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Episode 120: Artificial Intelligence (Part 1): Current Reality
There is a lot of hype, especially recently, around the future of AI. The fact is that AI is present now in our world, for both positive and negative. In this episode we talk about the current reality and near-term expectations of AI, and how it relates to collapse. From surveillance and policing to job and culture loss to deepfakes, AI is helping drive us towards a dystopian future.
Learn More:
COVID restrictions in India are being enforced by artificial intelligence and facial recognition | Fortune
San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors Grants Police More Surveillance Powers | Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff.org)
SFPD’s killer robots are off the table for now (sfbayview.com)
Actor Goes Viral With Deepfake Star Impressions—How Many Can You Name? (newsweek.com)
How ChatGPT actually works (assemblyai.com)
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/what-is-chatgpt/473664/
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/21/technology/personaltech/how-to-use-chatgpt-ethically.html
https://builtin.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-replacing-jobs-creating-jobs
https://www.saviom.com/blog/12-jobs-that-robots-ai-will-replace-in-the-future-and-12-that-wont/
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/02/technology/ai-artificial-intelligence-artists.html
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