The Limits of Decriminalization, End of Diversity?, Growing Partisanship, AI Criminals

Lost Debate

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4.6 • 607 Ratings

🗓️ 10 August 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Oregon's controversial initiative to decriminalize the “personal use” of drugs was introduced as an effort to curb overdoses, but there have been unforeseen consequences. Ravi and Rikki dive into the first two years of Measure 110 and what we can learn from it. The backlash against corporate diversity efforts has spiked since SCOTUS’ groundbreaking decision to end affirmative action. As conservative groups challenge corporate America’s policies, the hosts look at the arguments initially used to boost minority representation in the workplace. An eye-opening study from Gallup says the U.S. is more polarized than ever before. Rikki and Ravi discuss the repercussions of these findings and what everyday people can do about it. Finally, cybercriminals have built their own language learning models, adapting tools like ChatGPT and Bard to help them commit crimes. What can we do to stop the rise of bad actors using AI? Time Stamps: The Limits of Decriminalization - 0:40 End of Diversity? - 17:35 Growing Partisanship - 31:59 Voicemails - 46:08 Leave us a voicemail with your thoughts on the show! 321-200-0570 Subscribe to our feed on Spotify: http://bitly.ws/zC9K Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/3Gs5YTF Subscribe to our Substack: https://thelostdebate.substack.com/ Follow The Branch on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebranchmedia/ Follow The Branch on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thebranchmedia Follow The Branch on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thebranchmedia The Branch website: http://thebranchmedia.org/ Lost Debate is also available on the following platforms: Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-lost-debate/id1591300785 Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vTERJNTc1ODE3Mzk3Nw Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-lost-debate iHeart: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-the-lost-debate-88330217/ Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/752ca262-2801-466d-9654-2024de72bd1f/the-lost-debate

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0:00.0	Today, we're going to talk about Oregon's drug decriminalization and what we know so far from this, you know, early days of that experiment.
0:08.6	Then we're going to talk about the post affirmative action backlash against corporate diversity efforts.
0:13.2	And then we will shift to new data that shows that we're more polarized than ever and getting more polarized at a faster rate than we ever have before.
0:20.8	And then finally, we're going to talk about criminals who built their own language learning models. than ever and getting more polarized at a faster rate than we ever have before.
0:24.7	And then finally, we're going to talk about criminals who built their own language learning models,
0:29.4	basically adopting things like chat GPT and Bard to commit some crimes.
0:32.6	And so we're going to talk about whether that's a truth that threat to you,
0:36.5	all of this and more on The Lost Debate, a show for political eclectics.
0:46.1	Hello, everybody. I'm Robbie Gupta. And I'm Ricky Schott. Ricky, I've got a lot of feedback from last week's episode or last earlier week episode about the Hunter Biden stuff. I think people
0:50.5	like it when we debate is what I hear. That's what I've heard. It made me go back and
0:54.8	listen to the Snowden debate as well. I think the Snowden debate was a little more spirited.
0:59.7	But yeah, these are I think are definitely a charitable way of putting it. Yeah. Well, listeners, send in
1:05.1	voicemails or tweet at us if you have topics that you think we should cover. I've noticed, I was talking to Ricky offline,
1:12.2	is that I made a side comment about OZempic six months ago,
1:16.0	and Ricky continues to hammer at home for me.
1:18.7	It was not a side comment.
1:20.9	I don't go, I still characterize it as a side comment,
1:24.0	but I don't go on Twitter very often,
1:26.3	but I went on Twitter yesterday,
1:27.2	and there's like a whole thread about OZemPEC where people I don't go on Twitter very often, but I went on Twitter yesterday, and there's like a whole thread about OZempic where people I don't know are mentioning me, and Ricky,
1:33.1	I blame you for that. Great transition here. Speaking of drugs, Ricky, what's happening in Oregon?
1:39.4	So a while back, we talked about Oregon's measure 110, which...
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