The Social Dilemma - Part 1

from Machine Learning Street Talk (MLST)

In this first part of our three part series on the Social Dilemma Netflix film, Dr. Tim Scarfe, Yannic "Lightspeed" Kilcher and Zak Jost gang up with Cybersecurity expert Andy Smith. We give you our take on the film. We are super excited to get your feedback on this one! Hope you enjoy.    00:00:00 Introduction 00:06:11 Moral hypocrisy   00:12:38 Road to hell is paved with good intentions, attention economy 00:15:04 They know everything about you 00:18:02 Addiction 00:21:22 Differential realities 00:26:12 Self determination and Monetisation 00:29:08 AI: Overwhelm human strengths undermine human vulnerabilities 00:31:51 Conspiracy theory / fake news 00:34:23 Overton window / polarisation 00:39:12 Short attention span / convergent behaviour 00:41:26 Is social media good for you 00:45:17 Your attention time is linear, the things you can pay attention to are a volume, anonymity  00:51:32 Andy question on security: social engineering 00:56:32 Is it a security risk having your information in social media 00:58:02 Retrospective judgement 01:03:06 Free speech and censorship  01:06:06 Technology accelerator

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In this first part of our three part series on the Social Dilemma Netflix film, Dr. Tim Scarfe, Yannic "Lightspeed" Kilcher and Zak Jost gang up with Cybersecurity expert Andy Smith. We give you our take on the film. We are super excited to get your feedback on this one! Hope you enjoy. 00:00:00 Introduction 00:06:11 Moral hypocrisy 00:12:38 Road to hell is paved with good intentions, attention economy 00:15:04 They know everything about you 00:18:02 Addiction 00:21:22 Differential realities 00:26:12 Self determination and Monetisation 00:29:08 AI: Overwhelm human strengths undermine human vulnerabilities 00:31:51 Conspiracy theory / fake news 00:34:23 Overton window / polarisation 00:39:12 Short attention span / convergent behaviour 00:41:26 Is social media good for you 00:45:17 Your attention time is linear, the things you can pay attention to are a volume, anonymity 00:51:32 Andy question on security: social engineering 00:56:32 Is it a security risk having your information in social media 00:58:02 Retrospective judgement 01:03:06 Free speech and censorship 01:06:06 Technology accelerator

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