Episode Description
In this episode of Computer Séance, Tracie, Justin and Ben travel to Etheria and explore the future of (queer) kinship and (universal) colonialism through the figure of Light Hope, an ancient AI training tool.
About She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (2018-2020)
Creator: ND Stevenson; Produced by Dreamworks Animation Television for Netflix
Seasons Discussed: Season 1, Session 4Episodes Discussed: S1 E1, 2, 12, 13; S4 E5, 12, 13
This episode focuses solely on specific episodes from the 2018 reboot of She-Ra, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power.
Note: Justin incorrectly states She-Ra’s warrior form height as 9 feet. In humanoid form Adora is 5’6” (168cm) and in warrior form She-Ra is 8” (244cm). Justin and Scorpia are the same height (6’7”, 200cm) and aren’t used to bigger ladies than themselves!
References:
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Computer Séance is funded by a UK Research and Innovation Future Leaders Fellowship grant.
What can popular culture teach us about the technologies that are reshaping our lives?
Each week in Computer Séance presenters Justin, Tracie and Ben dissect a pop culture artefact that features an intelligent machine and explores how it compares with developments in AI today.
More About Your Hosts!
Dr R Justin Hunt is an artist and academic based in London; his work explores archives of queerness
Dr Tracie Farrell a Senior Research Fellow at the Open University, and a UKRI Future Leaders Fellow examining the intersections between social justice and artificial intelligence.
Dr Ben Sweeting is a university lecturer who teaches and learns about design.
It is produced by Cat McShane. Sound mixing by Dan Bolger and original music by Rosa Brook. Graphic Design by Retno Larasati.
Computer Séance is funded by a UK Research and Innovation Future Leaders Fellowship grant.
All the opinions expressed in the program are the presenters' own and do not reflect the positions of our employers, or UKRI.
Episodes may contain language that some listeners find offensive
About She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (2018-2020)
Creator: ND Stevenson; Produced by Dreamworks Animation Television for Netflix
Seasons Discussed: Season 1, Session 4Episodes Discussed: S1 E1, 2, 12, 13; S4 E5, 12, 13
This episode focuses solely on specific episodes from the 2018 reboot of She-Ra, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power.
Note: Justin incorrectly states She-Ra’s warrior form height as 9 feet. In humanoid form Adora is 5’6” (168cm) and in warrior form She-Ra is 8” (244cm). Justin and Scorpia are the same height (6’7”, 200cm) and aren’t used to bigger ladies than themselves!
References:
- Watch She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (Netflix) - https://tinyurl.com/3ksthck4
- Season 1 Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsGMkAWB6lY
- Season 4 Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juIipTTY1Vo
- IMDB - https://tinyurl.com/mvwbrhmm
- WIKI- https://tinyurl.com/4e6xkdmd
- Fandom “She-Ra WIKI” - https://tinyurl.com/5cbzvbxn
- More about AI Personalisation - https://tinyurl.com/zw4yujcs
- For more information on the After AI Symposia - https://tinyurl.com/32w8xcrb
- For more information on Dr Alexa Joubin’s work - https://tinyurl.com/3tfcd3ja.
- For more about Sherry Turkle- https://tinyurl.com/5n8kbysp
- Tracie mentions a paper on LLMs and therapy; the citation: Iftikhar, Z., Xiao, A., Ransom, S., Huang, J., & Suresh, H. (2025, October). How LLM counselors violate ethical standards in mental health practice: A practitioner-informed framework. In Proceedings of the AAAI/ACM Conference on AI, Ethics, and Society (Vol. 8, No. 2, pp. 1311-1323).
Follow us: https://linktr.ee/computerseance
Computer Séance is funded by a UK Research and Innovation Future Leaders Fellowship grant.
What can popular culture teach us about the technologies that are reshaping our lives?
Each week in Computer Séance presenters Justin, Tracie and Ben dissect a pop culture artefact that features an intelligent machine and explores how it compares with developments in AI today.
More About Your Hosts!
Dr R Justin Hunt is an artist and academic based in London; his work explores archives of queerness
Dr Tracie Farrell a Senior Research Fellow at the Open University, and a UKRI Future Leaders Fellow examining the intersections between social justice and artificial intelligence.
Dr Ben Sweeting is a university lecturer who teaches and learns about design.
It is produced by Cat McShane. Sound mixing by Dan Bolger and original music by Rosa Brook. Graphic Design by Retno Larasati.
Computer Séance is funded by a UK Research and Innovation Future Leaders Fellowship grant.
All the opinions expressed in the program are the presenters' own and do not reflect the positions of our employers, or UKRI.
Episodes may contain language that some listeners find offensive