#1547 Shaping the Future of the Internet

Air Date 3/8/2023

Today, we take a look at some of the emerging elements of technology and regulation that will likely shape the next era of the internet and our relationship to it. For today, these will include synthetic relationships with artificial intelligence, fake audio and video virtually indistinguishable from reality that will facilitate disinformation, reinterpreting Section 230 for a new era of internet content and the ongoing struggle to regulate social media platforms.

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SHOW NOTES

Ch. 1: What is ChatGPT, the AI software taking the internet by storm - BBC News - Air Date 1-15-23

While its popularity is soaring amid reports that OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, is closing in on a $10bn investment from Microsoft, there are fears the technology could cause more harm than good.

Ch. 2: Synthetic Humanity AI & Whats At Stake - Your Undivided Attention - Air Date 2-16-23

In this episode of Your Undivided Attention, Tristan and Aza reach beyond the moment to talk about this powerful new AI, and the new paradigm of humanity and computation we’re about to enter.

Ch. 3: What are deepfakes and are they dangerous? - Start Here, Al Jazeera English - Air Date 6-21-21

What are deepfakes? How are they made? And should they worry us?

Ch. 4: Creating a lie detector for deepfakes - CBS Sunday Morning - Air Date 1-29-23

Adobe and Microsoft have teamed up to develop new tools for verifying the attributes and history of images and videos on the web.

Ch. 5: Free Speech on Trial: Supreme Court Hears Cases That Could Reshape Future of the Internet - Democracy Now! - Air Date 2-27-23

We speak with Aaron Mackey, senior staff attorney with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, who says Section 230 “powers the underlying architecture” of the internet.

Ch. 6: SCOTUS on the Internet Its Complicated Part 1 - Amicus with Dahlia Lithwick - Air Date 2-25-23

Two big tech cases before the US Supreme Court this week promised justices tackling the thorny issues of content moderation, liability, and internet platforms, but instead delivered confusion and dodges.

Ch. 7: Why Some See Web 3.0 as the Future of the Internet - WSJ - Air Date 2-15-22

Some see Web 3.0 as the next generation of the internet, a decentralized version of the web-based on the blockchain. Here are the key principles behind it, and why skeptics are unconvinced it could scale globally.

Ch. 8: Real Social Media Solutions, Now — with Frances Haugen - Your Undivided Attention - Air Date 11-23-22

Tristan sits with Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen, a friend of Center for Humane Technology, to discuss the harm caused to our mental health and global democracy when platforms lack accountability and transparency.

Ch. 9: SCOTUS on the Internet It's Complicated Part 2 - Amicus with Dahlia Lithwick - Air Date 2-25-23

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MEMBERS-ONLY BONUS CLIP(S)

Ch. 10: Synthetic Humanity AI & Whats At Stake Part 2 - Your Undivided Attention - Air Date 2-16-23

Ch. 11: Ban TikTok? - Today, Explained - Air Date 2-21-23

Politicians across the United States are calling for an outright ban on the popular social media platform. Alex Heath, deputy editor at The Verge, explains how TikTok hopes to pre-empt one from ever passing.

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VOICEMAILS

Ch. 13: What does re-Indigenization mean for White folks and racial tribalism? - Pat from Chicago

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FINAL COMMENTS

Ch. 14: Final comments on what re-Indigenization means for the rest of us

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MUSIC (Blue Dot Sessions)

SHOW IMAGE: 

Description: A dark, abstract image with the appearance of staining or mildew. In the center, there is a dark silhouette of hands holding the outline of a smartphone. A dark question mark is on the phone screen.

Credit: "Phone-question-screen-online" by ChenSpec | License