Don't Panic

07/11/2024 58 min Episodio 22
Don't Panic

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Mike talks about how and why some authentic media looks like it was generated by AI; Hans talks about KOSA – the Kids Online Safety Act – and how it is shaped by not one, but two concurrent moral panics. Also: RARE TAPES! 📼–
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–Intro Links
https://x.com/MikeIsaac/status/1854202822600106162

Facebook Took More Than $1 Million For Ads Sowing Election Lies - Forbes

EU launches action against shopping website Temu over illegal products - Guardian

Mozilla Foundation lays off 30% staff, drops advocacy division - TechCrunch

Looks like a random AI slop site based in Illinois, aided by social media, has coaxed hundreds of people on to the main street of Dublin for a Halloween parade that was never happening. – X

–Generated-ish
https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/1gfij22/comment/luhu6kz/
How can you tell if text is AI-generated? Researchers have figured out a new method
Discover the most common AI vocabulary words
RIP Baudrillard
https://x.com/TheRidleyJones/status/1848214407211311466

Kamala Rally photo, and indication it was shot on an iPhone


warped, surrealist, why’d you generate the background people

Generated-ish Examples
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTFdNh7yj/
https://x.com/Meelsie143/status/1832795190794342539
https://x.com/Solomosos/status/1848367541665583473
https://www.reddit.com/r/shitpost