This is a bonus episode where I go solo to discuss the emergence of Artificial Intelligence and the potential downsides of it.

It goes without saying that I am very excited about the prospects of AI but I wanted to take a contrarian approach to my own ideas on the benefits of these disruptive technologies and discuss in length some potential harms that may arise.

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Highlights:

00:00 intro

03:14 DeepFakes

04:30 AI and Extortion

05:41 Greenskull AI Uses Voice Cloning

06:53 Risks for Individuals

07:57 Watermark for ChatGPT

09:58 Ray Kurzweil's Predictions

11:00 Using AI for misinformation.

14:00 We must build a foundation based on protecting the individual

SOURCES:

AI experts warn deepfakes could lead to crimes like extortion and terrorism

https://www.inverse.com/input/culture/ai-experts-warn-deepfakescould-lead-to-crimes-like-extortion-and-terrorism

Deepfakes Ranked as Most Serious AI Threat

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2020/aug/deepfakes-ranked-most-serious-ai-crime-threat

AI-enabled future crime

https://crimesciencejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40163-020-00123-8

Predictions by Ray Kurzweil

https://www.kurzweilai.net/futurism-ray-kurzweil-claims-singularity-will-happen-by-2045#:~:text=%E2%80%9CI%20have%20also%20set%20the,level%20intelligence%2C%E2%80%9D%20Kurzweil%20said.

Extortion and AI

https://securityintelligence.com/articles/how-protect-against-deepfake-attacks-extortion/

Open AI Watermark for ChatGPT

https://techcrunch.com/2022/12/10/openais-attempts-to-watermark-ai-text-hit-limits/

DeepFakes: Is This Video Even Real?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OqFY_2JE1c

Greenskull AI Video on Voice Cloning:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RUQ_vZ-og0