Algorithms, AI, and the Attention Economy
The episode pairs a concrete AI impersonation story with a discussion of platform algorithms and family media use, which may be relevant to advisors thinking about how clients and their families consume online information.
Summary
By the markets & outlook deskDavid Pakman joins the podcast to discuss his book Pay Attention and how attention became a core commodity of the digital economy. The conversation covers algorithmic incentives that reward outrage over nuance, platform constraints on creators, an AI voice-cloning YouTube channel that impersonated Pakman, and media-literacy habits for families.
- Attention is described as the core commodity of the modern economy.
- Algorithms are said to reward outrage over nuance.
- A YouTube channel used AI voice-cloning to impersonate David Pakman and was algorithmically recommended to his own audience.
- The discussion includes a media-diet framework and how to talk with kids and aging parents about media use.
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