Is there anything real left on the internet? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly explore deepfakes, scams, and cybercrime with the Director of Threat Research at Bitdefender, Bogdan Botezatu. Scams are a trillion-dollar industry; keep your loved ones safe with Bitdefender: https://bitdefend.me/90-StarTalkNOTE: StarTalk+ Patrons can listen to this entire episode commercial-free here: https://startalkmedia.com/show/deepfakes-and-the-war-on-truth-with-bogdan-botezatu/Thanks to our Patrons Bubbalotski, Oskar Yazan Mellemsether, Craig A, Andrew, Liagadd, William ROberts, Pratiksha, Corey Williams, Keith, anirao, matthew, Cody T, Janna Ladd, Jen Richardson, Elizaveta Nikitenko, James Quagliariello, LA Stritt, Rocco Ciccolini, Kyle Jones, Jeremy Jones, Micheal Fiebelkorn, Erik the Nerd, Debbie Gloom, Adam Tobias Lofton, Chad Stewart, Christy Bradford, David Jirel, e4e5Nf3, John Rost, cluckaizo, Diane Féve, Conny Vigström, Julian Farr, karl Lebeau, AnnElizabeth, p johnson, Jarvis, Charles Bouril, Kevin Salam, Alex Rzem, Joseph Strolin, Madelaine Bertelsen, noel jimenez, Arham Jain, Tim Manzer, Alex, Ray Weikal, Kevin O'Reilly, Mila Love, Mert Durak, Scrubbing Bubblez, Lili Rose, Ram Zaidenvorm, Sammy Aleksov, Carter Lampe, Tom Andrusyna, Raghvendra Singh Bais, ramenbrownie, cap kay, B Rhodes, Chrissi Vergoglini, Micheal Reilly, Mone, Brendan D., Mung, J Ram, Katie Holliday, Nico R, Riven, lanagoeh, Shashank, Bradley Andrews, Jeff Raimer, Angel velez, Sara, Timothy Criss, Katy Boyer, Jesse Hausner, Blue Cardinal, Benjamin Kedwards, Dave, Wen Wei LOKE, Micheal Sacher, Lucas, Ken Kuipers, Alex Marks, Amanda Morrison, Gary Ritter Jr, Bushmaster, thomas hennigan, Erin Flynn, Chad F, fro drick, Ben Speire, Sanjiv VIJ, Sam B, BriarPatch, and Mario Boutet for supporting us this week. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of StarTalk Radio ad-free and a whole week early.Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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Chuck, I didn't know we were going to do a show on the end of the world. Yeah, it's coming. It's coming. It's coming. With the help of like AI and cybercrime and deep fakes and what hath we wrought upon ourselves. Yeah, well, guess what?
Frankenstein's monster. It's looking pretty tame.
Looking pretty tame. Bring back Frankenstein. Bring back Frankenstein, baby. Coming up, an exploration of how we're going to go to hell in a handbasket on StarTalk. StarTalk. Welcome to StarTalk, your place in the universe where science and pop culture collide. StarTalk begins right now. This is StarTalk Special Edition. Today, we're going to talk about scams in the age of AI.
That it's Special Edition means we've got Gary O'Reilly. Gary, how you doing, man? I'm good. All right. Chuck Nice.
I am Chuck Nice and not an AI version of Chuck Nice.
AI imitates you better than you faking it. Yeah, exactly. So, Gary. Yes. This topic is way overdue. Oh, for sure. Or maybe it's exactly when we need it. Yeah. Take us in.
I suppose scams, if you think of it, have been with us since people started to use money.
Oh, even before that, you know, you can rest assured that before there was a system of currency, somebody was just like, so that's an interesting bushel of wheat you have there. Oh, yeah. A little barter scam. Yeah, a little barter scam. You know what I mean? As a matter of fact, one of our most beloved childhood fairy tales is about a guy who trades the family cow for six magic beans. Oh.
Which was supposed to be a scam, but it turned out it worked out for him.
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