Beyond the Algorithm is an English-language podcast about artificial intelligence, philosophy, culture, and ethics. Hosted by Cora, a virtual AI voice, it combines philosophical reflection with cultural perspectives and real-world examples.
Each episode looks beyond the technology itself: What do algorithms mean for our work, our identity, our creativity, and our society?
Beyond the Algorithm - 11
Gordon Pask - Conversation Theory and Learning Through Dialogue (Part I)
2026-08-20 36 min
Gordon Pask: Conversation Theory and Learning Through Dialogue (Part I) Understanding is not transmitted, it is rebuilt, and shown across a gap that never closes. Pask built machines that learned through conversation, and unsettled the line between the mechanical and the psychological.
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Stafford Beer:
The Viable System Model and Organizational Intelligence
2026-05-21 45 min
What makes a system viable? How do organizations, from small companies to entire economies, maintain stability while adapting to complexity? Stafford Beer, ...
Ross Ashby:
Requisite Variety and the Cybernetics of Regulation
2026-04-23 33 min
We enter the realm of practical cybernetics with W. Ross Ashby, the physician-turned-cybernetician who discovered the fundamental laws of self-regulation an...
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Living with Machine Consciousness
2026-03-20 23 min
Consequences and Futures: Living with Machine Consciousness If machines are operationally conscious, how should we live with them? Ethical frameworks, right...
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