Machines Like Us Podcast
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A @globeandmail technology podcast about people, who are helping shape our future. Hosted by @taylor_owen and produced by Paradigms.
Joined April 2024
We’re living through a remarkable moment in history. But the AI revolution isn’t just about ChatGPT, smart cars, or social media. Beyond the buzz, a much deeper transformation is brewing. Introducing Machines Like Us, a new @globeandmail technology podcast…about people.
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RT @MediaTechDem: "Anybody with a public broadcaster that large and influential should feel very fortunate" — @jayrosen_nyu (professor of….
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Find the full season of Machines Like Us anywhere you listen, or watch the full episode on YouTube. #KarenHao #EmpireofAI #DeepSeek #TechJournalism #AIindustry #OpenAI #SamAltman #NewYorkTimes #NewYorkTiimesBestSeller.
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For the final episode of season 1, @taylor_owen sits down with one of Canada's top business leaders, Jim Balsillie, for a wide-ranging conversation about Trump, Canada, and how we might build a stronger, more sovereign country. Watch the full video here:
For as long as I can remember, Canadians have generally felt two things about America. And they’re deeply in tension with one another. On the one hand we consume American media and mimic American politics, and we depend on the US for national security and as our most important.
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Journalism is in crisis at a time we need it most. At the @MediaEcosystem's Attention conference in Montreal, @taylor_owen spoke with @jayrosen_nyu about our post-truth era, journalists' role in bringing it on, and what might come next. Watch:
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"Say Musk tweaks the algorithm in the last 2 weeks of the Canadian #elxn45, and that changes a few seats and leads to a different gov't. If there's a 5% chance of something like this happening, we should be fundamentally concerned, because it's existential for our future," says
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"There is this sort of pride that [DeepSeek] was Chinese-made, and also given to the public as a benefit for the good, which is what OpenAI originally founded itself to do" — @_KarenHao on Machines Like Us. Listen:
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DeepSeek’s breakthrough earlier this year sent shockwaves throughout the AI world. But did we get the story wrong? This week, @_KarenHao breaks down the lessons that we should actually take away from DeepSeek and its impacts on the GenAI landscape.
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This week's episode features @chrislhayes, who has a new book out called "The Sirens' Call: How Attention Became the World’s Most Endangered Resource." As he explains, leaders of Big Tech have captured our attention & some are using it to the "darkest possible ends right now."
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"It does feel like a ghost is peering over your shoulder & has intruded on your life. it's extremely powerful technology." On this week's episode @RonDeibert (@citizenlab @UofT) talks to @taylor_owen about how spyware works & what it means for our privacy – as well as our
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Are LLMs always part of AI? That was one of the Qs our guest @derekruths, a computer scientist @mcgillu, tackled on this week's episode — which was dedicated to answering all your burning questions about #AI. You can catch the full conversation here:
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On this week's episode: @mcgillu computer scientist @derekruths answers your questions about #AI: . Including this one: What is AGI (artificial general intelligence)?
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Lawyer Meetali Jain says her client Megan Garcia's story is "the canary in the coal mine" when it comes to Qs it raises about youth #onlinesafety in the age of AI. Megan lost her son to suicide in 2024 & is suing claiming the app is complicit in his death
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"Our legislators have to be our champions," says Megan Garcia, who lost her son to suicide & is now suing She'd like to see more done to regulate AI chatbots — "these companies don't want to give up those designs that would keep our children safe.". Thank
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RT @thewalrus: The new season of Courage Inc., from Deloitte and The Walrus Lab, kicks off with @taylor_owen on digital tech and democracy.….
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RT @globeandmail: Megan Garcia believes a chatbot is complicit in her 14-year-old son taking his life last year and….
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