Carl Miller combines data and analysis with immersive, first-hand reporting to understand how our lives are changing. He's tried to re-create himself from hidden data, visited information warfare bases, exposed autocratic states manipulating Wikipedia, interviewed fake news merchants, lived in a political-technology commune, met Taiwan's digital democrats, and become involved in the struggle for control of an online assassination market.
He co-founded the Centre for the Analysis of Social Media at Demos, the first UK think tank institute dedicated to studying the digital world. For the past nine years, he's been its Research Director, building new machine learning-driven approaches to robustly study online life and has written over 20 major studies spanning online electoral interference, radicalisation, digital politics, conspiracy theories, cyber-crime, and Internet governance.
His debut book, The Death of the Gods: The New Global Power Grab was published in 2018 by Penguin RandomHouse, and won the 2019 Transmission Prize. He presents programmes for the BBC's flagship technology show, Click and has written for Wired, New Scientist, the Sunday Times, the Telegraph and the Guardian. He's a Visiting Research Fellow at King's College London, a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Strategic Dialogue, a Fellow at the Global Initiative against Transnational Organised Crime, an Associate of the Imperial War Museum and a member of the Society Board of the British Computing Society.
Carl Miller explores the unseen forces shaping our lives, revealing how digital technology and data are redefining power dynamics in today's society.
Carl Miller discusses the complexities of risk and volatility in today's digital landscape, highlighting how technology impacts financial markets and societal norms.
Carl Miller's talk on Digital Crime and Cyber Security delves into the evolving landscape of cyber threats and the critical importance of robust digital defenses in today's interconnected world.
Carl Miller discusses strategies for success in the digital age, emphasizing the importance of innovation, adaptability, and understanding digital trends to thrive in the evolving technological landscape.
Is seeing believing? Maybe Not. Carl talks about the struggle between truth and lies online. He covers the rise of attention hacking, fake news, and information warfare. How new technology can create fake photos and videos that look very, very real. How social media platforms are being systematically subverted, and how militaries increasingly fight wars in information. It's a new arms race, but one everyone is part of.