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Busting Buzzwords

E11: Busting ‘AI’ with Jonathan Kummerfeldt

20 October 2025 37:01 Busting Buzzwords @ The University of Sydney

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About this episode

This episode features the phrase ‘AI’.

This episode, we welcome on the pod Dr Jonathan K. Kummerfeld, who is a Senior Lecturer (ie., research tenure-track Assistant Professor) in the School of Computer Science at the University of Sydney. He works on Natural Language Processing, with a particular focus on systems for collaboration between people and AI models, including in dialogue and crowdsourcing.

You can also find us and leave comments and likes on Instagram: @busting.buzzwords

Production Credits and Acknowledgments:

 Hosts: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Clara Sitbon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ben Nickl⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Have a buzzword you’d like us to talk about? You can email us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Production Credits and Acknowledgments:

  • Karen Ho: visual design and cover art, @karencyho on Instagram or check out ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠karencyho.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
  • Jacob Craig: audio production.
  • Tyler Mahoney: episode recording.
  • FASS Media Room: episode recording studio/main recording venue (located on Gadigal Country of the Eora Nation).

 

We thank the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and the technical team for their invaluable support.

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