January 15, 2024
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CANADALAND
#954 The Dangers Of Dumb AI
What happens when an AI says someone else, is you?
Jesse Brown
Host & Publisher
Cherise Seucharan
Reporter, CANADALAND
Bruce Thorson
Senior Producer
Tristan Capacchione
Audio Editor & Technical Producer
Karyn Pugliese
Editor-in-Chief

Activist Esra’a Al-Shafei has gone to extreme lengths to keep her image offline. But one day that privacy was breached — or so she thought. 

Her story is just one of many of the real life impacts of our development and use of artificial intelligence. 

Can Canada create a guardrail good enough to protect us — and our data — from these kinds of harms? Or have we passed the point of no return? 

 

Host: Jesse Brown 

Credits: Cherise Seucharan (Reporter), Tristan Capacchione (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Bruce Thorson (Senior Producer), Annette Ejiofor (Managing Editor), Karyn Pugliese (Editor-in-Chief)

 

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