084: Discussion of Conversational AI and Digital Currency

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In today's episode, we discuss Google's new conversational AI, known as Duplex. Although impressive as a tech demo, this new technology has not received the warmest of receptions. We discuss the various ethical and possibly criminal implications of robots that can convincingly fool humans over the phone. Next, we discuss a possible shift to a fully digital currency. Though cryptocurrency is a hot topic at the moment, we do not expect that a real digital currency is likely to resemble today's cryptocurrency. A likely digital currency would probably be centralized under government control and have resulting advantages and risks.

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