Why the Internet Sucks with Cory Doctorow & A.I. Mistakes Chips for Guns

This week on The AmberMac Show, author Cory Doctorow joins us to talk about his new book, why everything is worse, and what we can do about it. We talk with Taylor Owen, founding director of The Centre for Media, Technology & Democracy (and host of Machines Like Us), and Sasha Havlicek, CEO of the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, about how the world’s leading democracies need to chart a new path forward in tech. In The Other Mac, Jeff unpacks what you need to know about Amazon deals. Plus, in this week’s headlines, how an AI metal detector at a school in the U.S. flagged a Doritos bag as a gun, and which Oscar-winning director likened tech bros’ irresponsible A.I. obsession to the blind arrogance of Victor Frankenstein.


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• Cory Doctorow – Author of Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It: Website (https://pluralistic.net/)  | Book (https://www.amazon.ca/Enshittificatio...)
• Taylor Owen – Founding Director at The Centre for Media, Technology, and Democracy + Host of Machines Like Us: LinkedIn (  / taylor-owen-291a3a1a  )  | Website (https://www.taylorowen.com/)
• Sasha Havlicek – CEO at Institute for Strategic Dialogue: LinkedIn (  / sasha-havlicek-0378921  )  | Website (https://www.isdglobal.org/)


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