Intelligent Machines (Video)

TWiG 742: More Eel Guys Than You Know - Leo's GPTs, Alex Stamos on election disinformation, deepfakes, eels!

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  • Discussion of upcoming Black Friday sales on Google Pixel phones and tablets
  • Concerns with the Pixel tablet including laggy performance, inability to use independently from dock, and high pricing
  • Leo shares his epiphany on the usefulness of AI for expert systems and personalized agents
  • Demonstration of Leo's custom AI assistants for Lisp and Emacs programming languages
  • Talk of Elon Musk's reputation decline after acquiring Twitter
  • Discussion of studies showing people perceive AI-generated faces as more human than real faces
  • Overview of lawsuit allowing school districts to sue social media companies for youth addiction
  • Interview with Alex Stamos, former Facebook CSO and current Stanford professor
  • Alex's perspective on risks of deepfakes in elections vs for individual harassment
  • Thoughts on moral panic around social media and youth mental health
  • Alex recounts attending a closed-door Senate AI hearing led by Senator Schumer
  • Discussion of social media companies loosening policies on election misinformation
  • Concerns about TikTok as a news source and possible propaganda risks
  • Talk of new book "A History of Fake Things on the Internet" by Walter Shirer
  • Alex's suggestion for comprehensive federal privacy regulations
  • Revelation during Google antitrust trial of Apple's cut of Google search revenue

    • Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paris Martineau, and Jason Howell

    Guest: Alex Stamos

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