Opening the Artificial Information Floodgates with Ravit Dotan

06/07/23 • 44 min

This episode of The Buzz is best experienced with headphones.
With the generative AI hype cycle reaching a fever pitch, now may be a good time to step back and consider some of the potential downsides and risks of creating terabytes of text, image, sound and video at the click of a button. What will it mean to exist in an online world where the source and veracity of information is even more inscrutable than it is today?
This week, the Buzz is joined by AI ethicist and researcher Ravit Dotan, PhD. to give us some ideas on how to avoid a future rife with misinformation and mistrust as more of our information landscape becomes automated.
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