Mostly Human with Laurie Segall

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Mostly Human is a weekly podcast that explores technology through the most important lens: the human one. Hosted by award-winning tech journalist Laurie Segall, the immersive interview and investigative show tackles some of the defining questions of our time with headline-making tech titans and the people you don't know yet, but should. Mostly Human will leave you with a sense of agency over fear, and a clearer view of how tech can actually work for you.

  1. hace 3 días ·  Video

    The Physical Cost of Our Digital Lives

    Tech journalist Manoush Zomorodi has spent her career studying what technology does to our minds. Now, in her new book Body Electric, she’s examining our bodies. On this episode, host Laurie Segall sits down with Manoush to talk about the negative affects our screens and the sedentary life of the ‘information worker’ is doing to our bodies. But she also shares the solution and the study she created that proves even busy, digitally consumed folks can make room for it in their lives. She also talks about the “garden hose” effect sitting has on your blood flow, breathing and posture and what the humble kazoo can do for you. There’s so much to dig in here. Manoush, like Laurie, is someone who loves tech, so while there are scary stats, there are also solutions that will help guide listeners to what Manoush strives for in her own life — Goldilocks Mode — not too much, nor too little of tech.  Body Electric: The Hidden Health Costs of the Digital Age and New Science to Reclaim Your Well-Being. If you have thoughts or questions for Laurie about this episode or anything Mostly Human, email us at hello@mostlyhuman.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  2. 23 jul ·  Video

    Can social media be fun (and sexy) again?

    Ami Gan was tired of social media; tired of the doomscrolling, of not seeing her friends’ posts, of feeling less connected and more performative. So, the former OnlyFans CEO created her own social media platform, called Vylit. Inspired by the lessons learned from OnlyFans and what social media promised to be, Vylit is an 18+ social platform with creator tools that promises to redefine how people share, discover, and monetize content. In this conversation with Laurie Segall, Ami talks about her background exploring trends, from cannabis to adult content, before they go mainstream. She talks about her wild and fast-moving time as CEO of OnlyFans and what inspired her to get back into that space. Laurie and Ami dive into Vylit themselves, with Laurie building her own (a little bit spicy) AI twin. In an AI-generated world, what does consent look like online? And if you build a better and sexy social media platform, will they come?  If you have thoughts or questions for Laurie about this episode or anything Mostly Human, email us at hello@mostlyhuman.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  3. 16 jul

    On with Kara Swisher: Deepfake abuse panel, featuring Laurie Segall

    This week, we’re sharing a recent episode of On with Kara Swisher. Kara hosts a panel of experts — including Laurie Segall, victims rights attorney Carrie Goldberg, and computer scientist V.S. Subrahmanian —to discuss the growing threat and current reality of sexually explicit deepfakes. The guests talk about the current scope of the problem, the technology behind it, the communities that rally around it, and what protection from and prevention of this kind of abuse looks like. Laurie also shares what she learned from her investigation into the anonymous man behind Mr. Deepfakes.  Listen to more On with Kara Swisher wherever you get your podcasts.  Listen to the series, Searching for Mr. Deepfakes, right here in the Mostly Human podcast feed. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  4. 9 jul

    Searching for Mr. Deepfakes: Seeds of Change [Part 4]

    A note to listeners: This is Part 4 of a 4-part series. If you have not yet listened to Searching for Mr. Deepfakes Part 1, Part 2, or Part 3 please start there. Laurie Segall and her team have a new resolve for the investigation into Mr. Deepfakes. This unchartered path takes them to surprising places, with unexpected allies. Laurie shares some big, personal news and the thing the team has been waiting for finally happens. But it’s not the end of the story. If you have been targeted by sexually explicit deepfakes, we want to hear from you. Email us at hello@mostlyhuman.com. For help and resources, visit beyondmrdeepfakes.com. If you or a loved one need support, text HOP to 64673 or call/text 988. Find Laurie’s short-form docuseries on Mr Deepfakes — in partnership with Paris Hilton — on TikTok. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  5. 2 jul ·  Video

    Is Life Better When AI Takes the Reins?

    A note to listeners: The 4th and final installment of Searching for Mr. Deepfakes will be released on July 9th. The AI revolution is here. It’s a part of every facet of our lives — or at least trying to be — from work, to dating, from parenting to how we spend our free time. But is life so much better when we let AI in?  Joanna Stern, longtime tech journalist and author of I Am Not a Robot, went all in on AI for a year to see if this technology could fulfill its promise. Over twelve months, Joanna had her mammogram read by AI, took a family vacation in a Waymo, and spent a weekend away with her AI boyfriend, Evan. What did Joanna learn from this year of AI? Host Laurie Segall sits down with Joanna to talk AI lovers, atrophy of the brain, and the impact — good and bad — AI can have on our health, relationships and life. The two tech journalists talk about what is lost with technological progress and what we should work to preserve. At the heart of this question is what, ultimately, will get us closer to our humanity. The answer may surprise you. Plus: they let ChatGPT simulate the entire interview. It was, to put it kindly, a book report. Joanna Stern is the founder of of New Things, an independent media company, and author of I Am Not a Robot: My Year Using AI to do (Almost) Everything. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  6. 25 jun

    Searching for Mr. Deepfakes: The Encounter [Part 3]

    A note to listeners: This is Part 3 of a 4-part series. If you have not yet listened to Searching for Mr. Deepfakes Part 1 or 2, please start there. Laurie Segall and her investigative team return from Canada and dive into the real-world and online clues they recovered from their trip. As they dive deep into who this person is they find some surprising details. They return to Canada one last time in the hopes of confronting the man behind Mr. Deepfakes. Meanwhile the scourge of deepfake abuse spreads. A woman in Tennessee discovers her image has been weaponized against her, violating the trust she built in her community, for money and sometimes more.  Note: Some voices in this episode have been disguised to protect their identities. If you have been targeted by sexually explicit deepfakes, we want to hear from you. Email us at hello@mostlyhuman.com. For help and resources, visit beyondmrdeepfakes.com. If you or a loved one need support, text HOP to 64673 or call/text 988. Find Laurie’s short-form docuseries on Mr Deepfakes — in partnership with Paris Hilton — on TikTok. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  7. 18 jun

    Searching for Mr. Deepfakes: The Tip [Part 2]

    A note to listeners: This is Part 2 of a 4-part series. If you have not yet listened to Searching for Mr. Deepfakes Part 1, please start there. After officially launching an investigation into the anonymous person behind Mr. Deepfakes — the largest deepfake pornography site on the internet — using good-guy hackers and a call-out on social media to see if anybody out there knows anything, Laurie Segall gets a tip. Someone in the Netherlands thinks he has identified who Mr. Deepfakes is and this tip pushes Laurie and her team out of the virtual world, and into the real one. Are the digital breadcrumbs — along with the on-the-ground clues Laurie gathers — enough to lead her to a real person? Meanwhile, the threat of deepfake pornography spreads. More famous and powerful women come out as victims of Deepfake pornography, inching this fringe topic near the center. But the abuse is hitting closer to home, too. Laurie talks to a Minnesotan woman whose sense of safety and community are shattered when it’s discovered a family friend has been making deepfake pornography of her and many of her friends.  If you have been targeted by sexually explicit deepfakes, we want to hear from you. Email us at hello@mostlyhuman.com. For help and resources, visit beyondmrdeepfakes.com. If you or a loved one need support, text HOP to 64673 or call/text 988. Find Laurie’s short-form docuseries on Mr Deepfakes — in partnership with Paris Hilton — on TikTok. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  8. 11 jun

    Searching for Mr. Deepfakes: ‘The Most Dangerous Man on the Internet’ [Part 1]

    When journalist Laurie Segall first stumbled upon Mr. Deepfakes — the largest deepfake pornography site on the internet, with an estimated 17 million monthly visitors at its peak — she couldn't shake one question: who was the anonymous man behind it? In part one of this four-part investigative series, Laurie introduces us to Joanne Chew, an LA-based artist and actor who discovered hundreds of AI-generated pornographic images and videos of herself online, made without her knowledge or consent. Joanne's story is just one example of the abuse enabled by Mr. Deepfakes — a site that functioned not only as a user-generated video platform, but also a thriving community where users learned to create deepfakes, monetized them, and pushed the technology further. With the help of some top cyber security experts, and a public call out to her online community for help, Laurie launches her investigation. Will an anonymous tip jumpstart her investigation? If you have been targeted by sexually explicit deepfakes, we want to hear from you. Email us at hello@mostlyhuman.com. For help and resources, visit beyondmrdeepfakes.com. If you or a loved one need support, text HOP to 64673 or call/text 988. Find Laurie’s short-form docuseries on Mr Deepfakes — in partnership with Paris Hilton — on TikTok. If you have thoughts or questions for Laurie about this episode or anything Mostly Human, email us at hello@mostlyhuman.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Mostly Human is a weekly podcast that explores technology through the most important lens: the human one. Hosted by award-winning tech journalist Laurie Segall, the immersive interview and investigative show tackles some of the defining questions of our time with headline-making tech titans and the people you don't know yet, but should. Mostly Human will leave you with a sense of agency over fear, and a clearer view of how tech can actually work for you.

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  • Años de actividad
    2019 - 2026
  • Episodios
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