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Dr Richard Cook

My specialist areas are research methodologies (ethnography, ethnomethodology, sociological phenomenology) and digital technologies (artificial intelligence, voice assistants, internet of things).

I am interested in how things might be used pedagogically and any risks that might be associated with this.

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For PRESS enquiries regarding:

  • “The dangers and threats from artificial intelligence”
  • “AI manipulation and deception, autonomous generative AI, Frontier AI”
  • “Fake images, fake voices, fake news”
  • “Misinformation and democracy”
  • “Voice agents, speech and spoofing”
  • “Coordinated inauthentic behaviour and state actors”
  • “Social media harm”
  • “Virtual influencers, de-regulation of AI, podcasting”

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