Casey Fiesler is an associate professor in the Department of Information Science (and Computer Science, by courtesy) at the University of Colorado Boulder. She has a PhD in Human-Centered Computing from Georgia Tech and a JD from Vanderbilt Law School. This week she talks to Scott about AI and Ethics!
Oct 22
Changing how Engineering works with Ironclad CTO Sunita Verma
AI isn't just changing how we write code. It's changing how we build software, structure teams, and think about what it means to be a software engineer. In this episode of Hanselminutes, Scott Hanselman sits down with Sunita Verma, CTO at Ironclad and a longtime Google engineerin ... Show More
33m 35s
Oct 15
The Quantum Revolution with Turing Award Winners Charles Bennett and Gilles Brassard
What happens when the laws of quantum physics meet computer science? In this special crossover episode of Hanselminutes and ACM ByteCast, Scott Hanselman sits down with Charles H. Bennett and Gilles Brassard, recipients of the 2025 ACM A.M. Turing Award, often called the "Nobel P ... Show More
50m 4s
Jan 2025
Michele Elam, William Robertson Coe Professor in the Humanities; Senior Fellow, Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence; Bass University Fellow in Undergraduate Education
Michele Elam, the William Robertson Coe Professor of Humanities in the English Department at Stanford University and a Race and Technology Affiliate at the Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity, joins Behind the Tech to discuss her journey and work. Michele shares ... Show More
1h 5m
Nov 2023
The Worlds She Sees with Fei-Fei Li
<p>Fei-Fei Li, PhD, Professor in the Computer Science Department at Stanford University, and Co-Director of Stanford’s Human-Centered AI Institute, joins Bio + Health founding partner Vijay Pande.</p><p>In this candid conversation, Li unfolds her transformation from a young immi ... Show More
30m 15s
Sep 2024
Emily M. Bender on AI Hype
Peoples & Things host, Lee Vinsel, talks to Emily Bender, Professor of Linguistics, Director of the Masters of Science in Computational Linguistics program, and Director of the Computational Linguistics Laboratory at University of Washington, about her work on artificial intellig ... Show More
1h 6m
Feb 2025
Gabriella Coleman on Hackers Cultures (Plural!)
Peoples & Things host, Lee Vinsel, and guest host, Paula Bialski, Associate Professor for Digital Sociology at the University of St. Gallen in St. Gallen, Switzerland, interview Gabriella Coleman, Professor of Anthropology at Harvard University, about her long career studying hac ... Show More
1h 22m
Jul 2025
The Future of Humans, AI and Intelligent Technologies
Dr. Ja-Naé Duane talks about her book, coauthored with futurist Steve Fisher, SuperShifts: Transforming How We Live, Learn, and Work in the Age of Intelligence. Ja-Naé is a leading behavioral scientist, an MIT research fellow, and an innovation strategist with deep expertise in e ... Show More
28m 2s
Dec 2023
Engaging with AI in Your Future Legal Career
There’s no way to take a pass on tech competence. In your future as a lawyer, you have an ethical responsibility to understand and use technology in your practice, and today’s fastest growing tech is AI. Whether you’re an AI fan or perhaps a little scared of a robot takeover, thi ... Show More
44m 58s