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Denyse O'Leary
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September 15, 2018
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The true cost of “free” social media

It’s free but… are we? George Gilder points a way forward.
Denyse O'Leary
September 15, 2018
He thinks that expected massive increases in computing power will enable blockchain technologies that allow users to safely bypass the global data monopoly that Google and similar firms represent. Read More ›
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September 14, 2018
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Senior Google scientist quits over Google’s censorship in China

He believes it “contravenes widely accepted principles of international law and human rights”
Mind Matters
September 14, 2018
Some believe that any censorship system that a human being can develop can somehow be got around by another human being. China may provide a way of testing that.   Read More ›
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Jonathan Bartlett
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September 13, 2018
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How Bitcoin Works: The social value of trust

Jonathan Bartlett
September 13, 2018

The idea of employing such a game to guarantee validity in a trustless environment is nothing short of groundbreaking. It is an amazing accomplishment, and I am impressed by it more each time I think about it. However, it does have some drawbacks, which, I think, will ultimately lead to its demise.

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September 12, 2018
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Twitter doesn’t just seem out of control

It actually is.
Mind Matters
September 12, 2018
Social media may be changing the world more than we think. And we may need some social leadership in fighting back against Twitter mobs. It probably won’t emerge from within because bullies are usually cowards. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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September 11, 2018
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Google branches out into politics

Unfortunately, the only political model it would likely know is: One-party state
Denyse O'Leary
September 11, 2018

The unchallenged manipulation of search engine results during elections is a new phenomenon made possible by the domination of the internet by a few big players.

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September 10, 2018
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How do robots “care”?

Emotional robots’ cameras and sensors respond to your facial expressions, tone of voice, and movements
Mind Matters
September 10, 2018

Critics of the emotional robotics industry say that the view of emotions (assumed in the industry to be only six) is oversimplified and that the robots are likely to promote stereotypes.

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Michael Egnor
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September 8, 2018
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Can machines really learn?

A parable of a book that learned
Michael Egnor
September 8, 2018
Machine learning is a powerful and important tool that is likely to be of great value (and perhaps great risk) to man. Machines can be designed to change with time but it is man, and only man, who learns. Read More ›
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Mind Matters
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September 7, 2018
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What is learning anyway?

Machine learning specialist George Montañez reflects on the question in a video excerpt from the CNAI gala
Mind Matters
September 7, 2018
Can we make approximations that are so close to ourselves that the fact that they are approximations no longer matters? Read More ›
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Jonathan Bartlett
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September 6, 2018
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“Artificial” Artificial Intelligence

What happens when AI needs a human I?
Jonathan Bartlett
September 6, 2018
Artificial intelligence often fails at crucial points. It must then be supplemented by human intelligence. Many software systems that look to their users like pure advanced artificial intelligence hide a lot of human effort behind a technological mask. Read More ›
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Eric Holloway
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September 4, 2018
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Slaughterbots: How far is too far?

And how will we know if we have crossed a line?
Eric Holloway
September 4, 2018
A greater focus should be on restoring the foundations of our nation over building superweapons. And the key foundation is all human beings' right to life. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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September 1, 2018
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Karl Marx’s Eerie AI Prediction

He felt that capitalism would fall when machines replaced human labor
Denyse O'Leary
September 1, 2018
Because Marx held that the value of goods resided in the labor required to produce them, if goods were produced by automatons, without human labor, the economy would fall apart and capitalism would fail. Read More ›
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August 31, 2018
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Imagining Life after Google

Reviewers of George Gilder's new book weigh in
Mind Matters
August 31, 2018

If we have simply taken the big software, hardware, and social media companies who dominate our lives for granted, the reactions from the business world to Life after Google: The Fall of Big Data and the Rise of the Blockchain Economy should give us a lot to think about.

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Denyse O'Leary
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August 30, 2018
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Robogeddon!! Pause.

Wait. This just in: AI is NOT killing all our jobs
Denyse O'Leary
August 30, 2018
Jay Richards, author of The Human Advantage: The Future of American Work in an Age of Smart Machines,sees it as more of a retooling than a meltdown. But retooling does mean change, work, cost, and risk. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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August 25, 2018
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Ethics for an Information Society

Because machines can’t learn to solve their own ethical problems
Denyse O'Leary
August 25, 2018
AI (machine learning) was probably faster and cheaper but the whole point of the system was supposed to be justice which, whatever the explanation, proved too difficult to calculate… Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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August 20, 2018
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Sometimes the ‘Bots Turn Out To Be Humans

That “lifelike” effect was easier to come by than some might think
Denyse O'Leary
August 20, 2018
Companies sometimes pretend to be using AI or machine learning when they are actually using human employees for various reasons. One reason is that they have promised potential investors more high tech than they can deliver. Sometimes, as we learned recently at The Guardian, it gets a bit sticky... Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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August 20, 2018
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Will AI Liberate or Enslave Developing Countries?

Perhaps that depends on who gets there first with the technology
Denyse O'Leary
August 20, 2018
Karl D. Stephan: Zimbabwe, an African country well-known for its human-rights abuses, has received advanced Chinese AI technology from a startup company in exchange for letting the firm have access to the country’s facial-recognition database. So China is helping the government of Zimbabwe to keep tabs on its citizens as well. Read More ›
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Jonathan Bartlett
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August 13, 2018
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Who Creates Information in a Market?

Do exchange-traded funds (ETFs)' algorithms make personally gathering information obsolete?
Jonathan Bartlett
August 13, 2018

Algorithmic strategies can only be as good as the information that goes into them.  Ignoring how the information is created causes us to misunderstand the dynamics of value creation.  Algorithms can leverage information, they can’t create it.

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