Are you a bot? The future of misinformation: AI, deep fakes, and synthetic media
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Hi, my name Laura Prado I’m from Professor Thompson’s Phil. Class.

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Hello!I’m Lucy SamaniegoClass counseling 100 with Wendy Horton

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Robin, a library public services staff member (for 2 more weeks--then retirement ;~)

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Hi! Nicole Autio from Dr. Luengo’s Phil 100

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Hi Yesenia Rivera from Prof. Thompson class

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Yes. great to meet so many people from different disciplines. Thank you Lauren and everyone!

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Thanks for joining us today, Maha!

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And, thank you ALL for being here. I'm looking forward to this :)

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Hello! Lisa Tisdale, Community Learning Center, Admin Assistant & love this series. Thank you!

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Hello, Paige Bain from Prof Thompsons class as well!

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Hi, I'm Derek from Prof Thompsons class

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Hi im julianne here from prof thompsons class

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Hi! Belinda Liaga from Prof Rick White's class

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Hello, I'm Jillie from Prof Thompsons class

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Hello, I’m Eddy coming from Professor Thompsons class!

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Ha!

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Hi, I'm Samantha from Prof Dr. Luengo's PHIL 100 class

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Jennifer Paris, librarian :)

01:00:37
Ooh, love 'surveillance capitalism'! Great name for a band.

01:01:37
Hi Jane, glad to have you back!

01:02:34
Happy to be here :)

01:03:11
Good background on surveillance capitalism at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surveillance_capitalism

01:03:43
cool! I'll continue to add resources over time, so feel free to share resources in the chat :)

01:04:54
Would this be characterized as an attention economy too?

01:05:10
Alex, we’ll talk about that. Great question!

01:05:52
Rick had long division as an example

01:16:59
Yes if not selling our data!

01:18:04
Also, phone games do that!

01:18:29
It is free and they still ask for $2 to upgrade

01:19:18
It creeps me out every time my phone shows me something based on what I Googled thirty seconds ago.

01:19:43
We are constantly performing market research for everyone with our every move online.

01:20:23
They can predict a lot about you, simply from the number of clicks

01:20:24
^^ yes

01:20:27
THAT'S SO CREEPY!

01:20:59
I don't want anyone in my brain stem!

01:21:01
omg creepy

01:21:14
Ew.

01:21:15
I saw it, it must be real

01:30:03
Empty calories for the brain and spirit. Very sad, and yet another reason to stay off social media altogether.

01:30:57
Shameless plug

01:31:07
haha, they set me up. I couldn't help myself

01:31:27
Same thing with the media! For profit!

01:31:46
When it comes to fact-checking sites and individuals, how much can we actually trust them?

01:32:20
I think it depends on the site, always... that's part of the evaluation process

01:32:37
I tend to trust certain fact-checking sites. Based on what I know about how they work

01:35:30
This is so much more complicated than I realized--like roots underground.

01:35:58
Pervasive: that's the word I wanted.

01:37:28
How do we keep predatory characters from using tech to gut unsuspecting/ignorant/naïve people? That's the question that haunts me.

01:38:28
we were taught not to believe everything we see, now more that ever we should remember that what we see in the surface may not be what it seems

01:39:18
Congratulations!

01:40:22
Yes: I saw a demo of an app that made fake people out of basically nothing--no photo, nada--and it was literally impossible for me to tell which was a real person.

01:41:01
Right, Jane. That’s the deep fake

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https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/11/21/science/artificial-intelligence-fake-people-faces.html

01:41:47
At what point do we say "enough is enough" when it comes to our phones tracking and getting our Personal information. And by that I mean our faces to unlock our phone or our fingerprints. Whats next? It plucks our finger to verify us?

01:42:50
I refuse to use the facial recognition on the iPhone!

01:43:56
I think you have to give up on a Smart Phone if you want to get away from all of this

01:44:19
Ok thank you ! This was very informational I just got hacked on my Uber just two days ago!

01:46:03
lost service for minute and disconnected. sorry about that!

01:46:07
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5LW03vw_x8

01:46:44
ultiple perspectives!

01:46:50
Multiple

01:49:00
yes! @Isabel

01:52:35
Can you talk more about block chain?

01:53:35
I used to think this kind of paranoia was...well, paranoia. Now it seems like the people who were paranoid about privacy twenty years ago were in fact correct.

01:54:18
I know. What's so hard is that even though I know privacy is a huge issue, it doesn't stop me from making a lot of poor decisions in term of privacy

01:57:04
Thank you

01:57:30
Its a hustle lol

01:58:24
YES. It seems like there's so much we have to keep an eye on now.

01:59:05
Is it possible to put in the wrong information into the block chain in the first place?

02:00:34
to missinform

02:00:45
yes but blockchain is often based on consensus so 51% of the network as to approve

02:01:02
difficult to misinform

02:01:13
cool

02:02:45
Also economics: public choice and voting

02:02:49
Like Prof White was saying: crazy gets airtime.

02:03:12
Sensible and realistic are boring.

02:05:52
So true Jane

02:07:45
and we agree to everything and give app permissions without reading

02:08:15
every darn time @Dulce :)

02:08:44
It's great that you all are offering these discussions, so we can get at least a glimpse of what we're getting sucked into. I really appreciate your taking the time to present this info for us.

02:09:15
Thank you, Jane, for adding to our discussion. I always love hearing your perspective

02:09:40
I have to leave. Thank you all for a great discussion. I hope to listen to the rest of the discussion on the recording.

02:09:58
thank you!

02:11:47
Hey, I’ve dropped Facebook! I’ve been fine :)

02:12:03
bye Mark

02:12:06
haha

02:12:47
For those of you transferring to a 4-year: most 4-years offer VPNs for their students as part of enrollment fees!

02:13:36
https://library.miracosta.edu/misinformation

02:13:53
Does Mcc have updated courses that include blockchain

02:14:00
If you’re interested in the basics of machine learning and AI, we offer enough of the math and CS at MiraCosta to understand it well!

02:15:16
@Zurubi I believe some of our CS courses touch upon blockchain as case studies or examples in labwork!

02:15:33
Thank you so much Lauren, Rick and Isabel. It was very informative

02:15:34
thank you!