vic Harkness is a security researcher at F-Secure, based in the South of England. (LinkedIn / Twitter)Sargeant Jason Webb is an intelligence officer and Sargeant in Oxford, Alabama, who uses...
2021-05-2723 min
AI For YouWhy you should care about GPT-3GPT-3 is a language model — a tool that is impressively generates synthetic text when given something to start with. We talk with Zack from Copy AI and Akshay from Georgian about how they currently use GPT-3 at work, what it's good at, and what we should watch out for.Subscribe for episodes every other Thursday!— Guests: Zack Lee and Akshay Budhkar —Zack Lee is currently the lead AI engineer at Copy AI where he manages how GPT-3 powers their product. He's interested in deep learning tech and NLP and currently lives in Brooklyn, NY wit...
2021-05-2020 min
AI For YouAI For You is Back!Welcome back to AI For You, a podcast hosted by AI for Anyone — a non-profit dedicated to helping anyone learn about artificial intelligence.Season 2 is all about the deep dives. This season, we're focusing on the intersection of AI with other fields. You'll hear from us on exciting topics like Facial Recognition, GPT-3, Education, and Music - just to name a few.We dive into how AI impacts our communities, where AI is currently at, and we give you the tools to think about your relationship with AI. Listen along to conversations with experts, open-ended di...
2021-05-0603 min
AI For YouViewing AI Through a Holistic Lens (with Abhishek Mathur)Abhishek Mathur highlights how critical it is to approach the field of AI with a holistic lens - in the training data, the applications, and the team behind it. He also discusses the increasing need for AI ethicists, his transition from consulting into product, and the varying skillsets and roles needed in the AI industry that expand beyond technical development. Subscribe for episodes every other Thursday!— Guest: Abhishek Mathur — Abhishek is a product management leader, an artificial intelligence practitioner, and an educator. He has led product management and engineering teams at Clarifai, IBM, and Ka...
2020-10-0256 min
AI For YouThe Human Element of AI (with Henry Zhang)Henry Zhang joins Mac in conversations about his past AI-related projects throughout his undergraduate career which includes the human element in AI and how AI is used as a safety mechanism on YouTube. As a recent grad, Henry also shares how he found his way into the AI space, and how you can find yours.Subscribe for episodes every other Thursday!— Guest: Henry Zhang — With a degree in robotics engineering, Henry pursued AI internships at Google and Bloomberg, as well as research opportunities in data integration and deep reinforcement learning. At Google, Henry lever...
2020-09-2154 min
AI For YouIntro to Artificial Intelligence (with A.I. For Anyone)We’ve heard from experts and industry leaders about how computer vision is applied to self-driving cars and the implications of bias in AI. But let's go back to the basics first. For a foundation to artificial intelligence, we take inspiration from our successful Intro to AI workshop with the Mark Cuban Foundation to bring you this bonus episode today.Subscribe for episodes every other Thursday! We’ll be back with interviews next time!— Links — Learn AI in 60 Minutes | An introduction to artificial intelligenceAI in Healthcare 101 | How AI is being used in the healthcare industryJ...
2020-09-0306 min
AI For YouHow to Manage the Powerful Risk of AI (with Liz O’Sullivan)What would you do if your company crossed ethical lines? Liz O’Sullivan tells her transformational moment of speaking up for the need for human oversight that has pushed her work to focus on fairness and transparency in AI today and tomorrow. Among a deep discussion of the implications of bias, the importance of transparency, and the responsibility of the individual, they highlight how our pursuits of innovation can and should thrive but only in a way that doesn’t put our planet at risk. Subscribe for episodes every other Thursday!— Guest: Liz O’Sullivan — Liz O’Su...
2020-08-211h 08
AI For YouBacking Up to Machine Learning Basics (with Matt Barnes)What’s the relationship between robotics and machine learning? Pulling from an impressive set of projects, Matt first helps us understand a few basics in this field including reinforcement learning and computer vision. Matt shares about his PhD project that helped combat human trafficking, sheds some light around the "what ifs" around self-driving cars, and how mechanical engineering led him to machine learning.Subscribe for episodes to unravel the potential of AI every other Thursday!— Guest: Matt Barnes — Matt Barnes is an applied machine learning scientist with a PhD in robotics from Carnegie Mellon...
2020-07-3037 min
AI For YouBecoming Limitless with AI and Mentorship (with Sidney Madison Prescott)“To achieve true diversity within the technology sector, we need to fundamentally change what it means to be a technologist.” Sidney Madison Prescott grounds us to better understand who we’re missing in our current picture, the importance of mentors who can help you position your value, and how firms should approach implementing cognitive automation. Subscribe for episodes to unravel the potential of AI every other Thursday!— Guest: Sidney Madison Prescott — Sidney Madison Prescott is a Global Intelligent Automation Leader (RPA, ML, AI) at Spotify who is based in New York City. LinkedIn: Sid...
2020-07-221h 02
AI For YouOut of Sight, AI in Mind (with Hod Lipson)The ultimate engineering challenge - to build a machine that can build something else, that is what Professor Hod Lipson is after. He describes roboticists as reincarnations of ancient alchemists who are working to breathe life into matter, exploring self-awareness, and participating in a quest to understand what it means to be human. AI For You is now on your favourite podcast app including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, and more! Subscribe for episodes to continue sailing West on every other Thursday! — Guest: Hod Lipson — Hod Lipson is a Columbia University professor, author and entr...
2020-07-0255 min
AI For YouIntroducing: AI For YouWelcome to AI For You, a podcast hosted by A.I. for Anyone, a non-profit dedicated to helping you learn about AI.2020 has been a big year for us from online webinars to launching this podcast! We’re always looking for ways to share the latest and greatest from the world of AI in a way that’s easy to understand and follow. Tune in as we explore the boundless reach of AI, how society is adapting - and resisting, and what your role could be in an increasingly automated world.Subscribe for episodes on ever...
2020-06-1804 min