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Thanks for dropping by. My name is Guy Clapperton. I’ve been a tech journalist for 30 years and I love to interview experts on what's coming up.

I’ve called this podcast and the presentations I do with it “The Near-Futurist”. Click on "About" to find out more about my speaking; meanwhile the podcast episodes are below and there's a new one every month.

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33. Artificial Intelligence - ethics get PARCed

Jan 24, 2020

There is a perception out there that artificial intelligence is ethically neutral - but can it be? Kyle Dent of PARC thinks not and he is involved in the company's ethics committee as a result, and he wants to help the AI industry overall. He tells near futurist Guy Clapperton about it.

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32. Who will pay for going cashless?

Jan 10, 2020

One of my favourite games when speaking at conferences is to get people to realise they've all but stopped using cash. Which is fine and neutral - unless you're one of the people without a bank account, or dependent on tips. Payment specialist Silvia Mensdorff-Pouilly (or just Silvia Mensdorff on some social...

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