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    Ed Cavazos: AI and the Law

    by Plutopia News Network January 2, 2024
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    Attorney Ed Cavazos specializes in technology and intellectual property law. He joins the Plutopia podcast this time as we explore artificial intelligence, content moderation, and telemedicine. Ed feels that lawsuits to stop AI programs like ChatGPT and open AI will likely fail.

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    There will be temptation to overreact. And we could lose some real valuable benefits of these technologies if we do that. I don’t know if this is a great place to be, right? I mean, the world may have been better the day before they unleashed this stuff, but it’s out there now. And I actually am optimistic that there will be more benefits than harm. But the harm is real. The dangers are real. And I mean, we could just go down a list, right? And we could get things wrong. We could get bad medical advice. It could be used to scam you – you think it – email scams and voice scams, the Nigerian prince type thing – you think it’s bad now? I think wait for those guys to start leveraging AI to make it really hard to know if you’re talking to someone real or someone fake. And all that’s coming. I know that’s out there. I know that’s bad stuff. But I think the legal system is just going to have to deal and try to keep up with it. I don’t think we can kill it.

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    Gus Hosein: Technology and Human Rights

    by Plutopia News Network December 26, 2023
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    Gus Hosein worries about data, everyone’s data. As executive director of Privacy International, Gus has a long history of fighting to protect people’s data from exploitation by companies and governments. …

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    Pat Cadigan: The Queen of Cyberpunk

    by Plutopia News Network December 18, 2023
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    Pat Cadigan discusses cyberpunk, artificial intelligence, and her recent novelizations of classic sci-fi movies and Japanese anime.

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    Andy Cohen’s Blues

    by Plutopia News Network December 11, 2023
    by Plutopia News Network

    Andy Cohen is a blues musician who, when he’s not on the road touring, resides in Memphis Tennessee. He plays mostly southeastern music that he found on old 78 RPM …

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    Jon Lebkowsky: A Personal History of the Early Internet

    by Plutopia News Network December 5, 2023
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    Plutopia’s own Jon Lebkowsky was an early adopter of digital technology and the internet. On this episode of the Plutopia podcast, Jon presents a personal history of digital tech, life …

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    Cindy Grimm and Bill Smart: Robotics

    by Plutopia News Network November 27, 2023
    by Plutopia News Network

    In his 1941 short story, “Runaround,” Isaac Asimov created his three laws of robotics: A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to …

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    Don Norman: Design for a Better World

    by Plutopia News Network November 20, 2023
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    Don Norman has been a professor, industry executive, consultant, keynote speaker, and author. He’s worked in electrical engineering, cognitive psychology, cognitive science, computer science, and design. He’s the author of …

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    Patrick Lichty: The Road Ahead

    by Plutopia News Network November 13, 2023
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    Conceptual media artist, activist and educator Patrick Lichty joined the Plutopia Live show for a wide-ranging discussion of current events and the future. We explored migration and borders, climate change, …

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    Cory Doctorow: The Internet Con

    by Plutopia News Network November 6, 2023
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    Cory Doctorow has a problem with corporate bullies. In his latest book, The Internet Con, How to Seize the Means of Computation, Cory details how monopolies have taken control of …

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    John Schwartz: Journalism and Climate

    by Plutopia News Network October 31, 2023
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    Journalist John Schwartz joins Plutopians to discuss journalism and climate science. After two decades at the New York Times, John has joined the faculty at the University of Texas School …

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    Karen Levy: Data Driven

    by Plutopia News Network October 23, 2023
    by Plutopia News Network

    Karen Levy is an author, associate professor in the Department of Information Science at Cornell University and associated faculty at Cornell Law School. Her research focuses on the legal, organizational, …

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    Tom Parish: The Human Use of AI

    by Plutopia News Network October 16, 2023
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    Technologist, thought leader and podcaster Tom Parish joins the Plutopia Podcast as we explore developments in artificial intelligence, privacy, the Internet of Things, and job security. Tom Parish: The difference …

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    Jeff Jarvis: Beyond the Gutenberg Parenthesis

    by Plutopia News Network October 10, 2023
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    Journalist and educator Jeff Jarvis, who believes we have entered the post-print age of communication, joins Plutopians to discuss his book The Gutenberg Parenthesis: The Age of Print and Its …

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    Marjorie Ingall and Susan McCarthy: Good and Bad Apologies

    by Plutopia News Network October 2, 2023
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    Marjorie Ingall and Susan McCarthy are co-authors of the book Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, The Case for Good Apologies, where they draw on a deep well of research in psychology, sociology, …

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    We’re not mentioning Trump by name!

    by Plutopia News Network September 26, 2023
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    Plutopia Live was on vacation hiding from the heat – but last week the weather was lowered from molten lava to merely hellish so we resumed our regular Thursday show …

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    Laurie Kaye: Confessions of a Rock ‘N’ Roll Name Dropper

    by Scoop Sweeney September 11, 2023
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    December 8th…1980 A deranged young man assassinated John Lennon. That same day an RKO Radio crew recorded what would prove to be Lennon’s final interview. RKO’s Dave Sholin and Laurie …

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