This Week in Google 742: More Eel Guys Than You Know - a podcast by TWiT

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  • Discussion of upcoming Black Friday sales on Google Pixel phones and tablets

  • Concerns with the Pixel tablet including laggy performance, inability to use independently from dock, and high pricing

  • Leo shares his epiphany on the usefulness of AI for expert systems and personalized agents

  • Demonstration of Leo's custom AI assistants for Lisp and Emacs programming languages

  • Talk of Elon Musk's reputation decline after acquiring Twitter

  • Discussion of studies showing people perceive AI-generated faces as more human than real faces

  • Overview of lawsuit allowing school districts to sue social media companies for youth addiction

  • Interview with Alex Stamos, former Facebook CSO and current Stanford professor

  • Alex's perspective on risks of deepfakes in elections vs for individual harassment

  • Thoughts on moral panic around social media and youth mental health

  • Alex recounts attending a closed-door Senate AI hearing led by Senator Schumer

  • Discussion of social media companies loosening policies on election misinformation

  • Concerns about TikTok as a news source and possible propaganda risks

  • Talk of new book "A History of Fake Things on the Internet" by Walter Shirer

  • Alex's suggestion for comprehensive federal privacy regulations

  • Revelation during Google antitrust trial of Apple's cut of Google search revenue

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paris Martineau, and Jason Howell


Guest: Alex Stamos


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