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Digital Planet: Go Viral! online game

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Go Viral! online game

20/10/2020 GMT

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Spreading misinformation in the game Go Viral!

Go Viral! game; who runs AI?; online dance project

Go Viral! is a browser based game where you have a go at being a spreader of misinformation. Along the way, you learn the tactics of the trolls and you come out the other end, better able to differentiate the facts from the alternative facts online. Gareth discusses why these games can change peoples’ minds with one of the game’s co-developers, Jon Roozenbeek of the Department of Psychology at Cambridge University in England.

Human rights lawyer Flynn Coleman has just published a book called A Human Algorithm – how artificial intelligence is redefining who we are. She explains to Gareth why she’s concerned about the small group of individuals who are in charge of the digital world and what should be done to change that. 

In the pandemic choreographer Alexander Whitley has had to postpone his live shows.  Hannah Fisher reports on how he’s moved his dance project online and invited others to collaborate. The music is ‘Memory Arc’ by Rival Consoles.

The programme is presented by Gareth Mitchell with expert commentary from Ghislaine Boddington

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Producer: Ania Lichtarowicz
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