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The Puzzle of AI Ethics with Dr. Cansu Canca

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AI predicts your movie choice based on stress patterns, but what if you're trying to break that habit?
This episode explores AI ethics with Dr. John C. Jenja, discussing how AI shifts from the attention economy to predicting intentions, raising concerns about privacy and free will. It also touches on sleep procrastination and features a segment on the Dance Your PhD contest winner.

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A clear look at how AI nudges can blur into manipulation.

The episode treats AI as a move from tools that ask for attention to systems that seem to know what people want before they say it. It keeps returning to the same uneasy line: a useful nudge on one side, manipulation on the other.

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Why you'd press play

If your feed feels a little too good at predicting you, press play.

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