{"id":6829,"date":"2024-10-23T16:45:14","date_gmt":"2024-10-23T16:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/helpusdefend.com\/?page_id=6829"},"modified":"2024-10-23T16:55:32","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T16:55:32","slug":"podcast-episode-16-companion","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/helpusdefend.com\/?page_id=6829","title":{"rendered":"Podcast &#8211; Episode 16 Companion"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"6829\" class=\"elementor elementor-6829\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2fe1c13 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2fe1c13\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d08fb39\" data-id=\"d08fb39\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3bde565 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3bde565\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\">Listen to this web page! <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1bd5ebc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1bd5ebc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This page was narrated by Mohid.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b1693d elementor-widget elementor-widget-wp-widget-media_audio\" data-id=\"6b1693d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wp-widget-media_audio.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6829-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/helpusdefend.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Episode1_Dark_Side_ofthe_Web_Companion_Narration.mp3?_=1\" \/><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/helpusdefend.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Episode1_Dark_Side_ofthe_Web_Companion_Narration.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/helpusdefend.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Episode1_Dark_Side_ofthe_Web_Companion_Narration.mp3\">https:\/\/helpusdefend.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Episode1_Dark_Side_ofthe_Web_Companion_Narration.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-404fd0e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"404fd0e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 20pt; margin-bottom: 6pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Written by Deanna<\/span><\/h1>\n<div>Updated: October 23, 2024<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Episode Background: <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">In the episode entitled &#8220;Barely Deceased&#8221; a man has turned himself into an AI generated character and his family learns about this at his funeral. <\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Barely Deceased begins at the funeral of Mr. Tony Satriale. The late Mr. Satriale was a client of ReCreators Memorial, a fictional death technopreneurship company that uses artificial intelligence to generate a facsimile of Tony. To do this the company took images, video and voice clips of the dearly departed and posthumously loved ones can simulate a conversation with him. During Tony\u2019s funeral the funeral house honors his final wishes and they debut AI Tony to the shagrin of the family who were all but disturbed and creeped out at first. However, Tony\u2019s mother\u2019s initial reaction subsides and in her grief stricken state talks to AI Tony non-stop for a week. The podcast looks at a typical loving family that at first may seem crass and visceral, yet the episode raises the following complex issues of:&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Creating potentially confused and distressed users&nbsp;due to dissemination of unreliable information because no proper oversight or verification process exists.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Collecting user\u2019s personal information for improper or undisclosed purposes while exposing the sensitive data to the risk of hacking.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Increasing liability issues, particularly regarding the likeness of individuals. Defamatory or upsetting content could result in legal damages, introducing questions about who is at fault in such circumstances.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Propagating AI biases because of the data the system is built on, where favour is shown to a thing, person or group when compared to another in a manner that is often unfair. Thus, perpetuating systemic problems through these technologies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Leading innocent dependencies to elevate and exasperate, where one relies on AI for shopping and neglects physical health and social interactions.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Exploiting vulnerable users&#8217; emotions for profit. These platforms may be designed to be addictive and foster emotional connections to inanimate objects, perhaps leading to a disconnection from reality.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Posing as a financial risk to users as some grief tech platforms may require subscriptions or other financial commitments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Increasing the possibility that AI becomes too smart and potentially reaches artificial general intelligence (AGI), raising questions about control and regulations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Impacting users&#8217; sense of self, causing a diminished sense of identity and self-understanding.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Introducing disruptive grief tech could potentially lead to social unrest if not properly managed. Governance of these technologies is crucial, and lawmakers must keep pace with technological advancements to ensure appropriate safeguards are in place. Sadly, this rarely happens in a timely manner.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Using AI in business and it possibly impacting the workforce by displacing workers and generating labour issues.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">In conclusion, while grief tech offers valuable support and resources for individuals navigating grief, it is vital to approach these technologies carefully and with an awareness of the ethical considerations and potential dangers real or perceived. 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