Category: The 9pm Edict

The 9pm Edict is a podcast looking at the news and its frustrations. Produced and presented by Stilgherrian. It contains strong language and disturbing mental imagery.

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The 9pm Frog and Covid with Upulie Divisekera

Upulie Divisekera
Upulie Divisekera and a science machine. (Photo: Nathan Fulton / Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade used under a Creative Commons CC BY 2.0 license)

The spring series continues with two brand new species of frog and some reflections on COVID-19 with special guest Upulie Divisekera, science communicator and woman of much intelligence and smarts.

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The 9pm Extra: Vertical Hold episode 452, “Twitter demands $1, Tinder wants your Mum to approve your dates, Aussie Feds caught using facial recognition (again)”

Will people cough up a dollar a year to post on Twitter? Would you want your mum to see your Tinder dates before you do? Why are the Australian Federal Police still dabbling in facial recognition without authorisation? I was on this week’s Vertical Hold: Behind The Tech News.

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The 9pm Kenya with a K and an AI with UNSW Scientia Professor Toby Walsh

UNSW Scientia Professor Toby Walsh in an AI-generated image using the prompt: A slightly sinister-looking Professor Toby Walsh is sitting in a dark and threatening Edwardian science fiction setting, unware of the variety of threatening humanoid and octopus-like robots gathered close behind him (Original photo: UNSW, processing: Midjourney)

It’s all about artificial intelligence as the spring series continues with one of the leaders in the field, Scientia Professor Toby Walsh, chief scientist at the UNSW AI Institute.

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The 9pm Ageing, Death, and Bestiality

A Victorian-era angel stands guard over a gravesite at Rookwood Necropolis, Sydney. Yes, on 5 October 2023 the sky really was that blue. (Photo: Stilgherrian)

Stilgherrian returns after a three-month break to kick off a six-episode spring series of The 9pm Edict podcast. In this solo episode he’s somewhat reflective, but hey he thinks you’ll still like it.

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