2023 has truly been the year of AI. No tech story has dominated the headlines to such an extent, and for good reason. Its effects are already world changing. Over the course of this season, we’ve followed the thrilling rise of AI in so many different fields - from health to music, and fraud prevention to coding. In this final episode of Playing with Reality Season 2, we’re doing a retrospective on these topics, and a speculative look forward, to see where we stand today, and what’s coming next in the world of Artificial Intelligence.

Today’s Guest

Nina Schick

Nina Schick is an author, entrepreneur and advisor specialising in Generative AI. One of the first GenAI experts, Nina analyses how this nascent field of artificial intelligence will change humanity. Among many other endeavours, Nina is the Founder of Tamang Ventures, an advisory and creative firm focused on Generative AI, and the creator of ‘The Era of Generative AI’ – a community featuring the weekly EGAI newsletter, as well as exclusive content and interviews.

Music has always been a creative act - something that expresses the deepest of human emotions in song. But now, digital technologies are stepping in to challenge humans. Today, with just a simple prompt in natural language, AI can create a fully formed song, or even copy the exact style of established artists. So what does this mean for the industry, and for the musicians themselves? Are we reaching a Napster style moment, where copyright is at risk? And is it all bad news? How are musicians utilising these new technologies to create things which are exciting and new? Find out this week on Playing with Reality.

Today’s Guest

Marcus du Sautoy

Marcus du Sautoy is a mathematician at the University of Oxford, where he is also the Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science. He is the author of a number of popular maths and science books, including The Creativity Code: How AI Is Learning to Write, Paint and Think, and Thinking Better: The Art of the Shortcut. He is one of the world’s leading thinkers about the intersection between science, creativity and digital technologies.

With the increasing prevalence of digital monetary transactions, fraud has become an ever-present threat to all of us online. And advancements in AI have also made it possible for fraudsters to use sophisticated techniques to perpetrate their crimes. From deepfakes to investment scams, AI has made it easier than ever for fraudsters to manipulate people and systems. But AI is also being used to fight back - identifying patterns of fraud, detect anomalies in transactions, and even using behavioural biometrics to spot fraudsters before they can commit the crime. But who is winning in the battle between fraudsters and those fighting them? Will AI be the saviour here, or something that makes the issue of fraud worse? Find out on this week's episode of Playing with Reality.

Today’s Guest

Daniel Holmes

Daniel is a highly experienced global Fraud Prevention Leader with a career working across multiple business sectors, including Banks and Fraud & Financial Crime technology providers. He focuses on how data, technology, analytics, process and education can help banks to succeed in protecting customers and reducing fraud losses. He works as the Fraud Prevention SME at Feedzai, a company whose RiskOps platform leverages machine learning and big data to prevent and detect financial crime for some of the world's largest banks.

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