This Week in Google 742: More Eel Guys Than You Know
- Discussion of upcoming Black Friday sales on Google Pixel phones and tablets
- Concerns with the Pixel tablet including laggy performance, inability to use independently from dock, and high pricing
- Leo shares his epiphany on the usefulness of AI for expert systems and personalized agents
- Demonstration of Leo's custom AI assistants for Lisp and Emacs programming languages
- Talk of Elon Musk's reputation decline after acquiring Twitter
- Discussion of studies showing people perceive AI-generated faces as more human than real faces
- Overview of lawsuit allowing school districts to sue social media companies for youth addiction
- Interview with Alex Stamos, former Facebook CSO and current Stanford professor
- Alex's perspective on risks of deepfakes in elections vs for individual harassment
- Thoughts on moral panic around social media and youth mental health
- Alex recounts attending a closed-door Senate AI hearing led by Senator Schumer
- Discussion of social media companies loosening policies on election misinformation
- Concerns about TikTok as a news source and possible propaganda risks
- Talk of new book ""A History of Fake Things on the Internet"" by Walter Shirer
- Alex's suggestion for comprehensive federal privacy regulations
- Revelation during Google antitrust trial of Apple's cut of Google search revenue
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Paris Martineau, and Jason Howell
Guest: Alex Stamos
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