Replacing news editors with AI is a worry for misinformation, bias and accountability
Unlike a human editor, AI cannot explain their decisions or reasoning in a meaningful way. This can be a problem in a field where accountability and transparency are important.
Fake fact-checking and disinformation
This week: fake fact-checking videos take disinformation to a different level.
Misinformation, fake news and elections on The Future, This Week
This week: Jevin West joins us to discuss disinformation in social media in the wake of the US election.
GPT-3 AI and clean meat on The Future, This Week
This week: the media hype around AI writing essays, and how to make clean meat innovation palatable.
Our fake future
There is fake news, fake videos (deepfakes) and even cheap fakes.
The words that ate 2018
Each year the Macquarie Dictionary Committee choose a new word that represents the year gone by. Drawn from a short list, the words selected are both innovative and highly topical: so it’s no coincidence we have delved into some of the issues underlying these evolving words.
The Future, This Week 14 Dec 18: fake restaurants, fake news, and monsters
This week from San Francisco: a fake special with restaurants, reviews and monsters.
The Future, This Week 16 Nov 18: AI puppets, fake stuff, and cashless
This week: puppets reading news, fake stuff, and Sweden’s out of cash.
Mind the fake news
In this podcast, we talk with Professor Alan Dennis about the fake news phenomenon.
The Future, This Week 13 April 2018
This week: big ships, rockets vs. cars, fake videos, Zuck's cushion, and climate change in other news.
Universities on knowledge and how it matters
It’s time to (do more than) talk about knowledge. Universities must take leadership in helping develop students capacity to recognise different kinds of knowledge and work flexibly.
The Future, This Week 16 March 2018
This week: fixing the web, the farmer wants a bot, and big gigs and solar in the rain in other news.