• Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 40: Elders Need Care, Not 'AI' Surveillance (feat. Clara Berridge), August 19 2024

  • Sep 13 2024
  • Length: 1 hr and 1 min
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Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 40: Elders Need Care, Not 'AI' Surveillance (feat. Clara Berridge), August 19 2024

  • Summary

  • Dr. Clara Berridge joins Alex and Emily to talk about the many 'uses' for generative AI in elder care -- from "companionship," to "coaching" like medication reminders and other encouragements toward healthier (and, for insurers, cost-saving) behavior. But these technologies also come with questionable data practices and privacy violations. And as populations grow older on average globally, technology such as chatbots is often used to sidestep real solutions to providing meaningful care, while also playing on ageist and ableist tropes.

    Dr. Clara Berridge is an associate professor at the University of Washington’s School of Social Work. Her research focuses explicitly on the policy and ethical implications of digital technology in elder care, and considers things like privacy and surveillance, power, and decision-making about technology use.

    References:

    Care.Coach's 'Avatar' chat program*

    For Older People Who Are Lonely, Is the Solution a Robot Friend?

    Care Providers’ Perspectives on the Design of Assistive Persuasive Behaviors for Socially Assistive Robots

    Socio-Digital Vulnerability

    ***Care.Coach's 'Fara' and 'Auger' products, also discussed in this episode, are no longer listed on their site.

    Fresh AI Hell:

    Apple Intelligence hidden prompts include the command "don't hallucinate"

    The US wants to use facial recognition to identify migrant children as they age

    Family poisoned after following fake mushroom book

    It is a beautiful evening in the neighborhood, and you are a horrible Waymo robotaxi

    Dynamic pricing + surveillance hell at the grocery store

    Chinese social media's newest trend: imitating AI-generated videos


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    Music by Toby Menon.
    Artwork by Naomi Pleasure-Park.
    Production by Christie Taylor.

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