John Ladley and Mark Cooper conclude their conversation with Jon Padfield. He’s a an engineer turned State Representative, turned business professor, exploring how surveillance, data, AI, and corporate power are reshaping our world and what you can do about it. Check out and join the quarter-million subscribers to his YouTube channel, Business Reform. In this episode of the Rock Bottom Data Feed, Jon gives us more food for thought about what’s ethically acceptable in a world of rapidly expanding data and AI. He also answers the “two questions” and plays our Famous Game Show.
As always, if you have a suggestion for an artifact to explore in Archedataology, a verse or two for the Data Poetry Slam, or question in 256-characters, write us.
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Chapters:
00:00 – Archedataology from the Future – Part 1;
04:51 – Monologue;
07:15 – Jon Padfield Part 2;
39:06 – Dispatches from Rock Bottom;
41:58 – Audio Data Rorschach Test;
45:53 – The 8-Bit Consultants;
47:09 – Recap & Close