What is the metaverse and how is it changing the already-porous boundaries between the real and the virtual? For today’s show, Esty explores the metaverse and what it means for […]
The Present and Future of Surveillance
“The degree to which we are surveilled, the persistence with which we are surveilled, and the variety of ways in which we are surveilled has exploded in the last decade,” […]
Who Will Hold the Machines Accountable?
In 2018, a prototype autonomous vehicle owned by Uber killed a bicyclist. If a human being had done such a thing, we would have had no problem assigning moral responsibility […]
Artificial Intelligence
Tonight, the Perpetual Notion Machine looks into Artificial Intelligence and the problem of control, which, according to our guest, could be more real than fiction. Stuart Russell has written the […]
A Look to the Future: Military, Politics, and Artificial Intelligence
For today’s episode, we look to the future with an eye to politics, tech, society, and humanity. First, Greg Palast stops by the studio as part of his three-day visit […]
AIs Gone Wrong
Read the websites for IBM, Google or other companies working on artificial intelligence, and you’ll see glowing reports of all sorts of things electronic brains can do, ranging from diagnosing […]
