Two podcast episodes were recently released on the Cambridge Analytica scandal that I think scientists working in this area should listen to.

The story that Christopher Wylie sold the media isn't right: he wasn't a whistleblower. He was actively courting bad actors.

More to the point, the tech doesn't work.

https://soundcloud.com/qanonanonymous/episode-213-rewriting-cambridge-analytica-p1-feat-anthony-mansuy

https://soundcloud.com/qanonanonymous/episode-214-rewriting-cambridge-analytica-p2-feat-anthony-mansuy

@socialpsych

#CambridgeAnalytica #AIhype #Wylie #PeopleAnalytics #Psychographics

"‘We got hold of a drum machine but there was no manual. That’s why the song has a weird conga pattern – we didn’t know how to delete it’"

Interview with Pete Wylie and producer Mike Hedges on the 40th anniversary of the release of Story of The Blues
#Wah #Wylie #music #Erics

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/jan/02/seance-channel-john-lennon-wah-story-of-the-blues