Techdirt Podcast Episode 377: Protocols, Not Platforms

from the panel-discussions dept

Thu, Jan 25th 2024 01:30pm - Leigh Beadon

We’ve got a nice fresh live recording for you today! Just yesterday, Mike was at the Knight Foundation’s INFORMED Conference to participate in a panel discussion with Bluesky CEO Jay Graber, moderated by former Twitter Trust & Safety head Yoel Roth. The subject was decentralized and federated social media, especially its implications for content moderation, and you can listen to the whole panel here on this week’s episode.

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Filed Under: content moderation, decentralization, jay graber, platforms, podcast, protocols, social media, trust & safety, yoel roth
Companies: bluesky

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Techdirt Podcast Episode 376: Beeper And The Power Of Protocols

Innovation

from the beep-beep dept

Wed, Jan 17th 2024 01:37pm - Leigh Beadon

Last month, we wrote about Apple’s nonsensical attack on Beeper, a universal messaging app that exemplifies many of the things we talk about here on Techdirt, like adversarial interoperability and the value of embracing open protocols over walled platforms. This week, Beeper CEO Eric Migicovsky joins us on the podcast to talk about the app, the fight with Apple, and the power of protocols.

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Filed Under: adversarial interoperability, eric migicovsky, podcast, protocols
Companies: apple, beeper

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Techdirt Podcast Episode 375: Could A Design Code Help Social Media Serve Society Better?

(Mis)Uses of Technology

from the new-year,-new-episode dept

Tue, Jan 9th 2024 01:30pm - Leigh Beadon

We’re back from the holidays, and it’s time for a new episode of the Techdirt Podcast! This week, we’re joined by Ravi Iyer, Research Director for the USC Marshall School’s Neely Center and Managing Director of the Psychology of Technology Institute, to discuss a proposed “design code” that aims to make social media better serve society. Mike isn’t entirely convinced by the approach, leading to a long discussion about all its ins and outs.

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Filed Under: podcast, ravi iyer, social media

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Techdirt Podcast Episode 374: Content Moderation Games

Content Moderation

from the season-finale dept

Tue, Dec 19th 2023 01:33pm - Leigh Beadon

Many of you might know Andrew “K’Tetch” Norton as a Techdirt commenter, or from his work at TorrentFreak or for the Pirate Party, and some of you might know that he also runs his own podcast, Tetch Talk. Recently, Andrew asked Mike and I to join him on the podcast for a discussion about our content moderation games Moderator Mayhem and Trust & Safety Tycoon, and today we’re posting a mirror of the full discussion for our last podcast of the year. See you in 2024!

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Filed Under: content moderation, games, gaming, moderator mayhem, podcast, trust and safety tycoon

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Techdirt Podcast Episode 373: Could Engineer Licensing Make AI Safer?

(Mis)Uses of Technology

from the would-it,-could-it? dept

Wed, Dec 13th 2023 01:30pm - Leigh Beadon

There’s plenty of discussion right now about what approach, regulatory or otherwise, could rein in the potential harms of AI systems. This week, we’re joined by professor and researcher Chinmayi Sharma to discuss her brand new article that offers an interesting idea: professionalizing the AI field with engineer licensing and a malpractice standard.

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Filed Under: ai, artificial intelligence, chinmayi sharma, malpractice, podcast

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Techdirt Podcast Episode 372: Decentralizing Innovation

Innovation

from the opening-up dept

Tue, Dec 5th 2023 01:30pm - Leigh Beadon

We’ve got another cross-post episode this week! Recently, Mike joined the debut episode of the new Dot Social podcast from Flipboard CEO Mike McCue for a discussion about decentralized social media and the open social web, and the ways in which they are poised to spur widespread innovation. You can listen to the whole conversation here on this week’s episode.

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Filed Under: decentralization, mike mccue, podcast, social media
Companies: flipboard

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Techdirt Podcast Episode 371: AI Is Going To Change More Than You Realize

Bleeding Edge

from the generative-generations dept

Tue, Nov 28th 2023 01:30pm - Leigh Beadon

The world of generative AI has been changing rapidly, and that’s not something that’s going to stop any time soon. Today, we’re joined on the podcast by Jonathan Ross, founder and CEO of Groq (no, not Elon Musk’s new bot called Grok) — a company working on a new technology stack that drastically speeds up performance of AI models — to talk about all things AI, and the many ways it’s going to change in the coming months and years.

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Filed Under: ai, artificial intelligence, jonathan ross, podcast
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Techdirt Podcast Episode 370: Trust & Safety In Wartime

Content Moderation

from the difficult-circumstances dept

Tue, Oct 31st 2023 01:30pm - Leigh Beadon

As you hopefully know, we recently launched (and then released a podcast about) our new game, Trust & Safety Tycoon, which we created in association with the Atlantic Council’s Task Force for a Trustworthy Future Web. This week, we’ve got two people from the Atlantic Council joining us on the podcast: Democracy & Tech Initiative Director Rose Jackson and DRFLab Senior Fellow and Managing Editor Andy Carvin. In the wake of current events in Israel, the conversation turned to a look at the unique challenges of trust and safety during times of global armed conflict.

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Filed Under: andy carvin, atlantic council, content moderation, podcast, rose jackson, trust and safety

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Techdirt Podcast Episode 369: Your Face Belongs To Us, With Kashmir Hill

Privacy

from the your-face-on-record dept

Tue, Oct 24th 2023 01:30pm - Leigh Beadon

We’ve written plenty about facial recognition here on Techdirt, and especially the infamous Clearview AI. Now, journalist Kashmir Hill, who wrote the original New York Times story that brought the company to the public’s attention, has written a new book all about the subject: Your Face Belongs To Us. This week, she joins us on the podcast to discuss the whole story of Clearview AI, the rise of facial recognition, and the impact on privacy.

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Filed Under: facial recognition, kashmir hill, podcast, privacy
Companies: clearview ai

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Techdirt Podcast Episode 368: Trust & Safety Tycoon

Content Moderation

from the latest-game dept

Fri, Oct 20th 2023 01:30pm - Leigh Beadon

As you hopefully know by now, earlier this week we launched our new game, Trust & Safety Tycoon. It’s a free, browser-based game (playable on desktop or mobile, though we recommend desktop for the best experience) that puts you in the shoes of the head of trust and safety at a rapidly growing social media platform, where you must face all the difficult decisions that entails. As we did for our past games Moderator Mayhem and Startup Trail, Mike, myself, and our game design partner Randy Lubin of Leveraged Play sat down after the release to record a podcast episode all about the game, our design process, and the reaction from players so far.

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Filed Under: content moderation, games, gaming, podcast, randy lubin, trust & safety, trust & safety tycoon

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