EP17 Thijs Pepping, Real Fake: playing with reality in the age of AI, deepfakes and the metaverse!

🤫🚀Today I have the absolute pleasure release this #idealoading episode where I interview Thijs Pepping one of the co-authors of #RealFake: playing with reality in the age of AI, deepfakes and the #metaverse! What an amazing conversation, thank you Thijs for taking the time! And thank you to the co-authors Menno Van Doorn & Sander Duivestein.

The distorted reality and echo chamber are of our own creation. Technology is just making it much more visible.

Background, sneakpreview of questions and topics we have explored today:

Thijs Pepping has a Master's degree from the University of Humanistic Studies and is fascinated by the relationship between
people and technology. Especially when it comes to questions regarding life and death, love, the art of living, and the experience of time and reality. His philosophical reflections and critical notes can be found regularly in newspapers, on YouTube, public talks and in
more intimate settings with organisations.

Question & topics we explored:
- Why real fake?
- What was the angle for you you to Write Real fake?
- What is The Shed at Dulwich? 
- What is our reality and How are we Playing with reality?
- Our media is changing how can we adapt?
- Our second life in the immersive world of metaverse?
- Digital humans is that our future?
- 1 avatar or a multitude of avatars all representing us?
- How are we Merging our lives and ourselves into a new reality, how can we redefine the way we look at reality?
- How can we protect ourselves from fake news?

Happy listening, Stay curious 🧐! And as always don't forget to subscribe and your thoughts 💭 and comments are always welcome! 🙏

Buy the book here: REAL FAKE