Lies, Damned Lies, and Siri

Author: cj little and Jeff Parker
Published: Thu 09 May 2024
Episode Link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nnsnspdcst/episodes/Lies--Damned-Lies--and-Siri-e2ic0nt

(0:00) Pre-Show

(1:10) Open

(1:25) Special Day: Magnetic Letter Day!

(2:50) cj's week: A Surprise Visit From Beck

(4:17) Jeff's Week: I’m Not a Robot!

(5:47) Headline: FCC fines wireless carriers millions for sharing user locations without consent

(10:26) Headline: Bluesky confirms Jack Dorsey is no longer on its board

(11:27) Headline: TikTok sues US to block law that could ban the social media platform

(15:39) Segment: The Siri is a Liar

(43:06) cj’s recommendation: Stanley Cup Hockey & The National Anthem

(44:50) Jeff’s Recommendation: Long Shot on Netflix

You might want to reconsider what you ask your personal, virtual assistant to “just do” for you. As the boys discuss in this week’s episode, sometimes your well-meaning Siri can just get it plain wrong - or in cj’s case, plane wrong! We suspect this “Siri poisoning” will continue to be a thing, just like the DNS poisoning of yesteryear, and the more current AI poisoning plaguing training data today.

But before Jeff gets a chance to revel in cj’s naivety, the boys discuss more FCC fines (yay!), Dorsey leaving Bluesky (meh), and TikTok suing the US to prevent their sale-or-ban future (boo!).

And ferrous friendly letters, whatever that means!

Beck joins Cage The Elephant on stage to perform Trouble

What really happens when you click 'I'm not a robot'

Headlines

FCC fines wireless carriers millions for sharing user locations without consent | CNN Business

Bluesky confirms Jack Dorsey is no longer on its board - The Verge

TikTok sues US to block law that could ban the social media platform

Segment

Domain Name System - Wikiwand

DNS spoofing - Wikiwand

What Is Data Poisoning? - CrowdStrike

This new data poisoning tool lets artists fight back against generative AI | MIT Technology Review