Tag: Social Media

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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!)? 

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    #22: The AI Resort, Personalised Books, Documenting Peoples’ Life Stories

    With summer in full swing, Ian and Michael discuss the idea of a completely automated, AI-powered holiday resort. The discussion then turns to using AI to create completely individualised and personalised books, and using AI to document peoples' life stories.

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    #3: Social Media and Manipulation, Part 2

    Ian and Michael had too much to say on social media, manipulation and the role of AI to fit the entire conversation into a single episode, so the conversation continues where the previous episode left off!

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    #2: Social Media and Manipulation

    Is social media a force for good, or the ultimate lobbying machine? Ian and Michael discuss the role social media and the role of AI in social media.

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    #1: A Gentle Introduction

    In the premiere episode of the podcast, Ian Bowie and Michael Stormbom give a gentle - and unfiltered - introduction to AI.