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How Is AI Shaping the Future of Work? — The Ongoing Transformation

Thu, 03 Sep 2026 10:03:01 +0000

Source podcast: The Ongoing Transformation

Originally published: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 15:14:21 +0000

For as long as people have speculated about the development of artificial intelligence, they have debated its potential impacts on the labor market. Today, several years into widespread use of large language models, those questions are more urgent, but the answers are less clear. Is AI already taking jobs away? Could human beings flourish in a world in which they no longer have to perform economically valuable work? On this episode, Massachusetts Institute of Technology labor economist David Au…

From 3,000 to 18,000 applications — how the State rebuilt a system under pressure — Transform Gov - the digital government podcast

Sat, 29 Aug 2026 10:02:51 +0000

Source podcast: Transform Gov - the digital government podcast

Originally published: Fri, 08 May 2026 12:49:33 +0000

Two years and nine months. That’s how long people were waiting in the system — until everything had to change. What happens when a public service built for 3,000 applications a year suddenly faces over 18,000? That was the reality facing Ireland’s International Protection Office — a system under intense pressure, with growing backlogs, long delays, and real human consequences. In this episode of Transform Gov, Maeve Kneafsey speaks to Emer Mullins and Daniel Drennan, the team behind a transform…

Three employment services became one. What happened next helped change Ireland’s Live Register from 17% to 10%. — Transform Gov - the digital government podcast

Fri, 28 Aug 2026 14:30:30 +0000

Source podcast: Transform Gov - the digital government podcast

Originally published: Wed, 29 Jul 2026 19:00:00 +0000

Louise McKeever started her civil service career as a clerical assistant in 1995. Today, she is the first woman to serve as Ireland’s Government CIO. In Part 1 of this conversation with TransformGov host Maeve Kneafsey, Louise takes us inside: 🔹 Intreo — how Community Welfare Services, Activation Services and Local Office operations were merged into a single case management model, integrating two commercial providers for the first time, in what may have been the first large-scale Agile programm…

From CDs and Paper Files to AI and Drones: Inside An Garda Síochána’s Digital Transformation — Transform Gov - the digital government podcast

Fri, 28 Aug 2026 14:30:30 +0000

Source podcast: Transform Gov - the digital government podcast

Originally published: Wed, 22 Jul 2026 15:44:58 +0000

An Garda Síochána is replacing paper files, ageing technology and fragmented information with mobile devices, body-worn cameras, drones and carefully governed AI. But transforming one of Ireland’s largest and most complex public services is not simply a technology project. It means changing how thousands of Gardaí work — while protecting public trust, individual rights and the judgement of the officer on the ground. In this episode of Transform Gov, Maeve Kneafsey goes straight to the source: A…

TeTra | So Miyagawa "Examining the Apocalypse of Elijah" — TeTra | Text and Transmission Research Seminar

Sat, 22 Aug 2026 10:02:53 +0000

YouTube channel: TeTra | Text and Transmission Research Seminar

Originally published: Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000

TeTra Research Seminar | July 9, 2026 So Miyagawa (University of Tsukuba) •Examining the Apocalypse of Elijah• This paper examines the Coptic Apocalypse of Elijah (Apoc. El.) through its material transmission in Upper Egyptian manuscripts. Its central question is how a para-biblical apocalyptic text circulated in relation to canonical scripture and what this circulation reveals about local Christian communities in Egypt. The evidence points to three different modes of transmission. In British Library Or. 7594 (Sa2), Apoc. El. appears after canonical books, including Deuteronomy, Jonah, and Acts, but its cursive script and absence of a title suggest that it was added secondarily to a biblical codex. In P. Chester Beatty 2018 (Sa3), the text is transmitted independently, with punctuation that seems designed to support oral reading, indicating liturgical or homiletic use. In the Upper Egyptian codices Ach and Sa1, Apoc. El. is copied together with the Apocalypse of Zephaniah, suggesting a more intentional grouping of apocalyptic texts. These different manuscript contexts show that Apoc. El. did not occupy a single stable position in Coptic literary culture. It could be attached to canonical scripture, used independently in performance, or included in an apocalyptic collection. This flexibility suggests that the boundary between canonical and para-biblical literature was not rigid, but was negotiated through scribal practice, monastic use, and local theology. Greek fragments further indicate that multiple forms of the text circulated before or alongside the Coptic versions, while later Coptic works such as the Apocalypse of Shenoute and the History of Joseph the Carpenter show its continued influence on Egyptian Christian eschatology. In this sense, Apoc. El. exemplifies “living literature”: a text whose meaning and authority were shaped by the material and communal settings in which it was copied, read, and reused. https://tsukuba.academia.edu/SoMiyagawa

PEL Presents Closereads: Peirce's New Categories (Part One) — The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

Sat, 22 Aug 2026 10:02:09 +0000

Source podcast: The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

Originally published: Fri, 21 Aug 2026 19:13:00 +0000

How shall we break down the universe into basic types of things? Peirce has an idiosyncratic way of thinking about this problem and coming up with his division, revolving around the steps and presuppositions involved in predicating something. Read along with us . You can choose to watch this on video. Subscribe to Closereads at patreon.com/closereadsphilosophy ; follow us there via the free tier to part two and many other episodes like this one ad free, or pay us to get parts 2-5 and everything…

TeTra | Maria S. Thomas "Publishing in a Twelfth-Century Syriac Monastery" — TeTra | Text and Transmission Research Seminar

Fri, 21 Aug 2026 18:14:18 +0000

YouTube channel: TeTra | Text and Transmission Research Seminar

Originally published: Thu, 26 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

TeTra Research Seminar | February 26, 2025 Maria S. Thomas (University of Vienna) •Publishing in a Twelfth-Century Syriac Monastery: Manuscript Production, Authority, and Scribal Practice at the Monastery of Mary Magdalene in Jerusalem• The Monastery of Mary Magdalene and Simon the Pharisee in Jerusalem enjoyed a period of particular flourishing in the twelfth century, when, through ecclesiastical and possibly royal patronage, the monastery was revived both spiritually and materially. Part of this revival involved the production of several Syriac manuscripts for use within the monastic community: manuscripts were copied, repaired, and collected at the monastery during this period. This paper examines manuscript production at the monastery during this period, with particular attention to the paratextual material found in these manuscripts, and advances two central claims. First, ecclesiastical oversight in manuscript production can be understood as a form of publishing (or licensing) that materially attested to a text’s correctness and communal acceptability long after its original composition. Second, the paratextual strategies employed in this publishing process reveal that manuscripts were conceived not simply as copies of texts, but as authorised and materially situated books. https://univie.academia.edu/MariaThomas

TeTra | Julia Schwarzer "A Mischievous Manuscript or Infidel Rule: Julian in Coptic Sources" bun — TeTra | Text and Transmission Research Seminar

Fri, 21 Aug 2026 18:13:37 +0000

YouTube channel: TeTra | Text and Transmission Research Seminar

Originally published: Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

TeTra Research Seminar | March 26, 2026 Julia Schwarzer (KU Leuven) •A Mischievous Manuscript or Infidel Rule Reimagined: Julian in Coptic Sources• This paper is a first-time discussion of the reception of Julian the Apostate (r. 361–363) exclusively in Coptic sources. Its point of departure is the depiction of Julian in the Coptic Church History (CCH), a product of the Alexandrian patriarchate composed shortly after the Council of Chalcedon (451). The council marked the beginning of a massive shift in the balance of ecclesiastical power in which the anti-Chalcedonian (later termed “Coptic”) church of Egypt was marginalized and faced perceived “infidel rule”. The paper focuses on the depiction of the renegade emperor in an hitherto unnoticed variation of a Coptic homily on the Three Youths in the fiery furnace known from the Book of Daniel. This variation is preserved in an unpublished manuscript in Dublin identified by the author of this paper. By including the sequence on the pagan emperor, the compilers of the Dublin manuscript spanned a chronological arc of infidel rule from the 6th century BC to the 6th century AD: From Nebuchadnezzar II to Julian Apostata to the Chalcedonian emperor Justinian and his successors. This contribution understands itself as a springboard for further research on the perception of “infidel rule” in the Egyptian church and later Coptic literature – both in the realms of historiography and hagiography. https://kuleuven.academia.edu/JuliaSchwarzer

Magdalena Skipper on Scientific Publishing — The HPS Podcast - Conversations from History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science

Fri, 21 Aug 2026 18:12:57 +0000

Source podcast: The HPS Podcast - Conversations from History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science

Originally published: Thu, 30 Jul 2026 04:00:00 +0000

This week, Thomas Spiteri speaks with Dr. Magdalena Skipper, Editor-in-Chief of Nature . Skipper has held the role since 2018, and has a background in the genetic sciences. She is also notably the first female — and only the eighth person — to lead the journal since its founding in 1869. Skipper reflects on what she has worked to preserve and change since taking on the role, from deepening the connection between Nature 's research and journalism teams to broadening the journal's scope beyond th…

TeTra | Book in the Spotlight: Christine Shepardson, A Memory of Violence (2025) — TeTra | Text and Transmission Research Seminar

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 11:04:41 +0000

YouTube channel: TeTra | Text and Transmission Research Seminar

Originally published: Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

TeTra Book in the Spotlight | June 4, 2026 Christine Shepardson (University of Tennessee Knoxville) •A Memory of Violence: Syriac Christianity and the Radicalization of Religious Difference in Late Antiquity• University of California Press, 2025. Discussant: Philip Forness (KU Leuven). From the publisher’s website: Through the fifth and sixth centuries, major divisions rocked Christianity as different factions vied to make their teachings the doctrine of the Roman Empire’s imperial church. In the aftermath of the Council of Chalcedon in 451, miaphysite Christians, often targeted as heretics by the imperial church, confronted periodic violence and persecution. In this book, Christine Shepardson reshapes our understanding of late antiquity by centering Syriac Christianity in these complex and politicized doctrinal conflicts. Drawing on critical studies of violence and memory, she traces narratives of resistance and other rhetorical strategies by which miaphysite leaders radicalized their followers to endure physical deprivation and harm rather than abandon their church community. https://www.ucpress.edu/books/a-memory-of-violence/hardcover https://utk.academia.edu/ChristineShepardson https://kuleuven.academia.edu/PhilipMichaelForness

Evaluating AI Systems: Metrics, Methods, and Measurement Gaps — UNESCO’s Hands-On AI Supervision

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 11:04:41 +0000

Source podcast: UNESCO’s Hands-On AI Supervision

Originally published: Tue, 17 Feb 2026 23:00:00 +0000

Agnès Delaborde examines measurement challenges, standards alignment, and the tools supervisory authorities need to assess AI systems, including gaps between emerging benchmarks and real-world regulatory needs.

Ep. 396: Peirce on Knowledge (Part Two) — The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 10:50:53 +0000

Source podcast: The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

Originally published: Mon, 27 Jul 2026 04:15:00 +0000

The hosts continue their close reading of Peirce's 1868 essays, tracing inference, selfhood, introspection, willing, and the limits of meaningful terms.

Believing In Bits — In Context with School for Advanced Research

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 10:50:53 +0000

Source podcast: In Context with School for Advanced Research

Originally published: Wed, 11 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0000

Anthropologist Gabriella Coleman examines how institutions produce sturdy knowledge, why scientific consensus remains contested, and how AI boosterism repeats naive epistemic assumptions.

Eastern and Oriental Orthodox: Why Are We Still Divided After 1,600 Years? With Dr. Peter Bouteneff — Coptic Orthodox Answers

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 12:55:38 +0000

YouTube channel: Coptic Orthodox Answers

Originally published: Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

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Ep. 396: Peirce on Knowledge (Part One) — The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 12:50:36 +0000

Source podcast: The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

Originally published: Mon, 20 Jul 2026 03:25:00 +0000

A close reading of Peirce's 1868 essays on whether knowledge can be intuitive, whether the self is directly experienced, and how cognition depends on inference and external perspectives.

Ireland’s new government CIO wants to end the form-filling groundhog day's — Transform Gov - the digital government podcast

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 10:32:17 +0000

Source podcast: Transform Gov - the digital government podcast

Originally published: Wed, 05 Aug 2026 19:34:18 +0000

Ireland's Government CIO Louise McKeever explains how reusable digital building blocks, cross-department coordination, trusted data, digital sovereignty, and life-event service design can join up government around citizens.

Mazviita Chirimuuta on Simplification in Neuroscience — The HPS Podcast - Conversations from History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 10:22:53 +0000

Source podcast: The HPS Podcast - Conversations from History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science

Originally published: Wed, 12 Aug 2026 15:00:00 +1000

Mazviita Chirimuuta explains how reduction, mathematization, analogy, and proxy systems simplify the brain, and why prediction should not be conflated with understanding.

How AI Is Reshaping Election Information Ahead of the 2026 Midterms — The Tech Policy Press Podcast

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 10:22:53 +0000

Source podcast: The Tech Policy Press Podcast

Originally published: Sun, 16 Aug 2026 09:00:00 -0400

Lawrence Norden discusses whether AI chatbots fuel or fight election disinformation as voters increasingly use them to retrieve and create election information.

The Purpose of Liberal Arts Education in the Age of AI — Changing Higher Ed

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 10:22:53 +0000

Source podcast: Changing Higher Ed

Originally published: Tue, 28 Jul 2026 18:30:00 +0000

Christa Acampora argues that higher education should form people capable of authoring their lives and governing a free society, with examples from UVA AI-literacy initiatives.