Misinformation in democracy, a robot who serves apples and generative porn

We’re back for a brand new series of too long didn’t read!

This month Smera and Jonah are joined by Megan Hughes of the Turing’s Centre for Emerging Technology and Security to inform us about misinformation during election periods, and assures us to not always believe the hype. Smera and Jonah also discuss some of the latest breakthroughs with robotics and what that could mean for our workforces, and they explore the tricky topic of how generative AI is being used to create pornographic material, much of which is harmful.

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Topics discussed in this episode:  

• Introduction [00:00:00] 
• New Format for Season 2 [00:01:00] 
• Misinformation During Elections [00:02:00] 
• Examples of AI Misinformation [00:07:00] 
• Impact of Misinformation on Elections [00:10:00] 
• Authenticating Real Information [00:14:00] 
• CETAS Report on AI Election Threats [00:19:00] 
• Robotics and Figure01 [00:22:00] 
• Impact of Robots on Jobs [00:27:00] 
• Generative AI and Pornography [00:29:00] 
• Responsible Use of Generative AI [00:34:00] 
• Positive AI News: AlphaFold3 [00:35:00] 

 

Resources mentioned in this episode:  

[00:02:00] Misinformation during elections 

• www.newscientist.com/article/2427842-deepfake-politicians-may-have-a-big-influence-on-indias-elections/  
• www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240503-us-election-disinformation-targets-non-citizen-voting  
• apnews.com/article/india-election-misinformation-meta-youtube-703a56c73f9341393f05400ea218b87d 

[00:27:00] Impact of Robots on Jobs  

• www.reuters.com/technology/meet-ashley-worlds-first-ai-powered-political-campaign-caller-2023-12-12/ 

[00:29:00] Generative AI and Pornography  

• www.wired.com/article/2024/02/01/politics/election-deepfake-threats-invs/index.html 

[00:35:00] Positive AI News  

• www.newscientist.com/article/2429520-deepmind-ai-can-predict-how-drugs-interact-with-proteins/