Tag: Internet

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    #60: Your Own Personal Metaverse

    The metaverse is dead, long live the metaverse? Join the animated discourse between Ian and Michael as they navigate the turbulent waters of the metaverse hype, dissecting its sensational rise and seemingly swift plunge into the abyss. Discover their riveting insights on the intriguing concept of an ultra-personalised metaverse experience. Contemplate the metaverse as an innovative platform for unfiltered self-expression, a digital Eden to manifest your authentic self.

    Fasten your seatbelts for a journey into the heart of the metaverse - a world of endless possibilities, paradoxes, and perturbations. A voyage you don't want to miss! (This description was automatically generated using ChatGPT)

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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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    #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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    #10: AI, Digitalisation and Inclusion

    Is it even possible to live without a smartphone these days? In our push to digitise society, can AI be used to create a more inclusive society, or are we actually exacerbating inequality? Ian and Michael discuss digitalisation, AI and inclusion - and the very real risk of digitally excluding a large number of people from participating in society. 

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    #9: Digitalisation and Languages

    As translation technologies are becoming ever better, will we even need to learn foreign languages in the future? And what about English as the global lingua franca? Ian and Michael discuss preservation of languages and language equality in the digital era.

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    #8: AI and Education

    Ian and Michael discuss the potential for using AI and technology to modernise education.