Podcast appearances and mentions of alice thwaite

A special programme in association with PwC UK to look at developments around AI at work and in society, linked to the UK AI Safety Summit hosted at Bletchley Park, England at the beginning of November 2023. Co-hosts Julia Hobsbawm and Stefan Stern were joined in studio by Ben Higgin, Head of Technology & Investment PwC UK, and Alice Thwaite, technology ethicist and philosopher to ask just how different this moment is in the story of technology in society and at work, how risks and rights can be managed alongside growth opportunity. 

This time I'm chatting to alice about teaching ethics, the idea of information environments, the importance of democracy, the Ethics hype train and the ethics community, people to follow in AI and Data Ethics, ethics as innovation and more...

It may seem that in some countries surveillance cameras are everywhere – recording almost our every move. We are using fingerprints and facial recognition to get access to our banking, work emails and even our healthcare systems. Alongside this rise in use comes a rapid increase in biometric data gathering, spurred on by contact tracing apps during Covid-19. But where is this very personal data going, who is using it and how. We bring together a panel of experts to discuss what's happening now and what's next for our biometric data – shouldn't we be the ones in control of our own digital identity? Dr Stephanie Hare, author of Technology is Not Neutral: A Short Guide to Technology Ethics, Alice Thwaite, founder of the Hattusia consultancy and The Echo Chamber Club a philosophical research institute, and BBC China Editor Howard Zhang are all on the show. The programme is presented by Gareth Mitchell with expert commentary from Ghislaine Boddington. Producer: Ania Lichtarowicz Sound: Andrew Garratt (Illustration: A fingerprint scanner is integrated into a printed circuit. Credit: Surasak Suwanmake/Getty Images)

Welcome to the Tech for Good Live podcast! In case you're new here, come on in and take a seat, if you're an old hat - thanks for sticking around. This podcast is all about discussing how we use technology for social good, and how more often than not it ends up being used for evil. In this episode we're chatting about parents giving their kids career advice, fake social media accounts and The Handmaid's Tale. Lots of cheery stuff then. Hosting this week is Fay Schofield, and she's joined by fellow Tech For Good Live team member Greg Ashton. Our special guest this week is Alice Thwaite. Founder of Hattusia, a tech ethics campus, community and consultancy. Discussed in this episode: Stat of the week  More than 75% of parents felt that giving relevant career advice to their children was almost impossible in such a fast-changing jobs market ‘How is that a real job?' Parents struggle to keep up with children's career options - The Guardian  Charity news of the week Raleigh international announced its closure this week Raleigh International announces closure with immediate effect - UK Fundraising Tech news of the week New app from the Centre For the Protection of National Infrastructure (yes that's a thing) helps you identify fake social accounts to help people avoid sharing misinformation ‘Think Before You Link': app launched to help social media users detect fake profiles - The Guardian Nonce-sense from Google: Mass confusion as Google asks users to learn ‘what a nonce is' - Independent And finally… Margret Atwood auctions fireproof edition of The Handmaid's Tale - Instagram / Washington Post ---------------------------- Listeners, what did you think? We'd love to hear your thoughts.  Get in touch on twitter @techforgoodlive or Email at hello@techforgood.live  We'd love it if you gave us a nice iTunes review and told your pals about this podcast! Thanks to podcast.co for hosting our podcast.  Also, please don't forget this podcast is run by volunteers and we survive on sponsorships and donations. Right now one of our primary goals is to make sure all of our podcast episodes are accessible by making sure EVERY episode is transcribed. Sadly this costs money and we desperately need your help to make this become a reality! So if you've ever tuned into one of our podcasts or attended one of our events please consider chipping in the price of a cup of coffee.

Today we are joined by my favourite senior political editor at Salon Amanda Marcotte in New York as Alice Thwaite is looking after her poorly Dad. We wish him a speedy recovery.In a week that has seen President Trump address the nation and then 2 days later say he'll 'probably, almost definitely' declare a national emergency, we ask Does Elizabeth Warren have what it takes to win the Democratic party nomination to become its next president? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, Alice Thwaite talks to Ivan about six things she thinks should be better known. Do we want consensus in our public dialogue, or do we want diversity of thought? https://echochamber.club/why-we-should-sometimes-silence-others/ Our actions do not necessarily define our character www.nytimes.com/2015/02/15/magazine/how-one-stupid-tweet-ruined-justine-saccos-life.html Our reality doesn't just come from Facebook http://theconversation.com/the-myth-of-the-echo-chamber-92544 Jaco Pistorius www.thestacksreader.com/who-killed-jaco-pastorius/ Travel isn't just about going to the amazing places that everyone has been to before www.reddit.com/r/unpopularopinion/comments/6d4eo0/travelling_is_overrated/ This Country www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09twr53/episodes/player This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Health and technology in the modern world Julia Hobsbawm is joined this week by Jessica Morris, Founder & Chair of Our Brain Bank and Dr Natalie Banner, the ‘Understanding Patient Data’ Lead at the Wellcome Trust. They talk technology, healthcare data and the importance of hope in medicine. For afters, we’ve got Alice Thwaite, of the Echo Chamber Club, Carl Miller of Demos and Geoff Mulgan of Nesta on techno-heaven, techno-hell and techno-shabbat. Click here to subscribe on iTunes  Click here to subscribe on Acast Key thinkers discuss health and technology ‘Health data can be used for purposes beyond individual care.’ ‘When it comes to health data, unlike other data that we share, you know, social media and so on, your health data is collected in the context of a very trusted relationship between the doctor and the patient. It’s characterised by confidentiality, that is the absolute bedrock of our healthcare system – you have to be able to trust that when you are talking to your doctor, that information is being held in confidence…so your health data is very sensitive, people feel very protective over it. And so I do think it does feel slightly different to other forms of data.’ ‘To use the power and the influence that patients have and the desperation patients have to power through and make tech our servant in finding a way through.’ ‘My data will be pooled with that of everybody else using the app. And that will be de-identified in a secure database, and aggregated, and made freely available to any qualified glioblastoma medical researcher in the world. And as we know increasingly, patient data is the sort-of medical currency of our age. It’s very problematic in many areas, and many people are trying to crack this nut. The way that we’re cracking it, and we think this has a good chance of working, is that it’s going to be patients taking charge of their data, patients accessing it, and patients making the decisions.’ ‘The solution for people like me lies absolutely in the human, but also absolutely in the tech.’ Follow updates on Twitter @technoshabbat #humanandmachine

Today we are joined by Amanda Marcotte Salon's Senior Political Reporter in New York and by Alice Thwaite editor of the Echo Chamber in Oxford. In a week that has seen the leaders of the two Koreas declare an end to nuclear weapons on the peninsula we ask, what does the Windrush scandal say about Britain in 2018? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today I’m joined by the Founder of the Echo Chamber Club. Alice Thwaite in Berlin and by yogic Democratic party operative Reggie Hubbard in Washington DC, we start by a look at the last week in Trump's America and his treatment of Attorney General Jeff Sessions. We end the show by looking at the meaning of Dunkirk to Britain. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

An echo chamber is an environment where you only hear viewpoints that already agree with your own opinion. You shout into the cave and the echo comes back. You are rarely challenged because everyone else in your community tends to think in a similar way to you. It is a place that lacks thought diversity. It is also a concept that is not very well understood in the real world. It needs further research. It is unlikely that anyone lives in a ‘pure’ echo chamber. There are even disagreements about whether the internet has amplified or contracted echo chambers. However, given how many were surprised by the political events of 2016, it seems that echo chambers exist more than they did previously and having severely negative consequences. Many people want to get out of their echo chamber. Alice Thwaite is using technology to challenge our world view through reporting stories that don’t commonly pop up on their social media feeds, newspapers or goes against the current narrative. Alice created the Echo Chamber Club Alice created the Echo Chamber Club to bring some much-needed balance and debate into a world where people reside in their own personalised bubble. The simple concept has captured the imagination of the global community who can tune into a new way of thinking through email, WhatsApp and their podcast. The success of the club despite having no marketing nor ad spend illustrates how there is a real thirst for a solution to the problems created by filter bubbles and echo chambers. I invited Founder and Editor-in-Chief Alice Thwaite of the Echo Chamber Club onto the show to find out more.

The Echo Chamber Club is a weekly newsletter. It aims to directly challenge the political status quo. Most people who live in cities have fairly liberal and centrist beliefs and The Echo Chamber Club monitors social media to understand what is being shared in this group and then challenges it. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.