The Death of The Safe Space with Ben Cheston, Jen Campbell, Jason Kapadia and Jag Sharma - E108
We all knew that putting cameras on our faces was going to be a privacy nightmare, right?
Meta’s glasses have been caught sending footage to human contractors in Kenya, and that’s just the tip of the iceberg for how our safety is being compromised by forces outside of our control…
Special guest Ben Cheston joins us for a look at Meta’s mishap, the terrifying prospect of air taxis, and why judgement means more than knowledge in the workplace of the future.
This episode of Disconnected covers:
Electric air taxis and the future of urban aviation
Wearable AI destroying our private spaces
Public attitudes to surveillance and tech convenience
Experience and judgement as a superpower in the AI era
Episode Highlights:
“We're talking about actual, real people, 1000s of contractors in a firm in Kenya, sitting in cubicles watching first person footage of users in their most private moments.” - 12:45 - Jason Kapadia
“Do you reckon most users even realise that some of their interactions with AI systems are actually being reviewed by humans?” - 17:05 - Jag Sharma
“I think people still have an attitude of, ‘Oh, lucky. It's not me,’ because not that specific instance may not occur to them, but there will be other things they do that have similar risks associated, that they just don't think of.” - 21:05 - Jen Campbell
“AI removes repetitive work, but repetitive work is how people develop their judgement over time.” - 30:20 - Jag Sharma
“Answers are cheap and it's the right questions that are the scarce things… a couple of years ago you would pay huge bucks to get answers from consulting firms, and now that's completely turned on its head.” - 35:50 - Jason Kapadia
“There's definitely a value in experience that's going to be more of a premium as more people are automating work… there’s amazing talent and skill and experience left on the shelf that wants to work.” - 36:35 - Ben Cheston
Links & references:
Ben Cheston
https://www.linkedin.com/in/bencheston/
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: