Show Notes
Turns out AI chatbots can do more than create pornographic images of Miss Piggy...
Jared and Mike are joined by Luke Barnes, a senior research scientist at NYU who explores issues related to tech and democracy, to talk about cases where AI chatbots have radicalized people and encouraged them to harm themselves and others. But before that, the guys discuss how the landscape of extremism has changed since Trump returned to power and why an attempted terror attack in San Diego seemed to evaporate from the public consciousness so quickly. But before we can nail any of that down, we need to start at the beginning:
“The White House was our primordial soup, a base of evolution…”
Links for Luke How AI Chatbots Are Supercharging Digital Radicalization The AI Industry Is Discovering That the Public Hates It AI Chatbots Are Unleashing Violence Among Kids
Transition Music: "You Can't Have Everything" by Mad Drunken Americans
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