1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 This week join Kobi and Natalie as they discuss some perhaps seemingly-unrelated global trends, and ponder how AI may or may not impact or amplify them in the future. We raise questions about: There are around 40 upcoming elections happening around the world in 2024; have we already seen advancements in AI play a role in driving a shift to the right, and what might we expect to see in the next year? There is a trend where local media is becoming increasingly scarce - what does that mean for our local collective understandings &amp;amp; conversations, and global polarisation? The lack of diversity (gender and otherwise) in technology media (and the technology industry in general) presents a major hurdle for language models of the future as it leads to a lack of variety in the type of voices on record today, and hence in training data tomorrow.&amp;nbsp; Links: Where are all the godmothers of AI? In the Guardian A 'Trump moment' in the Netherlands shows that Europe still has a populist problem - CNN Brace for elections: 40 countries are voting in 2024 - Bloomberg The Guardian view on local journalism's decline: bad news for democracy AI Australia Podcast https://mantelgroup.com.au/ai-australia-podcast/ <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/28878098/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/02af90/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/content/164461348