AI and Our Information Environment, Part 2

06/09/2023 50 min

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Episode Synopsis

As society dives deeper into an ocean of technology, we reflect on the ways in which digital technology - the internet, devices, the proliferation of applications, the domination by large companies - has forever changed our relationship with information, the effects this evolution has had on our lives as individuals and on society, and the implications for psychology, mental health, and well-being.

Part 2 examines core differences between the information environment that existed before the internet and our current, internet dominated world; how we use popular technologies and platforms, like Google, and how our psychological tendencies interact with and are exploited by platform design, and the implications and consequences that ensue. We'll cover the possible trajectories of chatbot powered AI, including effects on the workplace; benefits and of risks of using AI for various tasks or purposes and reflect upon how to approach navigating our evolving reality.