{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Privacy Podcast","title":"Protecting Privacy in the AI Age, Featuring Sudo","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/3fa41813\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2159,"description":"\n\"In the age of AI, privacy is the foundation of human autonomy,\" says Sudo.\n\n\nOn this episode of The Privacy Podcast, host Ben Schiller sits down with Sudo, Executive Director of SovRight (the nonprofit successor to the Electric Coin Company), to discuss privacy in the age of AI. \nSudo, part of the flourishing Zcash community, argues the battle isn’t just about protecting people’s data from surveillance. It’s about preserving our “right to choose” on the internet.\nThe conversation traces Sudo's journey from traditional finance to blockchain after witnessing the inefficiencies of a $100 million escrow transaction, an experience that revealed the transformative potential of smart contracts. From there, the discussion expands into the growing risks posed by AI, centralized data collection, digital identity, and the invisible systems that increasingly influence our everyday decisions.\nRather than viewing privacy as a simple checkbox or regulatory requirement, Sudo argues privacy should empower individuals to decide who can access their information, when, and for what purpose. As AI agents automate more of our daily lives, maintaining meaningful control over personal data may become one of the defining challenges of the decade.\nThe episode also explores:Why AI may quietly erode personal choice through manipulation and default automationHow privacy tools can become more intuitive instead of more complicatedSovRight's mission following its transition from the Electric Coin CompanyZcash's efforts to improve decentralization, wallet recovery, and network resilienceThe future of private AI inference and quantum-resistant privacy technologiesWhy mission-driven communities may become increasingly important as AI reshapes the internetIf AI is changing the internet, what safeguards will ensure people remain in control of their own lives? This conversation explores why the future of privacy may ultimately determine the future of human freedom.\n\nWhy It Matters\nAs AI systems...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/vpEuAfjPdK-wDcHhqYiQw4VjsckbaPox0yUDwiaMCsg/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS82ZmI4/ZTgwY2E4YzI2Zjky/ZGRhZTVkZjIxMzU5/ZjFlNi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}