The Friendly Troll
The Friendly Troll is a podcast with observations of the global tech industry from the perspective of the Global South. Our trolling is meant to enlighten listeners and explore interesting topics from a new point of view. The podcast is produced by CIPIT, the Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law, at Strathmore University in Nairobi, Kenya.
The Friendly Troll
The 4IR: What it means for the Global South
Today's episode asks what the 4IR means for the Global South and what it means to take advantage of the potential for growth both in tech and intellectual property.
References:
Make me Smart podcast:
https://www.marketplace.org/shows/make-me-smart-with-kai-and-molly/will-coronavirus-make-it-easier-to-buy-a-home/
- The podcast is from 1 July 2020 and not 2 July 2020 as identified in the episode. We regret the error.
MIT apologizes, permanently pulls offline huge dataset that taught AI systems to use racist, misogynistic slurs: https://www.theregister.com/2020/07/01/mit_dataset_removed/
Music:
Toccata and Fugue in D Minor by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4533-toccata-and-fugue-in-d-minor
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
CIPIT would like to acknowledge and thank the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) for their continued support.
https://www.idrc.ca/en