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November 26, 2018
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AI Social Media Could Totally Manipulate You

Deep learning specialist: And the scary thing is, the AI needed is not especially advanced
Mind Matters
November 26, 2018
Artificial Intelligence, Social Factors
Readers familiar with The Two Towers will recall that that’s precisely what Worm-Tongue did to Theoden King: The king heard nothing but what was conveyed to him from his would-be overlord by Worm-tongue, until someone separated him, rather forcibly, from his "social medium." Read More ›
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Mind Matters
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November 21, 2018
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The Death of the Ad Agency Was Widely Publicized

But, like so many industries, advertising turned out to be weathering the digital storm after all
Mind Matters
November 21, 2018
Social Factors
A recent surge in jobs could be temporary. But it’s beginning to look as though the iconic ad culture is adjusting to the digital age. There's a film in that too. Probably a lot of them.   Read More ›
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October 5, 2018
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Remember those awful Seventies TV ads?

The new “attention economy” killed that kind of advertising. But what now?
Mind Matters
October 5, 2018
Machine Learning, Social Factors
One way of describing the change is that we now live in an attention economy rather than a captive time economy, so far as advertising is concerned. Read More ›
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August 28, 2018
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Giant Google’s vulnerable spot

Social media are free because we are both the content and the market
Denyse O'Leary
August 28, 2018
Recently, we looked at philosopher of technology George Gilder’s Life after Google: The Fall of Big Data and the Rise of the Blockchain Economy. But what form would that decline take? A look at the advertising picture offers one clue. Read More ›