Signals, Deception, and AI: Navigating Trust in the Digital World

About our Guest:Judith Donathhttps://cyber.harvard.edu/people/jdonathKey Discussion Points:Understanding Signaling Theory:The foundation of signaling theory in communication.The balance between honest and deceptive signals.Evolutionary Biology and Communication:Darwin's insights on animal communication.Zahavi's Handicap Principle and its role in ensuring signal honesty.Maynard Smith's Index Signals and their reliability without cost.AI and the Evolution of Communication:The impact of AI on the reliability of communication signals.Challenges posed by deepfakes in video and audio.The arms race between deception technologies and verification methods.Cultural and Institutional Roles:How culture and institutions uphold the reliability of signals.The interplay between technological advancements and societal norms.Future of Communication in the Digital Age:Strategies for developing secure communication channels.Balancing privacy with the need for verification.The role of trusted sources in maintaining signal integrity.Papers and Books Mentioned:Turing, A. M. (1950). Computing machinery and intelligence. Mind, 59(236), 433-460. https://doi.org/10.1093/mind/LIX.236.433Zahavi, A. (1975). Mate selection—a selection for a handicap. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 53(1), 205-214. https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-5193(75)90111-3Veblen, T. (1899). The Theory of the Leisure Class. New York: Macmillan.https://moglen.law.columbia.edu/LCS/theoryleisureclass.pdfhttps://dn720401.ca.archive.org/0/items/theoryofleisurec01vebl/theoryofleisurec01vebl.pdfWeizenbaum, J. (1966). ELIZA—A computer program for the study of natural language communication between man and machine. Communications of the ACM, 9(1), 36-45. https://doi.org/10.1145/365153.365168Donath, J. S. (2002). Identity and deception in the virtual community. In Communities in cyberspace (pp. 37-68). Routledge.https://vivatropolis.com/papers/Donath/IdentityDeception/IdentityDeception.pdfCurrent Progress on the forthcoming book: Signals, Truth & Designhttps://vivatropolis.com/judith/signalsTruthDesign.htmlDonath, J. (2014). The social machine: designs for living online. MIT Press.https://direct.mit.edu/books/monograph/4037/The-Social-MachineDesigns-for-Living-OnlineOther:The Story about the Ferrari executive Deepfake attempthttps://www.carscoops.com/2024/07/ferrari-ceo-impersonator-uncovered-by-colleague-in-deepfake-call/We geeked out for a moment on Programming languages. Learn about them here.The C languagehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_(programming_language)Introduction to Chttps://www.w3schools.com/c/c_intro.phpAPL Languagehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APL_(programming_language)Learn APLhttps://xpqz.github.io/learnapl/intro.htmlTry APLhttps://tryapl.orgLISP Languagehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisp_(programming_language)Learn LISPhttps://www.geeksforgeeks.org/introduction-to-lisp/

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