TWiG 742: More Eel Guys Than You Know - Leo's GPTs, Alex Stamos on election disinformation, deepfakes, eels!

• Discussion of upcoming Black Friday sales on Google Pixel phones and tablets
• Concerns with the Pixel tablet including laggy performance, inability to use independently from dock, and high pricing
• Leo shares his epiphany on the usefulness of AI for expert systems and personalized agents
• Demonstration of Leo's custom AI assistants for Lisp and Emacs programming languages
• Talk of Elon Musk's reputation decline after acquiring Twitter
• Discussion of studies showing people perceive AI-generated faces as more human than real faces
• Overview of lawsuit allowing school districts to sue social media companies for youth addiction
• Interview with Alex Stamos, former Facebook CSO and current Stanford professor
• Alex's perspective on risks of deepfakes in elections vs for individual harassment
• Thoughts on moral panic around social media and youth mental health
• Alex recounts attending a closed-door Senate AI hearing led by Senator Schumer
• Discussion of social media companies loosening policies on election misinformation
• Concerns about TikTok as a news source and possible propaganda risks
• Talk of new book ""A History of Fake Things on the Internet"" by Walter Shirer
• Alex's suggestion for comprehensive federal privacy regulations
• Revelation during Google antitrust trial of Apple's cut of Google search revenue

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Paris Martineau, and Jason Howell

Guest: Alex Stamos

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