Who Owns Our Digital Afterlives? With Carl Öhman
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Welcome to Intelligence Squared, where great minds meet. I'm producer Mia Serenti. These days, so much of our lives take place online, but what about our afterlives? A recent study by the Oxford Internet Institute predicts that the number of deceased Facebook users could outnumber the living by 2070. As AI advances, a debate is growing over digital remains and what should be done with the vast amounts of data we leave behind.
In this episode, Karl Ollman, author of The Afterlife of Data, explores the ethics, politics, and futures of our digital identities. Oman is an assistant professor political science at Uppsala University Sweden, and his work spans several topics, including the politics and ethics of AI, deep fakes and digital remains. Today he is joined in conversation by researcher and broadcaster Stephanie Hare to shed light on who truly owns our data after death and whether we should have a say in our digital legacy. Let's join Stephanie now with more.
Welcome to Intelligence Squared. I'm Stephanie Hare. Our guest today is Carl Ullmann. Welcome to Intelligence Squared, Carl. So I'm desperate to hear a little bit about your research background and how this led
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