Machine Ethics Podcast

Conversations on AI Ethics:
Interrogating technology, artificial intelligence and society.

This podcast brings together interviews with academics, authors, business leaders, designers and engineers on the subject of autonomous algorithms, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and technology's impact on society. Join in the conversation with us by getting in touch via email here or following us on BlueSky and Instagram.

Listen to episodes here or subscribe on your favourite podcast app - e.g. iTunes, Spotify, Youtube and TuneIn. You can also support us by donating to the show on Patreon or ask a questions here.

The machine ethics podcast is made by Ben Byford & ethicalby.design. And.. it has now being running for over 10 years! Yep I know.

111. Effects of AI with Dietmar Fischer

This month we're chatting with Dietmar Fischer about what we will mean by saying "AI" in the future? AI in science fiction, the fact that AI’s don’t want for anything, jobs and the political effects of unemployment, post-work society and defining what a good life is, the Chinese AI legislation, protecting young people from AI anthropomorphising, AI literacy, the AI bubble, Human extinction, and more

Date: 14th of April 2026  Has transcription

110. Organoid Computing with Dr. Ewelina Kurtys

This month we're chatting with Dr. Ewelina Kurtys on the uses of organoids and energy saving computing, the unknowns in neural science, differences between biological neurons and digital neural networks, how neurons operate and encoding information, the impractical nature of recreating brain structures, the tendency to anthropomorphise, determinism and more...

Date: 31st of March 2026

109. Intelligence explosion with James Barrat

This episode James and I are trying to stay positive while chatting about: superintelligence, AI basic drives, and the alignment problem; The intelligence explosion, existential risks of AI; profit over responsibility, the super rich; AI regulation and much more

Date: 3rd of March 2026

108. Moral Agents with Jen Semler

This month we chatted in-person with Jen Semler. We chatted about what is AI? Philosophers and engineer collboartions, businesses working with ethicists, machine ethics and AMAs, what makes a moral agent, how to create a moral agent, types of moral decisions, the point of moral agents, how can we tell if a machine is conscious, tech companies being not democratic organisations and don’t have to adhere to their citizens, and more...

Date: 4th of February 2026  Has transcription

See more episodes