Burning Platforms

The Age of Intelligence?

Open AI's Sam Altman has launched a new product line with a new business model and a new philosophy. But do they all line up? 
Lee Schofield from ‘Future is Now’ with our regular panelists Digital Rights Watch chair Lizzie O’Shea and Health Engine CEO Dan Stinton.
 
We also cover
·      The fallout from 7-Eleven’s privacy breach 
·      Misinformation and disinformation laws 
·      And  Mark Zuckerberg’s new Metaverse glasses.
 
Burning Platforms is an initiative of Per Capita’s Centre of the Public Square.
 
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Privacy Now!

Listen to our live virtual town hall briefing to discuss the Federal Government’s much anticipated plans for privacy reform and the launch o the Privacy Now campaign - https://privacynow.org.au/.
 
With:
Privacy Commissioner Carly Kind
Human Technology Institute director Ed Santow
Digital Rights Watch Chair Lizzie O’Shea
 
Burning Platforms is an initiative of Per Capita’s Centre of the Public Square.
 
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The NSFW Edition

 
What can Only Fans teach us about the internet? Social media academic Emily van der Nagel takes us through her research with content creators and consumers to reveal the logic behind a very different platform.
 
She joins our regular panel of Digital Rights Watch chair Lizzie O’Shea, Health Engine CEO Dan Stinton and Centre of the Public Square convenor Peter Lewis.
 
Also this week:
The arrest of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov
Musicians count the cost of AI; and 
What next for the News Media Bargaining Code?
 
Burning Platforms is an initiative of Per Capita’s Centre of the Public Square.
 

Emotional Rescue

In this week's episode if Burning Platforms, the panel dives into the product liability of companion apps with consumer law academia, Jeannie Peterson.
Also this week, they touch on:* the UK riots and platform responsibility* Musk’s X-rated presidential dalliance* and the People’s bid for TiKTok
Burning Platforms is an initiative of Per Capita’s Centre of the Public Square.
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How AI Will Really Destroy The World

Forget intelligent machines waging war on humans, the real threat could be the amount of energy and water data processing centres are sucking up in the service of AI.
 
Gordon Noble from UTS’s Institute of Sustainable Futures has been crunching the numbers and it makes for alarming reading.
 
He joins our regular panel of Digital Rights Watch chair Lizzie O’Shea, Health Engine CEO Dan Stinton and Centre of the Public Square convenor Peter Lewis.
 
Also this week:
Has the US Supreme Court just granted Big Tech a giant leave pass?
Why is Google still addicted to Cookies?
And could Mark Zuckerberg by right, for once 
 
Burning Platforms is an initiative of Per Capita’s Centre of the Public Square.
 
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Rebuilding the Public Square - Live

On this week’s Burning Platforms, Peter Lewis launches the “Civility Manifesto” live at the July John Cain Lunch. 
 
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Man-Made

 
On this week’s Burning Platforms, we talk with author Tracey Spicer about the biases and contradictions at the heart of Artificial Intelligence.
 
Our panel of Essential’s Peter Lewis, Digital Rights Watch chair Lizzie O’Shea and Health Engine CEO Dan Stinton also ask:
* who really runs Australian tech policy?
* what does the collapse of US privacy reform mean?
* and why is Dan perplexed about Perplexity?
 
Join host Peter Lewis next week at the July John Cain lunch, where he will discuss ‘Rebuilding the Public Square.'  Wednesday July 17. Join us live in Melbourne or via live stream. Register at humanitix.com
 
Burning Platforms is an initiative of Per Capita’s Centre of the Public Square.  
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Buy Tracy's book about AI, MAN-MADE: http://tinyurl.com/2b3wzh8c

Plurality

This week on Burning Platforms, our regular panel of Essential's Peter Lewis and Digital Rights Watch chair Lizzie O’Shea share a special extended interview with Taiwan’s inaugural Minister of Digital Affairs Audrey Tang and Radical xChange founder Glen Weyl about their new collaborative book, ‘Plurality.’
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Burning Platforms is an initiative of Per Capita’s Centre of the Public Square. 

Invisible Bystanders

This week on Burning Platforms, our regular panel of Essential's Peter Lewis, Digital Rights Watch chair Lizzie O’Shea, and HealthEngine CEO Dan Stinton, are joined by Professor Nicholas Davis from UTS’s Human Technology Institute as they dive deep into new research on how worker power could be the key to harnessing AI to deliver real productivity.
 
Also discussed on this week's Burning Platforms:
   What does Apple’s deal with open AI mean?
   Is Google capturing more of you than you realise?
   Can Australian ban election deep fakes?
 
Burning Platforms is an initiative of Per Capita’s Centre of the Public Square. 
 
For our listeners on Apple Podcasts - we had to update our feed link due to technical issues. You can now access Burning Platforms via this link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/burning-platforms/id1589024577
 
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Will Google Eat Itself?

On this week’s Burning Platforms, host Peter Lewis, Digital Rights Watch chair Lizzie O’Shea and Health Engine CEO Dan Stinton are joined by media and tech commentator Ricky Sutton to dive deep into his analysis of Google’s growing dominance and how it might be its own Achilles Heel.
 
Plus they also ponder whether:Can Scarlett Johansson save the internet?Should we impose age limits on social media?And if should Australia have sovereign AI capability?
 
Burning Platforms is an initiative of Per Capita’s Centre of the Public Square. 
 
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