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The Good Robot
The Good Robot
Dr Kerry McInerney and Dr Eleanor Drage

Join Dr Eleanor Drage and Dr Kerry McInerney as they ask the experts: what is good technology? Is ‘good’ technology even possible?... more

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Episodes

Using Feminist Chatbots to Fight Trolls With Sarah Ciston

In this episode, we talk to Sarah Ciston, an artist, coder, writer, and critical AI scholar. We asked Sarah to... more

07 Jan 2025 · 27 minutes
Resisting Mental Health Ward Surveillance with Stop Oxevision

In this episode we talk to two activists, Hat and Nell, from the organisation Stop Oxevision, who are fighting against... more

24 Dec 2024 · 30 minutes
Lithium Extraction in the Atacama with Sebastián Lehuedé

In this episode, we talk to Sebastián Lehuedé, a Lecturer in Ethics, AI, and Society at King's College London. We... more

10 Dec 2024 · 31 minutes
Machine Vision with Jill Walker Rettberg

In this episode, we talked to Jill Walker Rettberg, Professor of Digital Culture at the University of Bergen in Norway.... more

26 Nov 2024 · 23 minutes
Art, Technology and Justice with Yasmine Boudiaf

In this episode, we talk to Yasmine Boudiaf, a researcher, artist and creative technologist who uses technology in beautiful and... more

12 Nov 2024 · 31 minutes
Gut Feminism and Feminist Approaches to Biology with Elizabeth Wilson

In this episode we talk to Elizabeth Wilson, a professor of gender, sexuality and women's studies at Emory University, a... more

29 Oct 2024 · 35 minutes
Janneke Parrish on Worker Solidarity and Why Tech Unions Matter

In this episode, we speak to Janneke Parrish, who's one of the co founders of Apple Together, a solidarity union... more

15 Oct 2024 · 33 minutes
Hot Take: Does AI Know How You Feel?

In this episode, we chat about coming back from summer break, and discuss a research paper recently published by Kerry... more

01 Oct 2024 · 25 minutes
The EU AI Act Part 2, with Amba Kak and Sarah Myers West from AI NOW

In this episode, we talk to Amba Kak and Sarah Myers West of the AI Now Institute, who are the... more

17 Sep 2024 · 31 minutes
The EU AI Act Part 1, with Caterina and Daniel from Access Now

In this episode, we talk to Daniel Leufer and Caterina Rodelli from Access Now, a global advocacy organization that focuses... more

03 Sep 2024 · 36 minutes
What on Earth Is Ethical Maths? with Maurice Chiodo

We often think that maths is neutral or can't be harmful, because after all, what could numbers do to hurt... more

02 Jul 2024 · 38 minutes
Can Technology Save us from Housework? with Helen Hester

This is a special live episode because Kerry is talking to Professor Helen Hester at the tech transformed conference in... more

14 Jun 2024 · 37 minutes
Poisoning AI and Silencing Alexa with Heather Zheng

In this episode, we talk to Heather Zheng, who makes technologies that stop everyday surveillance. This includes bracelets that stopped... more

11 Jun 2024 · 27 minutes
Gamergate, Harassment, and Feminist Design with Caroline Sinders

In this episode we talk to Caroline Sinders, the human rights researcher, an artist, and the founder of convocation, design... more

29 May 2024 · 35 minutes
The curse of online beauty culture with Ellen Atlanta

We’re expected to look amazing online, but also natural. We’re fighting against the gender pay gap, but also spend thousands... more

14 May 2024 · 33 minutes
Needlework and History's Hidden Technologies with Isabella Rosner

In this episode, we talk to Dr. Isabella Rosner, a curator at the Royal School of Needlework and a... more

30 Apr 2024 · 33 minutes
How China surveils Uyghur Muslims with Darren Byler

In this episode, we talked to Darren Byler, author of Terror Capitalism and In the Camps, Life in China's High... more

26 Mar 2024 · 26 minutes
The Racial History of Dermatology with Thuy Linh Tu

In this episode we talk to Thuy Linh Thu, Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis at NYU. We talk about... more

12 Mar 2024 · 27 minutes
Hot Take: The Good Robot BOOK!

In this very special Good Robot hot take we talk about our new book, The Good Robot: Why Technology Needs... more

05 Mar 2024 · 29 minutes
Feminist care ethics, techno-virtues and vices, and the 'AI Mirror' with Shannon Vallor

In this episode we chat to Shannon Vallor, the Bailey Gifford professor in the ethics and data of AI at... more

20 Feb 2024 · 30 minutes
Why You Shouldn't Believe the AI Hype with Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna

In this episode, we talk to Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna. AI ethics legends and now the co-hosts of... more

06 Feb 2024 · 29 minutes
Why the Stories We Tell About AI Matter with Melissa Heikkilä

This week we chat to Melissa Heikkilä, a senior tech reporter for MIT Tech review, about ChatGPT, image generation, porn,... more

23 Jan 2024 · 27 minutes
Large Language Models, Language and Meaning, and How Children Learn Languages with Rebecca Woods

In this episode, we talked to Rebecca Woods, a Senior Lecturer in Language and Cognition at Newcastle University. We... more

09 Jan 2024 · 45 minutes
Hot Take: Happy Holidays & a new book from Eleanor!

Happy holidays from your favourite jingle belles at the Good Robot podcast! In this episode we celebrate both the... more

26 Dec 2023 · 31 minutes
Rewriting Wikipedia with Jess Wade

In this episode we talk to British physicist Jess Wade about the 1923 Wikipedia pages (and counting) she’s created and... more

12 Dec 2023 · 35 minutes
Hot Take: Can you own your data?

In this episode we welcome Eleanor back from Slovenia, where she was speaking at a conference on digital sovereignty. But... more

04 Dec 2023 · 38 minutes
Digital Authoritarianism and Press Freedom with Arzu Geybulla

In this episode, we talked to Azerbaijani journalist Arzu Geybulla, a specialist on digital authoritarianism and its implications on human... more

28 Nov 2023 · 36 minutes
Technology, psychedelics and healing with K Allado-McDowell

In this episode, we speak to K Allado-McDowell a writer, speaker, and musician. They've written three books and an opera... more

14 Nov 2023 · 36 minutes
Good corporations, AI ethics and value pluralism with Giada Pistilli

In this episode, we talk to Giada Pistilli, Principal Ethicist at Hugging Face, which is the company that Meg Mitchell... more

31 Oct 2023 · 36 minutes
Facial Recognition and Surveillance in Palestine with Matt Mahmoudi

In this episode, we talk to Dr. Matt Mahmoudi, a researcher and advisor on artificial intelligence and human rights at... more

17 Oct 2023 · 38 minutes
Hot Take: Fighting Fears and Fantasies of East Asia (and AI)

In this episode, we hear all about Kerry’s trip to Japan (spoiler alert: she loved it) and explore her work... more

04 Oct 2023 · 31 minutes
Generative AI, Creativity, and what AI means for the Music Industry with Hayleigh Bosher

In this episode, we talk to Dr. Hayleigh Bosher, Associate Dean and Reader in intellectual property law at Brunel University... more

26 Sep 2023 · 40 minutes
Why Sexism, Racism and Ableism in Tech are 'More than a Glitch' with Meredith Broussard

In this episode we talk to Meredith Broussard, data journalism professor at the Arthur L. Carter Institute at New... more

12 Sep 2023 · 38 minutes
Indigenous Sciences, Technologies, and Science Fiction with Grace Dillon

In this episode we chat to Grace DiIlon, Professor in the Indigenous Nations Studies Department at Portland State University. Grace,... more

01 Sep 2023 · 35 minutes
Unexpected History of Computing with Mar Hicks

In this episode, we talk to Mar Hicks, an Associate Professor of Data Science at the University of Virginia and... more

15 Aug 2023 · 33 minutes
Hot Take: Twitter is to X as Barbie is to Ken

Welcome to this week’s Hot Take, where your hosts Kerry and Eleanor give their candid opinion on the latest in... more

01 Aug 2023 · 23 minutes
Buddhist Approaches to Machine Consciousness with Peter Hershock

We talk to Peter Hershock, director of the Asian Studies Development Program and coordinator of the Humane AI Initiative at... more

18 Jul 2023 · 42 minutes
Hot Take: Detecting Sexuality with AI is Fake Science

In this week’s Good Robot Hot Takes, Kerry and Eleanor talk about a group of scientists in Zurich that tried... more

11 Jul 2023 · 35 minutes
Worker Surveillance and the US Trucking Industry with Karen Levy

In this episode we chat to Karen Levy, Associate Professor of Information Science at Cornell University and author of Data... more

04 Jul 2023 · 29 minutes
Hot Take: Can AI De-Bias Hiring?

Welcome to our third episode of the Good Robot Hot Takes. Every two weeks Kerry and Eleanor will be giving... more

27 Jun 2023 · 34 minutes
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Indigenous Sciences, Technologies, and Science Fiction with Grace Dillon
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In this episode we chat to Grace DiIlon, Professor in the Indigenous Nations Studies Department at Portland State University. Grace, an Anishinaabe... more