Computer news, reviews and clues. Tech talk and opinionated chat with feature interviews and regular guests covering games, Linux and Open Source, legal, new an...
AI and everything it means in this current context with Kate Crawford
On this final episode of Byte Into IT for the year, the whole crew is in and they're joined by Kate Crawford, an internationally-leading scholar of artificial intelligence and its impacts. Her most recent book, Atlas of AI: Power, Politics and The Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence explores AI's rising impact.
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What does Quilting have to do with Data?
Eric Jong and Dan Salmon have a chat with with multidisciplinary artist and educator, Sandy Ma, to discuss her installation work Touching Wires which invites softness into our technological relationships and articulates what collaboration and co-creation means when artificial intelligence is involved. In her works Sandy explores the intersections of computing, electronics, and sound, and is currently completing her Honours research project exploring tactility in Human-AI interaction.
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Climate Salad, Yummy Yummy
Vanessa, Dan, Eric, and Mike are joined by Alison Bird, program manager at Climate Salad. Bird is an advocate and connector in Australia’s growing climate tech scene, working with a range of innovative startups across the country, with a focus on supporting those developing groundbreaking solutions for a sustainable future, Alison fosters partnerships and brings people together to drive climate tech innovation forward. She discusses the 2024 Australian Climate Tech Connect & Awards and explores Climate Salad's goals and network.
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How human error is cybersecurity's weakest link and what happened at auIGF & SXSW 2024
You’re due for an update, luckily Lily, Vanessa and Eric are here to upgrade your tech knowledge software! Jongkil Jay Jeong knows human error is the weakest link in the cyber security chain. He speaks to Byte co-hosts Lily, Vanessa and Eric in response to his recent Conversation article Human error is the weakest link in the cyber security chain. Here are 3 ways to fix it and to remind us to stop using the same password for everything! Plus, Alexar Pendashteh tells us all about this year's SXSW and auIGF. Listen to hear an important tip for any future SXSW attendees (hint: it has to do with lunch).
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Indie Games at the PAX Convention and AI tools used to improve train travel for Deaf People
This week Rowena Murrey, Dan Salmon and Eric Jong chat with games composer and freelance reviewer Meghann O’Neill about all the indie games and they saw at PAX during Melbourne International Games Week.Plus, Dr Jessica Court , researcher at the Queensland University of Technology joins the team to discuss how they've been trying to make train travel a little bit easier for the Hearing Impaired using AI Techology.
Computer news, reviews and clues. Tech talk and opinionated chat with feature interviews and regular guests covering games, Linux and Open Source, legal, new and social media, gadgets, Apple and more.
The Byte Into IT family includes:
- Dan Salmon
- Jo Eaton
- Paul Callaghan
- Rowena Murray
- Daniel Morganti
- Lilly Ryan
- Vanessa Toholka (Byte co-producer)
- Lu Lin (RRR Talks Content Producer)
The intro and outro theme is Soft Illusion and was generously provided by Andras.
https://andras.bandcamp.com/track/soft-illusion
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