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Robert Peston Cares More About Israeli Hooligans Than British 72 Year Old RAF Veteran
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- Robert Peston Cares More About Israeli Hooligans Than British 72 Year Old RAF Veteran
- Runtime
- 1:24
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- ITV’s political editor Robert Peston told Green party leader Zack Polanski he needed to "accept Israel as a democracy", before cutting off Polanski's answer to end the show.
On Novara Live, Aaron Bastani and Kieran Andrieu challenged Peston’s hypocrisy in caring more about Israeli football hooligans than the British citizens detained illegally by Israel on board the Gaza aid flotilla - including a 72-year-old RAF veteran.
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- Zack Polanski Shuts Down Robert Peston In Israel Debate
- Runtime
- 16:30
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- As the Green Party rises in the polls, Zack Polanski takes Robert Peston to task over antisemitism in an ITV debate.
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- Prince Andrew Under Pressure To Leave Public Life Forever | #novaralive
- Runtime
- 1:10:03
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- Buy tickets for Downstream IRL with Cory Doctorow and Aaron Bastani:
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Virginia Giuffre’s posthumous memoir has been published in the UK, putting Prince Andrew and his links to the paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein back in the spotlight.
Plus: The row over Maccabi Tel Aviv continues, former French President Nicolas Sarkozy goes to jail, and Zack Polanski takes on Robert Peston as the Green Party continue to rise in the polls.
With Aaron Bastani and Kieran Andrieu.
00:00 Intro
18:18 Maccabi Tel Aviv Update
34:53 Nicolas Sarkozy Jailed
50:20 Zack Polanski Shuts Down Robert Peston In Israel Debate
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- What It Was REALLY Like Inside An Israeli Prison
- Runtime
- 2:44
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- "At first, we were very cowed, and we were doing whatever they asked us to do. By the end of the day, we were really swearing in their faces, telling them that they're f***ers. And it was kind of beautiful to behold."
On Downstream this week, political economist and journalist Kieran Andrieu talks to Aaron Bastani about the flotilla activists' time inside an Israeli prison.
For our next Downstream IRL on 17 November, Aaron Bastani will be talking to Cory Doctorow, one of the world’s sharpest tech critics. Get your ticket: http://novara.media/4hqMemn
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- This Ceasefire Is Just a New Phase of Genocide
- Runtime
- 1:37
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- The IDF has killed at least 99 people and wounded 230 in the 10 days since the US-brokered truce, which Israel is accused of having violated at least 80 times.
Ash Sarkar reports on last night’s Novara Live.
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- Maccabi Tel Aviv Ban Exposes Weak Government
- Runtime
- 22:27
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- Why Is It ‘Antisemitic’ to Object to Football Fans Running Riot?
- Runtime
- 1:01
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- Following Maccabi Tel Aviv's announcement that they will “decline any allocation offered to away fans” for November’s match against Aston Villa in Birmingham, Ash Sarkar clarified on Novara Live that “Israel isn’t unique in having racist and violent football fans.”
In fact, it's just that Israeli clubs are used to being exempt from any restrictions.
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- Prince Andrew Gives Up Royal Titles And Secrets Are Revealed
- Runtime
- 10:50
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- Israel Violates Gaza Ceasefire, Killing at Least 99 | #NovaraLIVE
- Runtime
- 56:39
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- Israel violates Gaza ceasefire… again.
Plus: The ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans continues to prove divisive, and Prince Andrew gives up royal titles as Epstein links increase.
00:00 Intro
00:53 Gaza Ceasefire Violated Again
09:41 Maccabi Tel Aviv Row Continues
31:58 More Prince Andrew Revelations
42:38 Uber's AI Work Dystopia
With Ash Sarkar and @NoJusticeMTG .
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- Shocking Question Asked By Sky News Presenter
- Runtime
- 0:48
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- "I didn't expect 90 members of my family to be killed. I didn't expect that on October 7th, my best friend, who is my soulmate and my camera person, would be killed"
Yara Eid details her response to a Sky News presenter asking her what she 'expected' to happen after October 7th.
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- Maccab Tel Aviv Derby in Israel Cancelled After Violent Riots
- Runtime
- 0:24
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- Video captured in Israel last night shows clashes between police and football fans after a local derby between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Tel Aviv was cancelled following violent rioting and damage to public infrastructure.
Three police officers were injured, along with 12 civilians. But Keir Starmer said last week he will do "everything in his power" to lift the ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans attending a Europa League match against Aston Villa in Birmingham next month.
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- There Is No Going Back To October 6th
- Runtime
- 1:46
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- "October 7th happened, and suddenly we're in a paradigm where we're not talking about partition and the two-state solution. We're talking about settler colonialism and Zionism and genocide and the Nakba. We're talking about the root causes of what this issue is, which is that there cannot be justice here until Israel is dismantled as a settler colony, and the Palestinians are free from the river to the sea. Now we're talking about what we should be talking about."
Tareq Baconi speaking with Aaron Bastani about the paradigmatic shift in discourse since October 7th.
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- Ceasefire Is NOT the End of the Gaza Genocide. Here’s Why | Aaron Bastani meets Palestinian Writers
- Runtime
- 1:01:29
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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Just over two years after the beginning of the genocide in Gaza, and just days after the announcement of a ceasefire, Aaron Bastani spoke to three Palestinian writers in front of a live audience at EartH in Hackney.
Ahmed Alnaouq is the host of Palestine Deep Dive and the co-founder of ‘We Are Not Numbers’, an organisation that provides international mentors for Palestinian writers.
Yara Eid is a war journalist, born and raised in Gaza, who has worked for Amnesty International and been published in The New Arab.
Tareq Baconi is a journalist and academic and is the former senior analyst for Israel/Palestine and Economics of Conflict at the International Crisis Group, based in Ramallah, and the author of Hamas Contained: The Rise and Pacification of Palestinian Resistance (Stanford University Press, 2018).
Aaron spoke to Ahmed, Yara and Tareq about whether the ceasefi...
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- Face-To-Face With The IDF's Drug-Abusing S-13 Unit
- Runtime
- 1:20
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- “The S-13 unit has a notoriously high [...] percentage of people abusing substances, basically. And that is, you would assume, because underneath everything, they remain human beings. And committing genocide is not something fundamentally human, or not something that the psyche can deal with very well.”
On Downstream this week, political economist and journalist Kieran Andrieu talks to Aaron Bastani about his experience being kidnapped at sea by the IDF.
Watch the full episode of Downstream on Novara’s YouTube channel.
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- Kidnapped At Sea By The Israeli Military. The FULL Story | Aaron Bastani Meets Kieran Andrieu
- Runtime
- 45:15
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- Sign up for the upcoming Downstream Newsletter here: https://novaramedia.com/newsletters/the-downstream-newsletter/
The Gaza Strip, home to 2.2 million people, is a tiny land mass about the same size as the Isle of Wight. Yet in terms of munitions by weight, Gaza has been subjected to more than all of the bombs dropped on Dresden, Hamburg, and London combined, over the whole of World War II.
Another even more terrifying statistic: in Ukraine, after two years of conflict, there were around 30 cases of child amputees. In Gaza, there were a thousand cases of child amputation in two months.
This October marked two years since the high-intensity genocidal assault on the people of Gaza began, though the attempt to erase Palestine and ethnically cleanse its people began a century before. To mark the occasion, we hosted a live event at EartH Hackney to raise awareness and raise money for Medical Aid for Palestinians.
Kieran Andrieu is a pol...
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- Ash Sarkar Drops Hard Truths About The UK On BBC Question Time
- Runtime
- 13:48
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- Social Media Chips Away at What It Means to Be Human
- Runtime
- 1:29
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- "They're essentially emotionally maladapted psychopaths ."
Billionaire tech bros in Silicon Valley are using AI and social media platforms to exploit our insecurities — and Ash Sarkar says it's making us more anxious and less human.
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- Palestine Action Beats Government In Court
- Runtime
- 15:02
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- Starmer Attacks Ban On Israeli Football Hooligans | #NovaraLIVE
- Runtime
- 55:38
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- Keir Starmer has leapt to the defence of Israeli football hooligans, condemning a ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from attending an upcoming Europa League game against Aston Villa.
Plus: The government have failed to stop a legal challenge against the controversial proscription of Palestine Action.
00:00 Intro
01:08 Starmer Defends Israeli Football Hooligans
26:28 Palestine Action VS The Government
41:20 Ash Sarkar On BBC Question Time
With Aaron Bastani and NoJusticeMTG.
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- Israel Refuses To Release Marwan Barghouti, the ‘Palestinian Nelson Mandela’
- Runtime
- 2:16
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- Marwan Barghouti was due to be released along with other Palestinian prisoners this week, but at the last moment, Israel took his name off the list without any explanation.
On Novara Live, Dalia Gebrial said that the man known as the "Palestinian Nelson Mandela" remains imprisoned because he's one of the only people who "could possibly lead... a united Palestinian state." Instead, Gebrial said that it's likely he's being tortured in an Israeli prison.
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- Europe’s Pivot To Militarism Is A BIG Mistake
- Runtime
- 17:54
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- 'Billionaires Are Hoarders Who Make Society Worse for Workers'
- Runtime
- 1:20
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- "Billionaire wealth is bad for the economy and it's bad for society."
Ash Sarkar tackled the myth of the billionaires who leave the country at the first sign of raised taxes on Question Time last night — and called out the super-rich as "hoarders" who muscle out small business owners.
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- Privatisation Is a Failed Experiment That Must End
- Runtime
- 1:08
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- "The role of private equity is disgusting."
Ash Sarkar returned to Question Time last night. She challenged the legacy of privatisation in public utilities like rail and highlighted the true cost of profit in social care.
Ash pointed to the £200 billion in taxpayers money given to shareholders as evidence of why "everything is too expensive and nothing works."
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- The Captive Israel WON’T Release: Marwan Barghouti
- Runtime
- 14:25
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- The Death Toll In Gaza Rises, Despite Ceasefire | #NovaraLIVE
- Runtime
- 1:09:07
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
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The Israel-Hamas ceasefire is looking shaky.
Plus: Investigating the US and UK military industrial complex, and the union leader accused of harassment and heading up a ‘sexist boys club’.
With Michael Walker, Dalia Gebrial, Khem Rogaly & Simon Childs.
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- Piers Morgan Sells Himself To The Highest Bidder
- Runtime
- 14:12
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- ChatGPT Is a Trillion Dollar Porn Bot
- Runtime
- 2:49
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- "It's always been about money."
On Novara Live, Michael Walker and Barry Malone broke down the "dystopian scheme" at the heart of OpenAI's move towards "erotica for verified adults".
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- The Hypocrisy of Piers Morgan Cashing in on Saudi Money
- Runtime
- 1:24
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- Piers Morgan calls himself a champion of free speech.
But like comedians Louis C.K and Dave Chappelle, the free speech warriors who recently performed at the controversial Riyadh Comedy Festival, the hypocrisy of taking money from a country notorious for executing political opponents and dismembering journalists is "absolutely glaring", according to Barry Malone on Novara Live.
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- “Desperate” OpenAI Turns To Erotica
- Runtime
- 10:55
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- The US China Trade War Risks Mutually Assured Destruction
- Runtime
- 16:53
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- The UK Can’t Get Its Story Straight On China | #novaralive
- Runtime
- 1:00:34
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- Two men accused of spying for China
Plus: Trump's trade war with President Xi, Piers Morgan sells himself to the highest bidder, and OpenAI delves into… erotica.
With: Michael Walker, Barry Malone & Kyle Chan
00:00 Intro
01:00 The UK can’t get its story straight on China
18:24 Trump vs Xi risks mutually assured destruction
35:16 Piers Morgan sells himself to the highest bidder
49:17 OpenAI's desperate venture into erotica
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- Israeli Military Secrets The BBC Doesn't Want You To Know – Part 2
- Runtime
- 2:24
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- How much more PR does the BBC want to do for Israel and its military?
Harriet Williamson breaks down the Hannibal Directive, another shocking IDF doctrine that the BBC has consistently omitted from its reporting on Israel’s genocidal military actions in Gaza.
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- The Recklessness of AI Companies
- Runtime
- 0:50
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- “You have a choice. You can go somewhat slower to check the progress that’s happening, or you can just hit the gas pedal, hand over decision making, hand over your company to AI, and then let it go as fast as possible.”
On Downstream this week, AI ethicist and moral philosopher William MacAskill talks to Aaron Bastani about the dangerous incentive for AI companies to behave recklessly.
Watch the full episode of Downstream on Novara’s YouTube channel.
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- Water Company CEO Placed Under Citizen's Arrest
- Runtime
- 1:02
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- “I do understand that this is inconvenient for you, but I’m afraid the charge of public nuisance is very serious.”
Activist Isobel Rock and a group of women from the Citizens Arrest Network just placed Mark Thurston, CEO of Anglian Water, under citizen’s arrest. They charged him with three counts of public nuisance, focusing on environmental damage and illegal sewage spills.
“I’m here to hold Mark Thurston to account for the crimes Anglian Water is committing everyday against our environment and pockets,” Rock said. “These water companies are ignoring environmental protections and are focused on shareholder profit making over public safety or keeping bills affordable.”
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- Viral Israeli Propaganda on Female Hostages Exposed
- Runtime
- 2:37
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- "As Israel likes to often say, falsely of course: Hamas is ISIS."
On Novara Live, @nojusticemtg and Kieran Andrieu unpicked the myth spreading online that all female hostages held by Hamas were killed - when in fact women captives were prioritised for early release - and discussed how this feeds into wider Israeli propaganda that attempts to link Islamism with barbarism.
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- The ‘Corbyn is Antisemitic’ Smears Are Back
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- 2:05
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- Investigative Journalist Paul Holden put a question to Labour MP Emily Darlington on BBC politics live earlier today.
Holden's book "The Fraud" chronicles the rise of Keir Starmer and expands on how the money Labour Together's failed to declare, £700,000 worth of donations, was used behind the scenes to prepare Starmer to be Corbyn's heir apparent.
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- Journalist Paul Holden Exposes Labour Rot On Politics Live
- Runtime
- 18:36
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- Paul Holden’s new book ‘The Fraud’ details the “dirty tricks” used by the Labour right during Keir Starmer’s rise to power. On BBC Politics Live, he went head-to-head with Labour MP Emily Darlington.
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- Israel Accuses Hamas Of Breaking Ceasefire, Kills Multiple Palestinians | #novaralive
- Runtime
- 1:12:50
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- Kieran's Article: https://novaramedia.com/2025/10/13/israel-sent-me-to-the-same-prison-where-it-tortured-my-palestinian-brother/
Cracks have begun to show in the peace deal between Israel and Hamas as the Israeli military continues to kill Palestinians.
Plus: Rachel Reeves is under pressure to raise income tax in the upcoming autumn budget, Paul Holden defends his damning exposé of Keir Starmer’s Labour on Politics Live – and Novara Media’s Kieran Andreiu answers our Live audiences' questions about being kidnapped by Israel.
00:00 Intro
01:51 The peace deal between Israel and Hamas is already faltering.
13:13 Rachel Reeves is under pressure to raise income tax...
30:52 Paul Holden defends his exposé of Keir Starmer’s Labour
49:16 Reflecting on two weeks since Kieran Andrieu was captured by the Israeli state
With @NoJusticeMTG and Kieran Andrieu
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- Saleh Al-Jafarawi 'Shot Dead by Israeli-Linked Militia'
- Runtime
- 1:58
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- “There’s no civil war in Gaza whatsoever. There’s only an Israeli attempt to stage a civil war through proxy gangs, criminals and collaborators.”
This was the message shared by Gazan political analyst Mohammed Shehata on yesterday after Saleh Al-Jafarawi was shot dead by Israeli-linked militia. Michael Walker reports for Novara Live.
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- 'Blair as Gaza Envoy Like Putting Harold Shipman in Care Homes
- Runtime
- 1:10
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- Appointing Tony Blair as a peace envoy in charge of Gaza because of his experience in the Middle East is like saying "Harold Shipman should run a care home because he has experience with elderly people", according to Owen Jones.
The journalist, who is writing a book about the region, was on Good Morning Britain on Tuesday to discuss what's next for Palestine after the ceasefire deal.
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- The Ceasefire Does NOTHING to End Apartheid for Palestinians
- Runtime
- 1:40
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- ”We had a ceasefire agreement in February and that was broken by Israel once they had got their captives back.”
@NoJusticeMTG explains why the left can't celebrate a ceasefire yet.
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- Over 11,000 Palestinians Are Still Being Detained By Israel
- Runtime
- 1:46
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- Milena Ansari from Human Rights Watch exposed the two-tiered justice system for Palestinians and Israelis on Novara Live last night — and revealed that half of the 11,000+ remaining Palestinian hostages received no trial and faced no charges.
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- Green Party Hits 100,000 Members
- Runtime
- 11:16
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- Title
- Why You’ve Been Misled About “Israeli Hostages” and “Palestinian Prisoners”
- Runtime
- 18:51
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Israeli And Palestinian Captives Released, Trump Meets Leaders in Egypt | #NovaraLIVE
- Runtime
- 1:00:10
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
- Description
- Palestinian and Israeli prisoners have been released.
Plus: Israel refuses to release Marwan Barghouti, and the Green Party reaches 100,000 members.
00:00 Intro
00:57 Israeli And Palestinian Captives Exchanged
35:26 Israel's Propaganda On Palestinian Hostages
48:25 Green Party Hits 100,000 Members
With Michael Walker, @NoJusticeMTG, Andreas Krieg and Milena Ansari.
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- Title
- THIS Is How To Avoid An AI Arms Race
- Runtime
- 2:01
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
- Description
- “The United States will say, ‘Well, if we don't do it, China will.’ And China will say, ‘If we don't do it, the United States will.’”
On Downstream this week, AI ethicist and moral philosopher William MacAskill talks to Aaron Bastani about how an AI race dynamic is formed between countries vying for power.
Watch the full episode of Downstream on Novara's YouTube channel.
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- AI Will Learn To Use AI And Transform Society
- Runtime
- 1:27
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
- Description
- “What I expect to happen is that we will get, probably within the next ten years, AI that can itself do AI research in this recursive feedback loop. Then you get this leap forward in AI capabilities.”
On Downstream this week, AI ethicist and moral philosopher William MacAskill talks to Aaron Bastani about the way he believes AI will unfold.
Watch the full episode of Downstream on Novara's YouTube channel.
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- Democracy Is Under MASSIVE Threat From AI. Here’s Why | Aaron Bastani Meets Will MacAskill
- Runtime
- 1:36:52
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
- Description
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Get tickets for the next Downstream IRL, 'Gaza: The Story of a Genocide' (with Aaron Bastani) at EartH Hackney on Mon 13 Oct at 6:30 pm: https://link.dice.fm/N3e5f1cbd3ee
Artificial intelligence is set to be one of the most disruptive technologies this century. No one knows exactly how much machine learning might change - from work to cultural production and identity - but its impact is already coming into focus. But beyond commercial applications like ChatGPT, and debates around the rising energy consumption of AI data centres, looms an even larger debate: the possibility of artificial general intelligence (AGI). For some, a machine capable of augmenting its own intelligence is a matter of time — and could even arrive within a decade.
This week’s guest is philosopher and author William MacAskill. One of the leading thinkers in ...
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- Hundreds of Thousands March In London For Palestine ft. Denise Gough, Mothin Ali & Claudia Webbe
- Runtime
- 15:39
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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Harriet Williamson spoke to protestors in London about their thoughts on the ceasefire, Tony Blair and Starmer’s further crackdowns on protest.
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- Londoners Do Not Like Tony Blair
- Runtime
- 1:47
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
- Description
- 'He's known as the Butcher of Baghdad, isn't he?'
As half a million people marched in support of Palestinians through central London, Harriet Williamson asked people what they made of plans for Tony Blair to be involved in a post-ceasefire Gaza.
