Deep Fakes and Social Media, with technology researcher Carl Miller
#WeMakeMedia
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#WeMakeMedia Season 2: New and Digital Literacies
Episode 6: Deep Fakes and Social Media with Carl Miller
In this episode I speak with pioneering technology researcher Carl Miller about deep fakes, information warfare, and how synthetic media environments are changing democracy and disrupting power systems.
Carl Miller is the co-founder and Research Director of the Centre for the Analysis of Social Media at Demos, the first UK think tank institute dedicated to studying the digital world. He combines data and analysis with immersive, first-hand reporting. His first book, The Death of the Gods: The New Global Power Grab, was published in 2018 by Penguin RandomHouse.
He has written for Wired, New Scientist, the Sunday Times, the Telegraph and the Guardian, appears frequently in the press, and speaks about his work around the world. He’s appeared numerous times on TedTalks stages speaking about cyber-crime, digital democracy and Unlocking Social Media
Demos’ website: https://demos.co.uk/
Carl’s website is www.carlmiller.co
And he Tweets @carljackmiller
Show notes and related links:
The Death of the Gods; The New Global Power Grab
DEMOS - https://demos.co.uk/
A Gentle Introduction to Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) - https://machinelearningmastery.com/what-are-generative-adversarial-networks-gans/
This cat does note exist - https://thiscatdoesnotexist.com/
This person does not exist - https://thispersondoesnotexist.com/
Beirut explosion: How conspiracy theories spread on social media, By Marianna Spring - https://www.bbc.com/news/53669029
The Rumor Bomb: On Convergence Culture and Politics Jayson Harsin / American University of Paris - https://www.flowjournal.org/2008/12/the-rumor-bomb-on-convergence-culture-and-politics-jayson-harsin-american-university-of-paris/?print=print
[Proto-Post-truth] The Rumour Bomb: Theorizing the Convergence of New and Old Trends in Mediated US Politics, By Jayson Harsin - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/322785090_Proto-Post-truth_The_Rumour_Bomb_Theorizing_the_Convergence_of_New_and_Old_Trends_in_Mediated_US_Politics
Bots in the Twittersphere: An estimated two-thirds of tweeted links to popular websites are posted by automated accounts – not human beings, By Stefan Wojcik, Solomon Messing, Aaron Smith, Lee Rainie and Paul Hitlin - https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2018/04/09/bots-in-the-twittersphere/
Carl Miller speaks on ‘Policing and Justice for a digital age’ at the (UK) Police Foundation’s annual conference — https://youtu.be/zxO-YH8VWVA
Sir Robert Peel’s Nine Principles of Policing, The New York Times - https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/16/nyregion/sir-robert-peels-nine-principles-of-policing.html
Peelian Principles - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peelian_principles
Crossing Divides: How a social network could save democracy from deadlock, By Carl Miller - https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-50127713
Taiwan is making democracy work again. It's time we paid attention - By Carl Miller - https://www.wired.co.uk/article/taiwan-democracy-social-media
Carl Miller on liquid democracy, TEDTALKS - https://youtu.be/FNL22RvFwn0
DEFcon Hacking Conference - https://www.defcon.org/
10 years on, the Arab spring's explosive rage and dashed dreams: The extraordinary shock of people power gave way to a bitter backlash. So where to now?, by Martin Chulov - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/14/10-years-on-the-arab-springs-explosive-rage-and-dashed-dreams
Podcast EXTRA - Blockchain Technology and Deep Fakes Authentication - SHOW NOTES
Bitcoin Units and Divisibility - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcoin#Units_and_divisibility
What the Heck is Bitcoin Anyways - https://kabirpost.com/heck-bitcoin-anyway/
On Cryptocoins: I think I know why Satoshi Nakamoto Hides
Blockchain Explained - https://www.investopedia.com/terms/b/blockchain.asp
Blackchain. What is Blockchain Technology? How Does it Work? - https://builtin.com/blockchain
On Cryptocoins: I think I know why Satoshi Nakamoto Hides, Tech Power UP - https://www.techpowerup.com/234971/on-cryptocoins-i-think-i-know-why-satoshi-nakamoto-hides