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  • MSP125 [] Implicit Bias: How Machines Learn To Hate.

    15 JUN 2020 · With protests sparked by the killing of George Floyd reverberating across the world, MSP takes a look at how machines and technology learn to discriminate.
    27m 20s
  • MSP124 [] Science is Slick #7: RocketMatt, Conscious Matter, Black Holes & Zombie Fires

    8 JUN 2020 · As SpaceX becomes the first private company to launch astronauts into space, MSP wonders whether the universe is conscious and whether it’s better to fall into a big or a small black hole. Oh yeah, and zombie fires are burning under the Arctic.
    24m 27s
  • MSP123 [] Gen-C: The Automation Nation

    1 JUN 2020 · Burger-flipping machines, finger-flipping robots and radiation emitting cleaners. It’s the new normal in the automation nation.
    25m 29s
  • MSP122 [] Gen-C: The Dropout Generation

    27 MAY 2020 · Tune in, turn on, drop out. That was the mantra of the 1960s. Today we’ve all been forced to drop out and reinvent ourselves. But what kind of world will we find on the other side? Surveillance capitalism and exclusionary technology or a fairer and more socially progressive world?
    22m 59s
  • MSP121 [] We Are All Gen-C

    20 MAY 2020 · Gen-X, Gen-Y, Digital Native. After two months of lockdown we’re all the coronavirus generation. But what will the world look like for this brand new Gen-C?
    24m 45s
  • MSP [x] Video Nasties

    10 MAY 2020 · Virtual Meetings taking over your life? Developing Instagram Face so your boss thinks you’re paying attention when you’re really watching cute cats? Welcome to the WFH world of video chats
    10m 51s
  • MSP120 [] Gen C: The Rise of the Coronavirus Kings.

    3 APR 2020 · On the first of two shows about Gen C, we look at the cultural shifts that COVID-19 is creating and wonder how these circumstances will affect the consumers of tomorrow. And which companies will be crowned the Coronavirus Kings.
    25m 18s
  • MSP119 [] COVID-19: The Fight Against Fear.

    30 MAR 2020 · Today we look at some of the technology that is helping us to strike back at the coronavirus. From UV-emitting robots to face tracking apps, and fake news detection to AI vaccine modelling. It’s time to fight the fear.
    25m 28s
  • MSP118 [] The Happiness Machine: Should Machines Be Happy?

    21 MAR 2020 · This World Happiness Day MSP is thinking about machines. Can machines be happy? How do we feel about machines that are programmed to seem happy? And is the idea of machine happiness more disturbing than machines that feel nothing at all?
    25m 13s
  • MSP117 [] The Stress Vaccine: An Anxiety Antidote

    15 MAR 2020 · We might not be able to inoculate ourselves against against viruses like Covid-19, but, while we wait for that prevention or cure, can we protect ourselves from the stresses of our uncertain lives?
    26m 33s
A technology show about people. A culture show about the future. Host Matt Armitage takes a lateral look at the world of tomorrow.
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