Florence Read meets Jaron Lanier to discuss the development of Artificial Intelligence, where it is going, what we can expect and if it's humans or the machines which are the problem. Read the full article here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

New monologues from Richard Eskow, with an encore presentation of Richard Eskow's 2018 conversation with Jaron Lanier

Better Help - online counselling and therapy - 10% off first month https://BetterHelp.com/TRIGGER Jaron Lanier is an American computer scientist, visual artist, computer philosophy writer, technologist, futurist, and composer of contemporary classical music. He is considered a founder of the field of virtual reality. 

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Twitter, Facebook, Youtube. The past year has brought a backlash against these companies and others over data privacy and their treatment of speech. Tech visionary and critic Jaron Lanier discusses his take on social media and why he thinks you should delete yours. Read Jaron’s latest book: Ten Arguments for Deleting Y

This scientist, musician and author is best known for his work in Virtual Reality, and his advocacy of humanism and sustainable economics in a digital context. His 1980’s startup, VPL Research, created the first commercial Virtual Reality products - introducing avatars, multi-person virtual world experiences and protot