
S6E4: Recent developments in disinformation through AI
10/22/23 • 25 min
YD, Chris, and Medlir discuss some recent uses of AI, to quickly and easily generate political influence campaigns.
Many of us are already aware of the rapidity and volume at which AI can generate content. But in this episode, we discuss some of the ways in which AI quality is improving, as well as some different mechanisms being tested to maximize the intensity and appeal to our emotions and biases.
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YD, Chris, and Medlir discuss some recent uses of AI, to quickly and easily generate political influence campaigns.
Many of us are already aware of the rapidity and volume at which AI can generate content. But in this episode, we discuss some of the ways in which AI quality is improving, as well as some different mechanisms being tested to maximize the intensity and appeal to our emotions and biases.
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S6E3: Joseph Vukov on Religion and AI
Medlir is joined by Dr. Joseph Vukov, Associate Director of the Hank Center for the Catholic Intellectual Heritage at Loyola University Chicago, whose research explores questions at the intersection of ethics, neuroscience, and philosophy of mind, and at the intersection of science and religion.
Links:
- https://www.scienceforhumans.com/the-team
- https://mailchi.mp/scu/itec-handbook
- https://www.focolaremedia.com/bookstore/perils-perfection?v=492
- https://www.focolaremedia.com/sites/default/files/2023-07/NCP%200179%20-%20The%20Perils%20of%20Perfection%20-%20Preview.pdf
- https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2023/03/23/chatgpt-machine-learning-catholic-244953
- https://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2023/04/17/ai-chat-gpt-catholic-ethics-245071
- https://www.hanknexusjournal.com/volume2
- https://futurism.com/pope-guide-artificial-intelligence
- https://www.scu.edu/institute-for-technology-ethics-and-culture/
- https://gizmodo.com/pope-francis-vatican-releases-ai-ethics-1850583076
- https://youtu.be/yTlBmm1yosc
- https://stories.luc.edu/envisioning-the-future
- https://www.scu.edu/media/ethics-center/itec/Ethics-in-the-Age-of-Disruptive-Technologies:An-Operational-Roadmap---ITEC-Handbook-June-2023.pdf
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S6E5: AI Governance with Justin Bullock
Medlir is joined for a wide-ranging conversation on the shifting landscape of AI governance by Dr. Justin Bullock, a Senior Researcher at Convergence Analysis, in the UK. Dr. Bullock brings a wealth of expertise in public administration, artificial intelligence (AI), organizational theory, and management. He is the lead editor of Oxford University Press’ Handbook of AI Governance.
Links:
- https://academic.oup.com/edited-volume/41989
- https://justinbullock.org/academic-works/
- https://justinbullock.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Machine-Intelligence-Bureaucracy-and-Human-Control-final.pdf
- https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/11/ai-tech-designers-tool-communities
- https://www.cnas.org/publications/commentary/how-to-prevent-an-ai-catastrophe
- https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adi8982
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