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How Facebook Changes Us, Influencer Riots, and AI Gets Funny
How Facebook Changes Us, Influencer Riots, and AI Gets Funny
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Length:
82 minutes
Released:
Aug 13, 2023
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Podcast episode
Description
According to a series of new studies published in Nature and Science, the way Facebook influences its users isn’t as straight forward as it seems. Does that mean Facebook is off the hook for polarizing America? Joshua Tucker, NYU professor and lead researcher on the 2020 Facebook Election Research Project, joins Offline to talk about what his team found, what lessons we learned about Facebook’s role in our world, and what its like to collaborate on a project with Mark Zuckerberg’s company. Plus: Max and Jon talk New York City's Twitch-fueled riot, AI learning to write (good) jokes, and the Zuck v. Musk cage match.
Released:
Aug 13, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (73)
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