Chatter Episode 50 – Dr Birgit Schippers on Big Tech, Mass Surveillance, and the Power of AI

Dr Birgit Schippers of St. Marys University College Belfast was our guest on today’s show. We discussed the role out of facial recognition software, how effective AI can actually be at understanding our personalities, and the unaccountability of tech companies.

Resources

https://www.stmarys-belfast.ac.uk/general/staff.asp?nq=1&mode=detail&staffid=55

http://smucb.academia.edu/BirgitSchippers

https://twitter.com/BirgitSchippers?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

Music by Just Jim – https://soundcloud.com/justjim

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