Episode 193

Carissa Veliz: Surveillance, Privacy, and the Digital Identity Crisis

Carissa Véliz is an Associate Professor at the Institute of Ethics in Artificial Intelligence at Oxford University. Carissa shares the threats of the digital age on our privacy, how we can protect ourselves, and what's at stake in this emerging digital age. YouTube: https://youtu.be/8ETKyd3oiNY

Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal · Theories of Everything

May 31, 202446m 1s

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Carissa Véliz joins us to explore how surveillance, Covid, and digital identity intersect with privacy and data rights, contrasting analog and digital worlds. We debate the ethical limits of monitoring and the future of personal autonomy in a hyper‑connected society.

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