How is the use of artificial intelligence (AI) shaping our human experience?

Kimberly Nevala ponders the reality of AI with a diverse group of innovators, advocates and data scientists. Ethics and uncertainty. Automation and art. Work, politics and culture. In real life and online. Contemplate AI’s impact, for better and worse.

All presentations represent the opinions of the presenter and do not represent the position or the opinion of SAS.

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        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-barrington/&quot;&gt;Sarah Barrington&lt;/a&gt; shifts from simply asking “real or fake?” to deeply considering the ways AI and synthetic media influence our notions of culture, identity and trust.   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Kimberly and Sarah discuss her road from the fast track of F1 to the frontlines of AI; the genesis of photography; supercharging existing harms with GenAI; the unsavory roots of synthetic media; microtargeting and information warfare; the liar’s dividend; content detection and digital identity; the agentic AI challenge; culture, identity and relevance; Mythos, AI access and proliferation; anti-regulatory narratives; the nuclear analogy; equipping policy makers and the public; questioning everything; and true AI enablement. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-barrington/&quot;&gt;Sarah Barrington&lt;/a&gt; is an AI researcher and PhD Candidate at UC Berkeley where she is part of Professor Hany Farid’s digital forensics lab. She also holds multiple cybersecurity positions. A specialist in generative AI &amp;amp; deepfake analysis, Sarah’s work has been cited at the Nobel Prize Summit, on NPR, by the UN and in numerous publications.  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Related Resources: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;David Attenborough and the Voice That Revealed a Planet (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.theringer.com/2026/05/04/tv/david-attenborough-voice-nature-earth-100-years&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Sarah’s Research and Publications (&lt;a href=&quot;https://sbarrington.com/&quot;&gt;website&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The DeepSpeak &lt;a href=&quot;https://sbarrington.com/researchprojects/deepspeakdataset&quot;&gt;Dataset&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.getrealsecurity.com/labs&quot;&gt;Get Real&lt;/a&gt; Security Labs &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;A transcript of this episode is &lt;a href=&quot;https://pondering-ai.transistor.fm/episodes/ep101/transcript&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;<br />
      

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