About this episode
AI Hell froze over this winter and now a flood of meltwater threatens to drown Alex and Emily. Armed with raincoats and a hastily-written sea shanty*, they tour the realms, from spills of synthetic information, to the special corner reserved for ShotSpotter.**Lyrics & video on Peertube.*Surveillance:*Public kiosks slurp phone dataWorkplace surveillanceSurveillance by bathroom mirrorStalking-as-a-serviceCops tap everyone else's videosFacial recognition at the doctor's office*Synthetic information spills:*Amazon products called “I cannot fulfill that request”AI-generated obituariesX's Grok treats Twitter trends as newsTouch the button. Touch it.Meta’s chatbot enters private discussionsWHO chatbot makes up medical info*Toxic wish fulfillment:*Fake photos of real memories*ShotSpotter:*ShotSpotter adds surveillance to the over-policedChicago ending ShotSpotter contractBut they're listening anyway*Selling your data:*Reddit sells user dataMeta sharing user DMs with NetflixScraping Discord*AI is always people:*Amazon Fresh3D artGeorge Carlin impressionsThe people behind image selection*TESCREAL corporate capture:*Biden worried about AI because of "Mission: Impossible"Feds appoint AI doomer to run US AI safety instituteAltman & friends will serve on AI safety board*Accountability:*FTC denies facial recognition for age estimationSEC goes after misleading claimsUber Eats courier wins payout over ‘racist’ facialCheck out future streams on
