Threads’ Path to Global Domination & The UK vs Encryption with Jag Sharma, Jason Kapadia and Dan Johnston - E50
Threads is taking the world by storm - but is it full-force or just a tempest in a teapot?
It’s only one of the battles on Meta’s warfront, as they look set to fight the corner for end-to-end encryption against the UK Government’s plans to create a back door.
Join us as we pull on the biggest tech threads this week with Jag Sharma, Jason Kapadia, and a special guest in our Producer, Dan Johnston!
This episode of Disconnected covers:
Threads’ stratospheric launch & how it’s taking on Twitter head-on
The ever-looming promise of Tesla’s self-driving technology
Debunking ChatGPT’s declining numbers
The UK Government’s campaign against end-of-end encryption
Episode Highlights:
“Twitter has been around for 16 years, it's part of the fabric of society. Newscasters will often have their own Twitter handle pop up next to their name. It's become that ingrained in society, so Threads is 16 years behind.” - 2:30 - Jag Sharma
“There's a few main features that I really wanted to see from the Threads app, but the main one that I found lacking was the search functionality.” - 5:05 - Jason Kapadia
“I think underlying Threads, it's Meta’s play to get their own text-based datasets to train the AI models. Meta’s products are heavy on images and video, but relatively lighter on text. These AI models really need text-based conversations to train off of.” - 9:15 - Jason Kapadia
“The bane of some apps can be that people don't understand what it is. I don't have a clue what Mastodon actually is, therefore that's a barrier to entry to me. I don't think that Threads has the same issue because it's so recognisable.” - 14:50 - Dan Johnston
“I think there are too many exceptions to what is an otherwise very promising use case for self-driving vehicles. I think it's great in controlled environments, but unless you can control the entirety of the UK, we're probably not gonna see it here.” - 22:45 - Dan Johnston
“Some investors are actually freaking out saying that this AI boom is the next 2000s tech boom, we'll have the same fate, and this AI stuff is all a fad. Are ChatGPT’s best days behind it?” - 28:20 - Jason Kapadia
“They've already got enough ways to monitor us. I just don't think they need this. If it is about protecting children, the money could have been spent wiser on smarter policing and creating a safer world.” - 35:55 - Jag Sharma
Links & references:
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/
Dan Johnston: