TruthAmp: Episode 11 - The Times They Are AI-Changin'
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Craig and Emmanuella debate the trustworthiness of AI-generated news compared to traditional journalism and the implications of media bias.
Watch here: https://youtu.be/zobiv1u9oJk Craig and Emmanuella debate whether AI-generated news is more trustworthy than traditional journalism—and what we lose if media dies. The Saturday Morning Shift Craig's Evolution: His Saturday mornings used to mean reading the Financial Review cover-to-cover. Now he starts there but ends up in Claude or Perplexity, asking all the questions journalists didn't answer. This raises an uncomfortable question: Should he trust AI-generated information more than journalistic organisations? The Argy-Bargy: This conversation stems from a Friday text exchange where Craig had a strong reaction to a podcast Emmanuella shared (though hunger from a failed drone food delivery may have contributed). His response sparked a debate about media bias, AI curation, and what happens to truth when traditional journalism collapses. The Media Bias Problem Emmanuella's Approach: She reads everything—left, right, moderate—because everyone has an agenda. Journalists have personal biases, plus organisational biases from their employers. She consumes The Australian, The Age, The Guardian, and AFR weekly, plus their podcasts whilst gardening or parenting. The Vienna…
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