Recent Posts
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#40: The Christmas Episode
'Tis the season to be jolly! In the last episode of 2022, Ian and Michael discuss virtual Christmas presents, virtual Christmas decorations, and the idea of a Christmas metaverse.
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#39: Creativity in Games, Streaming Movie Rentals, Books and Movie Adaptations
Ian and Michael discuss the role of creativity in playing videogames (such as Minecraft and No Man's Sky), as well as books and their movie adaptations.
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#38: Decentralisation, Web3, Social Media
Ian and Michael discuss Web3, social media, and a decentralised Internet - is it necessarily a good thing?
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#37: AI for Good
Ian and Michael discuss a couple of examples where AI is used for the common good (as opposed to the profit motive) in wildlife and biodiversity conservation, minimising energy consumption and food and water safety. And while AI can be used for the betterment of us all, it is not a substitute for collective, human action.
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#36: AI-Generated Video, Virtual Actors and Deepfakes, AI Veganism
Ian and Michael discuss recent strides in AI-generated video, the use of people's likenesses in video and images, the "Deepfake defense" in the court of law, the concept of "AI Veganism" and the recent news of AI-generated artwork winning an art competition.
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#35: Recommenders and Finding Online Content
Recommender systems are all around us in the digital realm. We're constantly bombarded with automatic recommendations for what to watch, what to listen to, what to read, what to buy, what to eat, or where to travel to. Chances are that's how you found this very podcast! Ian and Michael discuss recommenders and their flaws, and the difficulties both for consumers to find good online content and for creators to find an audience for their content.
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#34: AI in Translations
Ian and Michael discuss machine translation, recent advancements in automatic speech-to-speech translation and the role of translation in the future.
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#33: Communication in the Digital Age
Ian and Michael discuss how human communication has changed in the digital age, from the use of emojis to communicate whole sentences to the ability to send a message to a person on the other side of the planet nearly instantaneously.
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#32: Doomscrolling and the Mental Impact of Constant Connectedness
Ian and Michael discuss the concept of doomscrolling and how being constantly online and connected affects our mental health.
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#31: Controlling Your Life with AI
Ian and Michael give up on humanity and discuss the prospects of just letting the machines run the show. In previous episodes, we have discussed the role of AI in automating your life, and how AI is used by various actors (with varying degrees of malevolence) to manipulate you. But what if you could deliberately and consciously use AI to control your behaviour? And what if we automated the politicians away (imagine the savings!)?