The Social Dilemma - Part 1

In this first part of our three part series on the Social Dilemma Netflix film, Dr. Tim Scarfe, Yannic "Lightspeed" Kilcher and Zak Jost gang up with Cybersecurity expert Andy Smith. We give you our take on the film. We are super excited to get your feedback on this one! Hope you enjoy.    00:00:00 Introduction 00:06:11 Moral hypocrisy   00:12:38 Road to hell is paved with good intentions, attention economy 00:15:04 They know everything about you 00:18:02 Addiction 00:21:22 Differential realities 00:26:12 Self determination and Monetisation 00:29:08 AI: Overwhelm human strengths undermine human vulnerabilities 00:31:51 Conspiracy theory / fake news 00:34:23 Overton window / polarisation 00:39:12 Short attention span / convergent behaviour 00:41:26 Is social media good for you 00:45:17 Your attention time is linear, the things you can pay attention to are a volume, anonymity  00:51:32 Andy question on security: social engineering 00:56:32 Is it a security risk having your information in social media 00:58:02 Retrospective judgement 01:03:06 Free speech and censorship  01:06:06 Technology accelerator

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Welcome! We engage in fascinating discussions with pre-eminent figures in the AI field. Our flagship show covers current affairs in AI, cognitive science, neuroscience and philosophy of mind with in-depth analysis. Our approach is unrivalled in terms of scope and rigour – we believe in intellectual diversity in AI, and we touch on all of the main ideas in the field with the hype surgically removed. MLST is run by Tim Scarfe, Ph.D (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ecsquizor/) and features regular appearances from MIT Doctor of Philosophy Keith Duggar (https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-keith-duggar/).