#2224: Obama, Artificial Intelligence and ‘Dark Sentences’

[00:30] Mayorkas Survives Impeachment (11 minutes)
Somehow, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas barely survived the impeachment vote last night. The GOP couldn’t even unite to ceremonially rebuke Mayorkas for the immigration crisis, although Republicans may try again next week. Meanwhile, Nikki Haley lost to “none of the above” in the Nevada primary vote.
[11:45] Disinformation Warfare in a Post-Truth World (44 minutes)
Tucker Carlson is visiting Russia to interview Russian President Vladimir Putin. Mainstream media journalists who interviewed Putin before were considered bold and brave, but those same journalists now believe Carlson’s interview will promote dangerous disinformation. This is yet another instance of disinformation warfare in our post-truth world. During an address at Stanford in April 2022, Barack Obama had a lot to say about the dangers of disinformation and artificial intelligence—even though he is one of the most prolific authors of disinformation the world has ever seen.