Double-trouble: should democracies rely on digital twins technology's? with Claudio Novelli

In this episode of Legal4Tech - The Podcast we sit down with Claudio Novelli, associate research scientist at Yale's Digital Ethics Centre, to unpack how simulation technologies are reshaping democracy and digital governance. We explore topics such as: The difference between digital shadows, digital twins and AI agents How AI-based simulations can support deliberative democracy and political focus groupd without replacing real citizensThe risks of training on noisy, biased social media data, plus the environmental and ethical costs of data-hungry modelsHallucinations, sycophancy and incentives: why large language models get wrong and how to design them for critical thinking instead of flatteryTune in for a journey from tax law and legal personhood to The Matrix, Grok and the future of digital regulation.Shownotes: Luciano Floridi, founder of Yale's Digital Ethics Center.Sigmund Freud and Karl Marx, as examples of "masters of suspicion" in philosophySponsored by DigibeetleDigibeetle helps privacy, AI, and data professionals stay on top of EU digital law, with notifications, a daily dashboard, and powerful search across thousands of sources. Learn more at https://digibeetle.eu.