This chapter delves into a disastrous event that promised a Willy Wonka-themed experience but ended up being a scam featuring AI-generated art, minimal decorations, and no chocolate. With an actor playing Willy Wonka scammed with a ridiculous script filled with AI-created nonsense, chaos ensued as children were left with jelly beans and introduced to a fake character 'the unknown'.
Warning: This episode contains strong language.
Google removed the ability to generate images of people from its Gemini chatbot. We talk about why, and about the brewing culture war over artificial intelligence. Then, did Kara Swisher start “Hard Fork”? We clear up some podcast drama and ask about her new book, “Burn Book.” And finally, the legal expert Daphne Keller tells us how the U.S. Supreme Court might rule on the most important First Amendment cases of the internet era, and what Star Trek and soy boys have to do with it.
Today’s guests:
- Kara Swisher, tech journalist and Casey Newton’s former landlord
- Daphne Keller, director of the program on platform regulation at Stanford University’s Cyber Policy Center
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