How did misinformation influence elections in 2024? And can AI help sustainability in space?

We began this series with an introduction to misinformation. What is it? How does it spread on social media? And what impact could it have on elections in this election packed year?

As we begin to conclude this series, Smera and Jonah invite Sam Stockwell from the Turing’s Centre for Emerging Technology and Security (CETaS) to answer our burning questions, and yours - did misinformation affect this years elections? Also, on this episode Smera and Jonah take a short trip into orbit, find that it is getting a bit crowded and explore how AI could be the key to keeping our galactic mess under control. 

 

Topics

00:00 Introduction to Too Long, Didn't Read 00:46 Exploring Misinformation in Elections 02:21 Interview with Sam Stockwell on AI and Misinformation 04:54 Tools and Trends in Misinformation 09:56 Public Trust and Misinformation 25:19 The Role of Social Media Algorithms 32:57 Space Exploration Highlights 41:44 Farewell and Future Topics

 

Episode sources

AI Misinformation 

CETaS paper AI-enabled influence operations 

Article on Taiwan’s LINE social media app which has the AI chatbot for source verification  

FullFact and Logically Fact websites  

Sam’s article on what voters can do to protect themselves against AI disinformation 

A super year for elections - UNDP 

Amnesty recommendations 

 

AI Space Sustainability 

Polaris Dawn 

Europa probe 

AI For Space 

Space debris 

Uni of Strathclyde partnership 

Gov future space environment 

NASA and AI