A Cruel Machine’s Thesis: Nika Mahnic, the Tech Killjoy

How do we maintain our humanity while using technology? Nika Mahnic is the co-Founder of civic-tech NGO, Danes je nov dan and the creator of their acclaimed parliamentary tool which makes legislation and documentation easier to access for both Slovenians and their MPs. Nika is a celebrated pioneer in the research on the Gamification of Politics and Emotional AI.

In this podcast we begin with the state of ethics in technology. We then discuss ethics and algorithms, ethical algorithms and ways to improve the humanity of today’s technological system.

Note: The 2019 ACM FAT* Conference was held in Atlanta, Georgia and not Indiana. Apologies from the Editorial team

We welcome you to kick your shoes off, sit-back, pour yourself a tight shot of Slovenian schnapps, because this podcast will challenge your hope in technology’s humanity

Many thanks to our interviewers, “digi-human-man” Max Gorynski and “techno-person-son” Yuji Develle, co-Founders.