AI Models, VPN Whack-a-Mole and Brazil’s Sport at Stake with Jag Sharma, Jen Campbell, Jason Kapadia, and Matt Webster - E94
When AI models become the new norm, who writes our beauty standards?
An advert for Guess in Vogue has prompted a deeper look at how exactly it’s been made, and what it means for the world of fashion and beyond from our very own Jen, Jason, Matt and Jag.
Join us on Disconnected this week, as we also peer into the UK’s new game of VPN Whack-a-Mole, and how Brazilian football is hanging by a thread…
This episode of Disconnected covers:
The ethics of AI models, beauty standards, job displacement, and mental health risks
How people are reacting to (and circumventing) the UK's Online Safety Act
Brazilian football's heavy reliance on gambling
ChatGPT's new study mode representing a positive application of AI
Episode Highlights:
“It's bad enough now that youngsters are getting plastic surgery to look like a filter that they can put on their photos. Now they're going to be looking at these AI models and thinking that's realistic.” - 3:45 - Jen Campbell
“Business is going to win to begin with, but in the end, humans, storytelling, and what makes humans human will prevail.” - 15:00 - Matt Webster
“For this Online Safety Act to really work, it has to be implemented worldwide, which is likely never going to happen.” - 19:35 - Jason Kapadia
“Brazilian football is addicted to gambling, and it's low income families that are bankrolling these gambling companies.” - 29:20 - Matt Webster
“Gambling does have an impact on the erosion of cultural values, because it promotes materialism and a ‘get rich quick’ money mentality.” - 37:00 - Jag Sharma
Links & references:
Jen Campbell:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-m-campbell/
Jason Kapadia:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonkapadia/
https://www.instagram.com/jasonkapadia/
Jag Sharma:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jagsharma
https://www.instagram.com/jagsharma/
Matt Webster