12:00: Artificial intelligence in journalism: How is it being used now? What's coming next?
1:00: Dungeons & Dragons turned 50 this year. What keeps the game so popular?
WXXI’s David Streever hosts both hours of “Connections” today.
Tow fellow Felix Simon published Artificial Intelligence in the News, a report on four years of research into the current and potential uses of AI in journalism. Our other guest, Lucas Samuel, has recently published a paper exploring the dangers of AI-driven disinformation campaigns during crises. We talk about their views and listen to a sample of an AI-generated podcast* version of Simon's paper. Our guests:
- Felix M. Simon, research fellow in AI and news at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford
- Jason Lucas, Ph.D. student in informatics at Penn State University
*To listen to the full podcast, click the play button below.
Then in our second hour, we talk Dungeons & Dragons with game researchers, publishers, designers, and players. What keeps the game so fresh after 50 years? How has it grown with its original fans? What other games has it inspired? What are the social benefits of role playing? We discuss it all with our guests:
- Sean Boyle, principal lecturer of interactive games and media at RIT
- Jon-Paul Dyson, Ph.D., senior vice president for exhibits and interpretive resources at the Strong National Museum of Play
- Ben Doran, game designer/publisher of Dead Halt at ZONWARE
- Eira Brand, game designer and head of crowdfunding and fulfillment at Wraithmarked Creative and Development, and lead at It's Never Dark Enough
