Show Notes
In this week’s episode, Jessie stands in for Jonah and alongside Smera, the pair explore new AI-worshipping religions, the ever-growing concerns around children and online pornography, and the emergence of a new kind of digital currency.
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Episode sources Religion Gods in the machine? The rise of artificial intelligence may result in new religions (theconversation.com) Neil McArthur, AI Worship as a New Form of Religion - PhilPapers ‘Way of the Future’: Former Google engineer Anthony Levandowski relaunches AI church - Technology News (wionews.com) Inside Artificial Intelligence's First Church | WIRED https://europeanacademyofreligionandsociety.com/news/the-way-of-the-future-is-now-a-thing-of-the-past/
Porn UK porn watchers could have faces scanned - BBC News AI Fake Nudes Are Out of Control. These Victims Are Fighting Back - Bloomberg https://arxiv.org/abs/2110.01963 Turing Lecture: Regulating Unreality (Deepfakes, revenge-pornography & fake news) - YouTube Growing up with pornography: advice for parents and schools | Children's Commissioner for England (childrenscommissioner.gov.uk) Implementing the Online Safety Act: Protecting children from online pornography - Ofcom
Finance Digital pound plans should proceed with caution, say MPs - BBC News The digital pound | Bank of England https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/cryptocurrencies-digital-dollars-and-future-money https://www.omfif.org/2023/04/are-cbdcs-a-ticking-timebomb-for-commercial-banks/ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/cbdctracker/ https://youtu.be/fpb-qJv6dBs?si=uW-FpfJ24ie6gNqX https://youtu.be/8u8qZT33DX4?si=GO2dtgLD98Yimz_9 https://youtu.be/fpb-qJv6dBs Good news (for some) https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-12716977/ai-chatgpt-predicts-world-vegan-gen-z-millennials.html
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