CategorySocial Factors
Who Does the Concept of “Intellectual Property” Really Benefit?
Was traditional copyright law meant to protect algorithms that decide people’s financial fate?Does Democracy Demand a War on Twitterbots?
A key concern is that citizens could be induced to vote for a demagogue by Twitterbots spreading fake news.Tom Stoppard’s New Play Tackles Consciousness Itself
Consciousness is a hard problem for science, principally because no one quite understands what makes us the subjects of our experiences.Too Big to Fail Safe?
If artificial intelligence makes disastrous decisions from very complex calculations, will we still understand what went wrong?How the KGB Found CIA Agents
An illustration of complex, specified information (CSI) in the world of foreign intelligence agenciesIs the Future of Work Relentlessly Urban?
Amazon’s new combined New York and Washington headquarters may provide an unintended testGoogle.com or Google.gov?
A political analyst argues that Google is beginning to mesh with governments whose values are compatible with its own.The virtual bride
The answer to relationship problems: Your new spouse is a hologram. So far, only in JapanIf a Robot Read the News, Would You Notice a Difference?
The Chinese government thinks not. Is this the way of the future?Who Needs Wisdom? We’ve Got Algorithms!
On a decision about a TV series, the Algorithm offered a narrow view (ratings) while Hollywood offered a “big picture” view. Who was right?Can Tim Berners-Lee, who invented the World Wide Web, save it from humanity?
Berners-Lee has launched a global campaign for a Magna Carta to “protect people’s rights online from threats such as fake news, prejudice and hate”Is social media the best communications tool that ever happened?
The worst communications tool that ever happened? Or something less comfortable than either?Researchers find loneliness is hard on the brain
What we think about our lives really does affect our health.Did AI show that we are “a peaceful species” triggered by religion?
No, but this episode shows how science media sometimes help mislead the publicUnfortunately, most of the public knows about science only through science media professionals. And it is apparent that science media professionals often know little to nothing of what they are talking about.
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