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Trump's Next Online Speech Cop + Doctors vs ChatGPT + Hard Fork Crimes Division

2024/11/22
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Kevin Roose
知名科技记者和作者，专注于技术、商业和社会交叉领域的报道。
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Nilay Patel
以尖锐评论和分析大科技公司和政治人物而闻名的《The Verge》编辑总监。
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Kevin Roose指出，Brendan Carr的任命将对互联网的未来，尤其是在言论自由方面产生重大影响。Nilay Patel认为，Carr的目标是成为一个老派的FCC主席，拥有更大的权力来监管科技巨头，并担心他将利用FCC的权力压制与其政治观点不同的声音。Carr关注的重点是修改230条款，以迫使平台按照他的意愿行事，这引发了对言论自由和互联网审查的担忧。

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The appointment of Brendan Carr as FCC Chairman raises concerns about the future of internet regulation and free speech in America. Carr's history and views on internet regulation, particularly his focus on big tech and perceived political bias, are discussed in detail.
  • Brendan Carr is a Republican who has been vocal about regulating big tech companies and addressing what he sees as anti-conservative censorship.
  • The FCC's authority over the internet is limited, but Carr's views could lead to increased scrutiny and potential legal battles over Section 230 and content moderation.
  • The potential for legal chaos under a new Trump administration poses a significant threat to free speech, as the government may attempt to regulate platforms in ways that conflict with established legal precedents.

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This week, President-elect Donald Trump picked Brendan Carr to be the next chairman of the F.C.C. We talk with The Verge’s editor in chief, Nilay Patel, about what this could mean for the future of the internet, and for free speech at large. Then, a new study found that ChatGPT defeated doctors at diagnosing some diseases. One of the study’s authors, Dr. Adam Rodman, joins us to discuss the future of medicine. And finally, court is back in session. It’s time for the Hard Fork Crimes Division.

 

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Guests:

  • Nilay Patel), co-founder of The Verge and host of the podcasts Decoder) and The Vergecast.)
  • Adam Rodman), internal medicine physician at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and one of the co-authors of a recent study) testing the effectiveness of ChatGPT to diagnose illnesses.

 

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