YD, Chris, and Medlir discuss some recent uses of AI, to quickly and easily generate political influence campaigns.  Many of us are already aware of the rapidity and volume at which AI can generate content. But in this episode, we discuss some of the ways in which AI quality is improving, as well as some different mechanisms being tested to maximize the intensity and appeal to our emotions and biases.Links:Cyber Propaganda & Influence Ops: Rising Asia-Pacific Threats | Security Insider (microsoft.com)China campaigns target US elections on social media: Microsoft report (cnbc.com)Six ways that AI could change politics | MIT Technology ReviewSend us a text

Medlir is joined by Dr. Joseph Vukov, Associate Director of the Hank Center for the Catholic Intellectual Heritage at Loyola University Chicago, whose research explores questions at the intersection of ethics, neuroscience, and philosophy of mind, and at the intersection of science and religion. Links:https://www.scienceforhumans.com/the-teamhttps://mailchi.mp/scu/itec-handbookhttps://www.focolaremedia.com/bookstore/perils-perfection?v=492https://www.focolaremedia.com/sites/default/files/2023-07/NCP%200179%20-%20The%20Perils%20of%20Perfection%20-%20Preview.pdfhttps://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2023/03/23/chatgpt-machine-learning-catholic-244953https://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2023/04/17/ai-chat-gpt-catholic-ethics-245071https://www.hanknexusjournal.com/volume2https://futurism.com/pope-guide-artificial-intelligencehttps://www.scu.edu/institute-for-technology-ethics-and-culture/https://gizmodo.com/pope-francis-vatican-releases-ai-ethics-1850583076https://youtu.be/yTlBmm1yoschttps://stories.luc.edu/envisioning-the-futurehttps://www.scu.edu/media/ethics-center/itec/Ethics-in-the-Age-of-Disruptive-Technologies:An-Operational-Roadmap---ITEC-Handbook-June-2023.pdf Send us a text

Medlir Mema is joined by Dr. Branka Marijan, a Senior Researcher at Project Ploughshares, where she leads the research on the military and security implications of emerging technologies. Her research interests include trends in warfare, civilian protection, use of drones, and civil-military relations. Links:https://www.g20interfaith.org/branka-marijan/ https://www.ploughshares.ca/author/branka-marijanUS-Russia confrontation on AIhttps://www.cigionline.org/articles/beyond-ukraine-ai-and-the-next-us-russia-confrontation/Canada and AWShttps://www.ploughshares.ca/publications/will-canada-step-up-its-diplomatic-efforts-on-military-aihttps://www.ploughshares.ca/publications/no-canadian-leadership-on-autonomous-weaponsAI and civilian protection/regulating military use of AIhttps://www.ploughshares.ca/publications/military-ai-and-civilian-protectionhttps://www.ploughshares.ca/publications/regulating-military-use-of-aiSend us a text

How do states use digital tools to deceive, disseminate disinformation, and deepen authoritarianism? In this episode Chris talks with Marc Owen Jones about digital authoritarianism in the Middle East, who sheds light on this question and much more in a far-reaching discussion.Show Noteshttps://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/digital-authoritarianism-in-the-middle-east/ Send us a text

Medlir discusses the likely impact of AI and Emerging Tech with Dr. Chris Moran and Dr. Joe Burton, authors of a recent study which argues that talk of an AI-fueled intelligence revolution is premature.Links: The US Intelligence Community, Global Security, and AI: From Secret Intelligence to Smart Spying The Future of Analysis A.I. Poses ‘Risk of Extinction,’ Industry Leaders Warn China Is Flirting With AI Catastrophe Russia's Use of Uncrewed Systems in Ukraine Send us a text

Chris, Medlir, and Young Diogenes get back to a sequel from season 4.  We continue exploring the future of AI integration into research, provenance, and predictions about the future of AI, as well as some light-hearted jabs at each other.Adept Raises $350 Million To Build AI That Learns How To Use Software For You (forbes.com)Adobe Firefly (Beta)Four Reasons Data Provenance Is Vital For Analytics And AI (forbes.com)"Did ChatGPT really say that?": Provenance in the age of Generative AI. | Library Innovation Lab (harvard.edu)Provenance documentation to enable explainable and trustworthy AI: A literature review | Data Intelligence | MIT PressSend us a text

Medlir sits down with CrossPlag's Dr. Alejtin Berisha to discuss the challenges of Higher Education in the age of AI and the promise of AI originality detection tools like CrossPlag for educators hoping to incorporate tools like ChatGPT in their curriculum.Links:CrossPlag WebsiteCrossPlag Review'Everybody is cheating': Why this teacher has adopted an open ChatGPT policyProfessor Flunks All His Students After ChatGPT Falsely Claims It Wrote Their Papers Send us a text

In this episode Kutoma Wakunuma, Damien Okaibedi Eke, and Simisola Akintoye join Chris to discuss their latest edited volume, Responsible AI in Africa. In this conversation we explore Africa’s exclusion from conversations on AI ethics, epistemic injustice, the concept of Ubuntu, and innovations from Africa’s silicon savannas. Link(s):Responsible AI in AfricaSend us a text

Medlir sits down with Dr. Jeannie Johnson, co-founder and Director of the Center for Anticipatory Intelligence (CAI), to discuss CAI’s mission, what it means to create the nation’s first MA program in Anticipatory intelligence, and the importance of combining expertise in national security and geopolitics with cutting-edge instruction in cyber threats, data analytics, and emergent technology.Links:Jeannie Johnson Founding Director | Center for Anticipatory Intelligence Associate Professor | Department of Political ScienceUtah State University | Center for Anticipatory IntelligenceDr. Johnson's Ted Talk | Surviving the 21st century with interdisciplinary teamsCultural Topography: A New Research Tool for Intelligence Analysis#CAI #CTAF #culturaltopographyanalyticframework Send us a text

Medlir talks with Evrim Tan, the co-author (with Joep Crompvoets) of The new digital era governance: How new digital technologies are shaping public governance, a fantastic recent publication that seeks to draw important distinctions between the 'old' digital era governance and the 'new' AI-based one.Links:The new digital era governanceOECD Working Papers on Public GovernanceSend us a text