FACIAL RECOGNITION: A Secretive Startup's Quest to End Privacy as We Know It

The Next Big Idea

Next Big Idea Club

Education, Social Sciences, Science, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 19 October 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

When tech journalist Kashmir Hill got a tip about a mysterious app, Clearview AI, that claimed it could identify anyone based on just one photo, she was skeptical. But when she found out the app was for real, she quickly realized it could lead to a dystopian future where privacy is a thing of the past. Guest: Kashmir Hill Book: "Your Face Belongs to Us: A Secretive Startup's Quest to End Privacy as We Know It" Host: Panio Gianopoulos

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0:00.0	LinkedIn presents.
0:06.4	I'm Rufus Griskim, and this is the next big idea.
0:10.1	Today, a secretive startups quest to end privacy as we know it.
0:31.0	I'm here in the studio with my friend and next big idea club co-founder, Paneo Giannopoulos.
0:38.0	Hey, Rufus, good to see you.
0:40.0	So Paneo, before we tell listeners why you're here, maybe we should tell them who you are.
0:46.0	You're a man of many talents.
0:48.0	You used to be a hotshot book editor.
0:50.0	You're a published novelist.
0:52.0	You have an MBA from Stanford.
0:54.0	I think you might also have a black belt.
0:56.0	Yeah, but it's been a long time since I've worn that black belt.
1:00.0	It's to be honest, it's pretty faded.
1:02.0	More like a charcoal gray belt.
1:04.0	Yeah, it doesn't get a lot of use as the next big idea club.
1:09.0	Although you do do important work, it may not be fighting criminals, but you do important work in the next big idea club.
1:15.0	Could you tell us about that?
1:16.0	Sure.
1:17.0	So I'm the editorial director, which means that I consider all the upcoming nonfiction titles.
1:23.0	And then I pick the books that I think are must reads for that month.
1:27.0	So I look at dozens and dozens and over the year, hundreds of new nonfiction.
1:31.0	Man, that's a sweet job.
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