Technology and magic have a long, rich history together. Each Wednesday, filmmaker Heather Freeman guides us through this apparent paradox with technologists and historians from around the world. If you're into history, witchcraft, magic, social media, artificial intelligence, infotech, or ethics, this podcast brings them together with friendly familiars and malicious bots.
In this last episode of Familiar Shapes, we’ll look at the brighter sides of the history of witchcraft, as well as efforts to make sure digital technologies are safe and equitable. We’ll say a fond farewell to our speakers – and launch ourselves into future histories. In this episode Heather Freeman interviews: Dr. Nicholas Christakis, the Sterling Professor of Social and Natural Science at Yale University Dr. Alexander Cummins, an independent historian researching early modern Eu...
2 Sept 2020
20. Tools of the Art
In this second-to-last episode of Familiar Shapes, we’ll look at magical thinking in the digital age. We may not all be chaos magicians, but yelling at broken machines sure feels good. In this episode Heather Freeman interviews: Dr. John Callow, Visiting Lecturer at the University of Suffolk Dr. Nicholas Christakis, the Sterling Professor of Social and Natural Science at Yale University Prof. Owen Davies Reader in Social History at the University of Hertfordshire Prof. Mar...
26 Aug 2020
19. The Ethical Machine
We consider the moral challenges of big data, machine learning, and the need for ethics in computer science and information technology. In this episode Heather Freeman interviews: Susan Etlinger, industry analyst for the Altimeter Group Dr. Douglas Guilbeault Assistant Professor in the Management of Organizations, University of California - Berkeley; Alex Hogan Managing Partner in Etic Labs; Dr. Srijan Kumar Assistant Professor, School of Computational Science and Engineering at the Georgi...
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