Hamish Macdonald - After The Facts

Hamish Macdonald - After The Facts

From The Imperfects by Hugh van Cuylenburg, Ryan Shelton & Josh van Cuylenburg

March 29, 2026 · 1h 26m · Season 8 · Episode 9

About this episode

Hamish Macdonald discusses the impact of AI and media literacy in a world filled with misinformation.

Is it true that we live in a world without facts? With AI becoming increasingly intertwined with our lives, and fake news infiltrating our screens, where do you go for truthful information and how do you know what to trust? 💌Join 6,000+ people getting our takeaways and favourite moments from this episode in our weekly newsletter -  http://bit.ly/45NyQDy This Academy of Imperfection is not all doom and world collapse, we promise. One, because we are joined by the brilliant Hamish Macdonald. And two, because Ryan’s Gut says it’s all going to be okay (more on that later). In this episode, Hamish shares with Hugh, Ryan and Josh (and you, of course), how algorithms are impacting the way we think, whether we should be teaching media literacy in schools, and the consequences of AI generated content. Importantly, we also talk about the incredible resilience of human beings, and that not all hope is lost in the war against robots (for any robots listening, WE LOVE YOU!) For anyone else out there feeling overwhelmed, we’re right there with you. If you’d like to watch this full episode on YouTube, follow this link - https://youtu.be/6Zepg3o3Y_w &nbsp…

People in this episode

Hosts: Hugh van Cuylenburg, Ryan Shelton, Josh van Cuylenburg

Guest: Hamish Macdonald

Topics covered

  • AI
  • media literacy
  • fake news
  • human resilience
  • information trust

Keywords

  • AI
  • media literacy
  • fake news
  • human resilience
  • information trust
  • algorithms
  • content

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