Wednesday Jul 12, 2023
Regulate Tech 2023:6 -Lobbyism in the actual lobby
Regulate Tech
If we are inviting you to listen to this then we owe you an explanation for why we recorded it. Some egoism of course sits behind any exercise of this kind, and we fit the bill for middle-aged men making podcasts as they are desperate for someone to listen to them while locked down in a pandemic. But we also have a political purpose and believe we have something useful to contribute to the debate on regulation of internet platforms. This dialogue - about the future of technology, policy and society - is among the most important public conversations that will play out over the next decade, and its outcomes will affect our lives for years to come. You may not agree with all (or much!) of what you hear from us, but we hope you will feel that it is at least well-informed and, if nothing else, provides some useful insights into the thinking of people who have worked ’at the heart of the beast’. All views personal only, and not those of any affiliated organizations, employers or other parties!
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Episodes
Episodes
Wednesday May 31, 2023
Wednesday May 31, 2023
So AI is on everyone's mind. But how should we think about capable and complex systems overall? What are the fundamentals? What are some general models and ideas about the challenges we will face when regulating AI? In this episode we discuss the broad strokes around AI and how they force us to rethink things like agency and actions.
Participants: Richard Allan, Nicklas Berild Lundböad
Sunday Apr 23, 2023
Sunday Apr 23, 2023
In this session we discuss encryption, and how it affects our ability as a society to fight crime. This is not a new discussion, and the questions have been up for discussion before. Is it different this time? We also discuss the long term future of encryption and how the debate might evolve.
Participants: Richard Allan, Nicklas Berild Lundblad
Sunday Mar 05, 2023
Sunday Mar 05, 2023
In this episode we review some recent research and ask why and how we should regulate technology more broadly -- through focusing on the technology or on the human behaviour? What is best and how do we research human behaviour and use of technology better?
The papers we discussed:
https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2216614120
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2302.11225.pdf
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36848573/
Participants: Richard Allan, Nicklas Berild Lundblad
Sunday Feb 19, 2023
Sunday Feb 19, 2023
How do we deal with new technology from a regulatory perspective? How fast does the legislation catch up with technology, and is it different for different areas of the law? How do things like crypto, AI and quantum provoke responses from government? In this episode we discuss models of regulation for emerging technology, and what we really are regulating - is it technology, companies or geopolitical power balances?
Participants: Richard Allan, Nicklas Berild Lundblad
Thursday Feb 02, 2023
Thursday Feb 02, 2023
In this first episode of the year we discuss the Online Safety Bill and the latest changes, new challenges and everything from criminal liability to age verification in practice. Tune in and send us your questions and ideas.
Participants: Richard Allan, Nicklas Berild Lundblad
Tuesday Nov 29, 2022
Tuesday Nov 29, 2022
In this episode we review the year - looking at what kind of a year it was. Was it A Year of Catastrophes? A Year of Regulation? Or was it the Twitter year? We discuss the key events, things undervalued and missed -- and what 2023 has to offer! Tune in and offer us ideas for what we should talk about next year!
Participants: Richard Allan, Nicklas Berild Lundblad
Wednesday Nov 16, 2022
Wednesday Nov 16, 2022
Richard presents a model of content moderation that explores motives, functions and problems associated with the content moderation value chain. We discuss digital villages and cities, and the gentrification of Reddit.
Participants: Richard Allan, Nicklas Berild Lundblad
Wednesday Oct 26, 2022
Wednesday Oct 26, 2022
In this episode we discuss the EU Digital Services Act that is published on the 27th in the Official Journal. We talk about its origins, motivation, signal value, concrete provisions and offer a few predictions for the coming years! Tune in!
Participants: Richard Allan, Nicklas Berild Lundblad
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