Fixing the Internet with Jaron Lanier

About this episode

Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts discuss the state of the internet with Jaron Lanier, exploring its issues and potential solutions.

Is the internet too far gone or can we still fix it? Neil deGrasse Tyson, and co-hosts Negin Farsad and Gary O’Reilly, sit down with Jaron Lanier, Microsoft scientist, and father of virtual reality, to diagnose what went wrong with the web, how it’s changed with AI, and ideas for a new path back.

People in this episode

Hosts: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Negin Farsad, Gary O’Reilly

Guest: Jaron Lanier

Topics covered

• internet
• AI
• virtual reality
• technology
• web development
• digital culture

Keywords

• internet
• AI
• Jaron Lanier
• virtual reality
• web
• technology
• fixing the internet

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Microsoft

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