AI worst-case scenarios – a warning from Maria Ressa
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Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa has spent decades defending press freedom, work that made her a target of former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte and left her facing years of legal jeopardy. She is out with a new book, “The Fight Back: A Citizen’s Guide to Standing Up to Dictators.” She joins Jason to discuss the biggest threats facing democracy around the world: the ascendance of authoritarian governments, the impunity of technology companies and the ways artificial intelligence could erode our collective humanity. 00:00 Losing our humanity with AI 00:27 Jason Rezaian intro 01:37 Maria Ressa's journalist background 02:09 Former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte's use of social media 02:28 Ferdinand Marcos, Jr.'s use of social media 02:37 Bongbong Marcos as a Star Wars Jedi Knight on Facebook 03:00 Comparing Duterte, Marcos Jr.'s use of social media with Donald Trump's AI images 03:30 Internet commenters saying awful things vs. real life 04:00 Maria Ressa defines "digi
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