Podcasts about navneet alang

The real threat with artificial intelligence is that we'll fall prey to its hype.

What is intelligence? Does it require ethical research, group think, or just a well-programmed code? Today, intelligence has an added layer of data and computing power, and AI, a still-emerging technology, poses both opportunities and risks. Toronto Star tech journalist, Navneet Alang, talks about AI's narrative of progress, its limits, and the need for humans—not just technology—to change.Navneet Alang spoke at The Walrus Talks Artificial Intelligence in Toronto, Ontario, on June 28, 2023. To listen to more of the speakers from this event, listen to the AI for Social Good podcast on your favourite podcast platform.To register for upcoming events happening online or in a city near you, and to catch up on our archive of The Walrus Talks, visit thewalrus.ca/events.And subscribe to The Walrus Events newsletter for updates and announcements, at thewalrus.ca/newsletters. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A rare Day turkin romp + the long-awaited release of the Nicholbits theme. Let the turkey dump begin! Topics include: Neil on “cranking” - Why it looks like when he writes Neil's Confessions of a B2B Copywriter Why James lost years of his life in the labyrinthine prose of Thomas DeQuincey why is writing always painful? Navneet Alang on Great Life Work (link) coming to terms with “waste” in the writing process why “writing” doesn't always look like writing A new slogan for B2B? Is Neil a social lion? Why Joe Exotic was the perfect Pandemic metaphor James outlines Caged Tiger Syndrome (CTS) -Why NO TV/NO MOVIES is better for conversation Why James continues to shake people up Why Tennis is fake and so are all other sports Focusing on the “real” stuff James tells a story about missing a raptors playoff game while parenting in Whistler James has a run-in with Australian tourists whilst hangry Sports fandom and the urge to merge James introduces the Nicholbits theme Nichobits: Put-Pocketing: the counterpoint to pickpocketing James Discusses Spain and modern pickpocketing a tourist opportunity for Barcelona Neil's new TV obsession: Atlanta Propcorn a new nickname for menstruation a QWERTY opportunity Gros Cherie, a feminist herstory Ancient Mariner meets SNL

Two years later, what have we learned from the pandemic? Did it bring out the best or worst in people? We discuss with journalist Robert Fisher, tech columnist Navneet Alang, psychiatrist Kwame Mckenzie, and photographer Dallas Curow. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How porch cameras and Facebook Groups are turning residential streets into surveillance states.

The debate around Bill C-10, through which the federal government hopes to impose some restrictions on American social media giants, has resulted in controversy about whether such controls could result in stifling free speech. In another instalment of The Democracy Agenda, a partnership between TVO and the Toronto Star, Laura Tribe, executive director of Open Media; Daniel Bernhard, executive director of Friends of Public Broadcasting; and the Toronto Star's Navneet Alang, discuss the merits and problems of the bill. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Toronto Star's Navneet Alang, the Globe and Mail's Robyn Urback, Mathew d'Ancona, author of "Post-Truth," and Taylor Dotson, author of "The Divide," discuss whether post-truth will survive even if Trump ultimately leaves the political stage. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Is your head spinning from all the new services on social media? We've got your back. From de-platforming the former US President to the rise of new audio-based platforms like Clubhouse, to niche social media that appeal to online extremists, tech commentators Navneet Alang and Takara Small fill us in. Plus human geographer Mark Whitehead shares the somewhat surprising reasons most people quit Facebook.

From celebrity scandals to major industry shakeups, food writer Alicia Kennedy and reporter Navneet Alang join Pop Chat to unpack this unprecedented year in food. Part two in our year-end series.

You probably can’t stop checking your phone for another news article, another video, another chart to help you make sense of what’s happening. And there’s a (relatively) new word for it: ‘Doomscrolling.' Navneet Alang, technology columnist for the Toronto Star, and This Matters host, Adrian Cheung, talk about their terrible doomscrolling habits, why we’re all doing it and maybe, just maybe, how we can stop.

There’s this old internet fable about a duck who liked milkshakes. Everyone loved the Milkshake Duck, until it turned out to be racist. The moral of the story is that everything online either turns to caca, or we learn it always was. The latest example, we submit, is the so-called Food Media — or at least its most prominent avatar, Bon Appetit. Adam Rapoport resigned last Monday after weeks of furious attention to systemic racial inequality nation-wide, and after a month of similar scrutiny within food media, beginning last month with the tumble of viral-recipe-author Alison Roman. It was around then that technology and culture writer Navneet Alang wrote an essay for Eater titled “Stewed Awakening: Alison Roman, Bon Appetit, and the Global Pantry Problem.” In this podcast extra, Brooke and Navneet discuss the faulty editorial decisions and disastrous, un-inspected assumptions that led to food media's recent failings. 

Bon Appetit editor-in-chief Adam Rapoport resigned on Monday over accusations of brownface. It involved a 2004 photo of Rapoport and his wife dressing up as Puerto Ricans. But according to more than a dozen former and current employees of colour who have since spoken out, the racism runs deeper than just that photo. Today on Front Burner, a conversation with culture writer Navneet Alang about this controversy, and what it says about who gets to tell stories about foods from different cultures.

In the age of the global pantry, ingredients like turmeric, tahini, and gochujang have finally shaken off their hitherto "exotic" status. But it’s white cooking personalities like Alison Roman and many of the Bon Appétit Test Kitchen stars who have had viral success using them. https://www.eater.com/2020/5/20/21262304/global-pantry-alison-roman-bon-appetit prom queen of the pandemicrose to famebaby’s first internet backlasha recent interviewpositively explodedlong threadThe backlashan array of international ingredientsdukkah on avocado toastkimchi in grain bowlssambal served with fried Brussels sproutsgluten-free coconut-turmeric piekimchi-cream cheese toasttofu masalarosy harissa chickenbrothy chicken soup with hominy and poblanominty matcha smoothieKorean barbecue burgers#thestewrecipe for a chickpea-coconut milk stewsaffron brittledahi toastslow-roast gochujang chickenspicy chicken katsu sandwichessupercharged form of aspirational desirekitchari cleansefoodmediaInstagramthe Ottolenghi Effectextremely boneheaded memes Claire Saffitz’s hairpredominantly whitePho Is the New Ramencarve $1,500 legs of hamsumac on eggsdashi powder in porridgeconfirmedeffortless coolput it in the New Yorkerto warrant its owninsisted it’s notbeg to differthe cookieslinelengthy apology15 of Our Best Vietnamese RecipesMexican at Homeflaky breadpopularizes gheeNashville hot chicken becomes a big thingfeaturedhe suppressed both his ethnic identity and sexualitynoted on Eaterin ways recognizableRanveer BrarNavneet AlangXia Gordon

For the past little while, Alison Roman has been the darling of the food media world, and that’s been especially the case since the start of the pandemic. Many millennials have turned to her recipes like “The Stew” and “The Pasta.” But Roman recently found herself on the receiving end of an internet backlash regarding comments she made about Chrissy Teigen and Marie Kondo. Today, we’re joined by journalist Navneet Alang to talk about his new Eater piece about this and the deeper issues about the food media world and representation.

Friday night spent scrolling through a seemingly endless list of TV shows and movies . . . sound familiar? The streaming wars have begun, and Canadians have the option to choose between multiple online services for all of their entertainment needs. But when the subscription fees add up, does cord-cutting feel like a cost savings after all? Host Tamara Khandaker chats with freelance tech and culture writer Navneet Alang. They discuss the new streaming services available in Canada, including Apple TV and Disney Plus. What makes them different, how has the streaming landscape changed since the advent of Netflix, and what does this new level of competition means for the future of how we watch TV.

This episode was inspired by an article I read on theweek.com called "Surveillance Tech Is Making Gentrification Worse" by Navneet Alang. The original story was published July 1st 2019. https://theweek.com/articles/849958/surveillance-tech-making-gentrification-worse --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/resistwithdharma/support

How is a Roomba like Rosie from the Jetsons? How close are we to using AI to help people with disabilities? And what does the future of business looks like when assistants are digital? In the first episode of AI Meets World, hosts Becky Shrimpton and Navneet Alang explore the world of AI personal assistants. They hear from Microsoft’s Saqib Shaikh, a blind engineer who launched the app Seeing AI to help the visually impaired. They also speak to Roy Pereira, the CEO and founder of Zoom.ai about using AI to tackle administrative work.              

From the Jetsons to the Terminator, our expectations of AI looked very different 20 or even 10 years ago. Now that we’re starting to see some of the fruits of our AI labour, it’s time to ask: Are we achieving what we’ve set out to do?  Join pop culture aficionado Becky Shrimpton and tech journalist Navneet Alang as they attempt to understand AI, where it is today and imagine where it's going next.  

Toronto Star race and gender columnist Shree Paradkar and The Week tech columnist Navneet Alang are making their triumphant returns to Safe Space. On this week's show, the gang talks about why Canada can't talk about systemic racism (or at least white pundits can't seem to). Also, how we're all getting screwed by Facebook whether we use the site or not. Special guest host Amanda Ghazale Aziz fills in for Vicky. Follow Shree: https://twitter.com/ShreeParadkar Follow Navneet: https://twitter.com/NavAlang Follow Amanda: https://twitter.com/a_ghazale

Buzzfeed's Scaachi Koul and freelance writer Navneet Alang join Safe Space this week to talk about the the role of Beyoncé in the NDP leadership race, the evolution of Girl Guiding and the need to sink the Rebel dot media. 

On this week’s show Allison and Vass talk to Jo Flatt about the prospect of Toronto changing the rules around laneway housing. Snazzy new rental stock anybody? Then, we talk to journalist Navneet Alang about the world’s newfound Fake News problem. Lastly, we interview legendary Toronto activist Ceta Ramkhalawansingh about the role and impact of female city-builders. Vass is reading Swing Time by Zadie Smith. Allison is reading Bluets by Maggie Nelson. TUNES: Sad Song by How to Dress Well Happy by Mitski Since K Got Over Me by The Clientel

This week, Kristine D'Arbelles and Julia Kent talk about the post-PC world - the world of mobile. Our topic idea was fuelled by a Globe and Mail article called We’re post-PC and mobile-everything, but where’s the love? written by Navneet Alang. Kristine and Julia compare the companies they work for. The Canadian Automobile Association integrates mobile in a lot of their strategies, while MHPM doesn't. However, that doesn't mean one is better than the other. We discuss how different organizations have very different audiences, which warrant different communications strategies. Although mobile may not be mandatory for all audiences out there, as we are becoming an increasingly mobile world, it should always be in the back of our minds. We want to hear from you? Have you been in a recent communications strategy brainstorm at work? Has mobile come up? What about the student listeners? Are you learning about mobile strategies? You can post your comment below or on our Facebook Page, or on our Google+ page, or in our LinkedIn group, or on Pinterest, or send us an email at youngprpros@gmail.com, or send us a message on Twitter @youngprpros, @kristinedarbell or @kentjulia.