This week, Dai and David take a Jet2 holiday, make out with a ferris wheel, lock down their digital identities, namedrop a lot of people, recover from food poisoning, discuss artificial intelligence (AI) in human resources, AI for dating and romance, and AI as surveillance, and much much more. They also answer a listener question about car insurance in their new Ask Me Anything segment.
Why people are falling in love with A.I. companions (60 Minutes Australia - YouTube)
The Anti-Social Century By Derek Thompson (The Atlantic)
ChatGPT May Be Eroding Critical Thinking Skills, According to a New MIT Study (Time Magazine)
OpenAI wins $200 million U.S. defense contract (CNBC)
Therapy Chatbot Tells Recovering Addict to Have a Little Meth as a Treat (Futurism)
Denmark to tackle deepfakes by giving people copyright to their own features (The Guardian)
AI Slop: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO on YouTube)
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