A new report from the UN University Institute for Water, Environment, and Health has outlined the consequences of AI on water, land, and carbon emissions.
Wire Host Caeden spoke to Professor Te Kaka Keegan, from the University of Waikato Department of Software Engineering and Co-Director of the AI institute, about the report and the cultural impacts of AI for Māori.
They also spoke to Professor Nirmal Nair from the University of Auckland Faculty of Engineering about how the report applies to a local context.
The Government has been presenting maths education as a crisis that needs urgent fixing, with Education Minister Erica Stanford pushing through rapid reforms. But some education experts say the picture is much more complicated than the public narrative suggests, and that the real issues are being oversimplified.
Producer Pranuja spoke with Dr Lisa Darragh from the University of Auckland about what the evidence actually shows, why the “crisis” framing has taken hold, and what the current reforms could mean for students and teachers.
A busy show this week. First some old favourites and new music, then Emma chats to Big Fan's Savina Fountain about their new music series, and for the last quarter of the show she's joined by the fabulous Noelle McCarthy to hear about her new book, Stakes, and 95bFM memories.
This week on Sages of the Ages our wizards are up to a bunch of discussion and commentary interspersed between some legendary tracks from 2002. With news from the US in the Middle East, the New Zealand elections, the FIFA World Cup, and the world's biggest L&P bottle. They also bring you the hottest new music from Bic Runga, Interpol, and Nesian Mystik.
Elle spoke to Markus of goldenstar about their latest EP Chamber Music. Written alongside the melting snow of the Montreal winter, the melancholia of their surroundings seeps through into the sparce guitar lines and restrained vocal performances. Its music that lingers within you long after you’ve finished listening. Utterly Brilliant.
Chris plays a selection of mainly deep cuts from his personal vaults to kick off winter. The best and freshest of Kiwi music — 100% tunes from Aotearoa New Zealand, thanks to NZ On Air Music!
Playlist
Strawpeople - Under The Milky Way (Tranquility Bass Mi
Human Instinct - Black Sally
Thee Golden Geese - Full Goose Rising
The Chills - There's Only One Station
Go Nuclear - Torture Chamber
Free Radicals - Don't Ask
Fis - DMT Usher
Backyard Burial - If It Came Down To It I'd Eat You
For our weekly catchup w/ the Green Party, our host Manny spoke with MP Ricardo Menéndez March about the budget, a controversial government law that empowers MSD to automate decision-making, and how the government's failing climate policies are creating more costs.
Then Producer Toby spoke to youth development worker Aardon Hendry about the growing issue of youth homelessness and what he argues is an inadequate level of support provided by the government in the recent budget.
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