Somewhere on Earth: The Global Tech Podcast

Do we need new laws to control AI? Also the Prix Ars Electronica 2024 winner speaks to SOEP

Jul 16, 2024 Episode 41

 "Smoke and Mirrors" - the Prix d'Electronica 2024
Beatie Wolfe, pioneering artist and composer, has been awarded the Prix Ars Electronica "Golden Nica" for her work "Smoke and Mirrors". She’s used NASA data on methane emission.  Probably the most prestigious Media Arts Award in the world Beatie represents 60 years of decades of NASA climate data – in this case rising methane levels, set alongside advertising slogans deployed by Big Oil companies to question climate change during this time.  Beatie has also beamed her music into space, weaving her second album into an NFC-enabled jacket.  SOEP discusses her piece which reflects the interface between art, music, and technology.

Do we need new laws to control AI?
Will current legislation be sufficient to control the development of AI? How is AI  affecting our human rights? Is AI good enough to draft legal submissions? Does automation bias make us want to trust the technology more than we should?  These are just some the of questions SOEP is asking international human rights attorney Susie Alegre.  She’s just published her latest book “Human Rights, Robot Wrongs” and will navigate us through the impact of AI on human rights and our interaction with machines.

The programme is presented by Gareth Mitchell and the studio expert is Ghislaine Boddington.

Editor: Ania Lichtarowicz
Production Manager: Liz Tuohy
Recording and audio editing : Lansons | Team Farne