Untangling Fact from Hype in AI Frenzy

About this episode

Professor Nolan Higdon discusses the hype surrounding AI in our online lives.

Professor Nolan Higdon of UC Santa Cruz and the Gaslight Gazette Blog on Substack attempts to untangle the tangle of hype and hyperbole surrounding the insertion of AI into most aspects of our online lives. This interview is by Humanities Intern, Daymia Rousseau.

People in this episode

Host: Daymia Rousseau

Guest: Nolan Higdon

Topics covered

• AI
• hype
• online lives
• interview
• media

Keywords

• AI
• hype
• media
• interview
• Nolan Higdon
• online
• technology

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: UC Santa Cruz, Gaslight Gazette Blog

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