Show Notes
Artificial intelligence – AI. Headline news, Senators gathering with gurus to figure out what to do, lawsuits, chatbots that offer to be our virtual concierge but then make up stuff in their responses. What’s at stake for our privacy? And what does it mean for us as individuals? Not for us as unwitting data providers or as recipients of communications from machines that can spew misinformation, but as human beings? Tune in to Episode 141 for a brisk walk down the yellow brick road of AI. Check out what’s behind the wizard’s curtain as AI aims to improve our lives and even to organize them. Consider the front end – is our personal information ours, or is it free for the taking? And the back end – how can a Chatbot affect us when we seek its benefits and cause suffering when it misadventures? Time stamps: 00:29 — How is data being used to train AI? 09:20 — What can AI providers do to safeguard consumer privacy? 11:56 — What can we do to safeguard our privacy when working with AI?
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