Signals, Deception, and AI: Navigating Trust in the Digital World
Cybercrimeology1 Syys 2024

Signals, Deception, and AI: Navigating Trust in the Digital World

About our Guest:

Judith Donath

https://cyber.harvard.edu/people/jdonath

Key Discussion Points:

  • Understanding Signaling Theory:
    • The foundation of signaling theory in communication.
    • The balance between honest and deceptive signals.
  • Evolutionary Biology and Communication:
    • Darwin's insights on animal communication.
    • Zahavi's Handicap Principle and its role in ensuring signal honesty.
    • Maynard Smith's Index Signals and their reliability without cost.
  • AI and the Evolution of Communication:
    • The impact of AI on the reliability of communication signals.
    • Challenges posed by deepfakes in video and audio.
    • The arms race between deception technologies and verification methods.
  • Cultural and Institutional Roles:
    • How culture and institutions uphold the reliability of signals.
    • The interplay between technological advancements and societal norms.
  • Future of Communication in the Digital Age:
    • Strategies for developing secure communication channels.
    • Balancing privacy with the need for verification.
    • The role of trusted sources in maintaining signal integrity.

Papers and Books Mentioned:

Turing, A. M. (1950). Computing machinery and intelligence. Mind, 59(236), 433-460. https://doi.org/10.1093/mind/LIX.236.433

Zahavi, A. (1975). Mate selection—a selection for a handicap. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 53(1), 205-214. https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-5193(75)90111-3

Veblen, T. (1899). The Theory of the Leisure Class. New York: Macmillan.

https://moglen.law.columbia.edu/LCS/theoryleisureclass.pdf

https://dn720401.ca.archive.org/0/items/theoryofleisurec01vebl/theoryofleisurec01vebl.pdf

Weizenbaum, J. (1966). ELIZA—A computer program for the study of natural language communication between man and machine. Communications of the ACM, 9(1), 36-45. https://doi.org/10.1145/365153.365168

Donath, J. S. (2002). Identity and deception in the virtual community. In Communities in cyberspace (pp. 37-68). Routledge.

https://vivatropolis.com/papers/Donath/IdentityDeception/IdentityDeception.pdf

Current Progress on the forthcoming book: Signals, Truth & Design

https://vivatropolis.com/judith/signalsTruthDesign.html

Donath, J. (2014). The social machine: designs for living online. MIT Press.https://direct.mit.edu/books/monograph/4037/The-Social-MachineDesigns-for-Living-Online

Other:

The Story about the Ferrari executive Deepfake attempt

https://www.carscoops.com/2024/07/ferrari-ceo-impersonator-uncovered-by-colleague-in-deepfake-call/

We geeked out for a moment on Programming languages. Learn about them here.

The C language

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_(programming_language)

Introduction to C

https://www.w3schools.com/c/c_intro.php

APL Language

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APL_(programming_language)

Learn APL

https://xpqz.github.io/learnapl/intro.html

Try APL

https://tryapl.org

LISP Language

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisp_(programming_language)

Learn LISP

https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/introduction-to-lisp/

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