234 - Dr. Paula Boddington - Digital ID and Control

The Symbolic World

Jonathan Pageau

Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, Education

4.8 • 824 Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2022

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Original video: https://youtu.be/a9VeKqd6szA This is my third conversation with Dr. Paula Boddington. This time we talk about agency, consciousness, digital ID, security, power and the mythology of technology, and how artificial intelligence plays into our desires and our notions of what a human being is. Dr. Boddington is the author of "Towards a Code of Ethics for Artificial Intelligence". She is currently a Senior Lecturer at the New College of the Humanities and has held academic positions at the University of Bristol, the Australian National University, Cardiff University, and Oxford University. She has received research awards from the Future of Life Institute, the National Institute of Health Research, and the Welcome Trust. Our previous conversations: - How Artificial Intelligence is Reshaping Humanity - With Dr. Paula Boddington: https://youtu.be/jti77KQKYuc - Biotech Creation Myths | with Dr. Paula Boddington: https://youtu.be/h76iIz8t1gE -------------------- - The Symbolic World website and blog: http://www.thesymbolicworld.com - Merch: http://www.thesymbolicworld.store - Language of Creation, by Matthieu Pageau: https://www.amazon.com/Language-Creation-Cosmic-Symbolism-Genesis-ebook/dp/B07D738HD8 Support this podcast: - Website: https://thesymbolicworld.com/support/ - Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/pageauvideos - Subscribestar: https://www.subscribestar.com/jonathan-pageau - Paypal: http://www.paypal.me/JonathanPageau Join the conversation: - Unofficial Facebook discussion group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1989208418065298/ - The Symbolic World Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/TheSymbolicWorld/ Social media links: - Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/TheSymbolicWorld - Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/pageaujonathan - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jonathan.pageau

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0:00.0	The idea that, let's say, Elon Musk will bring back free speech to Twitter.
0:03.1	Like, just frame it that way.
0:04.5	Elon Musk is not going to bring back absolute free speech to Twitter.
0:07.5	That's not going to happen because just the fact that you have to create hierarchies in the manner in which information is displayed means that whatever you think free speech is, it can't completely exist because you have to prioritize.
0:21.1	You can't get the flood of all Twitter at once in your face.
0:25.2	It's not, it's not possible that that happens.
0:27.8	So there has to be a kind of prioritization.
0:29.9	And therefore, that prioritization is based on a hierarchy of values.
0:32.9	And that hierarchy values will appear in the way in which information is displayed to you.
0:48.2	Okay. that hierarchy values will appear in the way in which information is displayed to you. This is Jonathan Peugeot, and welcome to the symbolic world.
1:04.0	Thank you. welcome to the symbolic world. Because, I mean, who can possibly be well at this weird time.
1:07.9	I think it's probably best in some ways not to think about it too much.
1:10.8	I am, I am fine. time. I think it's probably best in some ways not to think about it too much. In other words, I am, I am fine.
1:14.3	Yeah, I know to me. I guess we're fine as much as it's possible. I try, like I, yeah,
1:19.6	I think like you, I've been trying to, I've actually tried to disconnect a little bit and
1:23.8	try to be focused on closer things just because at some point it starts ripping you
1:29.2	apart and you, yeah, there's not much you can do about the big story. You can talk about it a bit,
1:34.8	but if you obsess on it too much, then you get, then you can really fall into despair because
1:39.5	there's not much you can do. Yeah, you can fall into despair and you can also start, you can
1:44.0	also start thinking of most ridiculous things Yeah, you can fall into despair. And you can also start, you can also start thinking the most ridiculous things because
1:47.8	there are so many people who are trying to find out exactly what's going on.
1:50.8	And how could you, how could you even know exactly what's going on?
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