💬 Alex Ruani is a doctoral researcher in diet-health misinformation at University College London. She studies how misinformation spreads, the potential harm it can do - and what techniques we should be using to stop it.
⚡️In this episode Alex and I discuss the rising influence of technology and artificial intelligence on fake news and the spreading of misinformation - including how I’ve recently become the victim of a deepfake scam.
🎧 Stay tuned to find out:
➡︎ Why social media platforms say misinformation is a “necessary weed”
➡ How misinformation online is leading to real life deaths
➡︎ How AI is getting so good at spreading misinformation - threatening democracy
➡︎ How one company used a Deepfake clone of ME to sell their supplements
➡︎ Why the CapCut issue opens up massive trust issues with tech companies
📕 Chapters
(0:58) How bad is misinformation right now?
(4:38) How easy it is to avoid spreading fake news
(7:19) Is misinformation research working?
(12:16) Why social media platforms don’t want to tackle misinformation
(17:14) How to avoid restricting free speech
(22:12) How I got Deepfaked
(32:24) The CapCut problem: Why you should read Ts&Cs
(40:47) We’re using ChatGPT wrong
(46:16) How AI is rotting your brain
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