Deep Fakes and Social Media, with technology researcher Carl Miller

In this episode I speak with pioneering technology researcher Carl Miller about deep fakes, information warfare, and how synthetic media environments are changing democracy and disrupting power systems.Carl Miller is the co-founder and Research Director of the Centre for the Analysis of Social Media at Demos, the first UK think tank institute dedicated to studying the digital world. He combines data and analysis with immersive, first-hand reporting. His first book, The Death of the Gods: The New Global Power Grab, was published in 2018 by Penguin RandomHouse.SHOW NOTES:DEMOS - https://demos.co.uk/ A Gentle Introduction to Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) - https://machinelearningmastery.com/what-are-generative-adversarial-networks-gans/ This cat does note exist - https://thiscatdoesnotexist.com/ This person does not exist - https://thispersondoesnotexist.com/ Beirut explosion: How conspiracy theories spread on social media, By Marianna Spring - https://www.bbc.com/news/53669029 The Rumor Bomb: On Convergence Culture and Politics
Jayson Harsin / American University of Paris - https://www.flowjournal.org/2008/12/the-rumor-bomb-on-convergence-culture-and-politics-jayson-harsin-american-university-of-paris/?print=print [Proto-Post-truth] The Rumour Bomb: Theorizing the Convergence of New and Old Trends in Mediated US Politics, By Jayson Harsin - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/322785090_Proto-Post-truth_The_Rumour_Bomb_Theorizing_the_Convergence_of_New_and_Old_Trends_in_Mediated_US_Politics Bots in the Twittersphere: An estimated two-thirds of tweeted links to popular websites are posted by automated accounts – not human beings, By Stefan Wojcik, Solomon Messing, Aaron Smith, Lee Rainie and Paul Hitlin - https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2018/04/09/bots-in-the-twittersphere/ Carl Miller speaks on ‘Policing and Justice for a digital age’ at the (UK) Police Foundation’s annual conference — https://youtu.be/zxO-YH8VWVA Sir Robert Peel’s Nine Principles of Policing, The New York Times - https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/16/nyregion/sir-robert-peels-nine-principles-of-policing.html Peelian Principles - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peelian_principles Crossing Divides: How a social network could save democracy from deadlock, By Carl Miller - https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-50127713 Taiwan is making democracy work again. It's time we paid attention - By Carl Miller - https://www.wired.co.uk/article/taiwan-democracy-social-media Carl Miller on liquid democracy, TEDTALKS - https://youtu.be/FNL22RvFwn0 DEFcon Hacking Conference - https://www.defcon.org/ 10 years on, the Arab spring's explosive rage and dashed dreams: The extraordinary shock of people power gave way to a bitter backlash. So where to now?, by Martin Chulov - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/14/10-years-on-the-arab-springs-explosive-rage-and-dashed-dreams