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Bangkok, Thailand 25 AUG 2020. Men hand using digital tablet for search information on Google. Wireless Smartphone technology with intelligence search engine.
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
December 8, 2020
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Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, Work
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Google’s Leading AI Ethics Researcher Fired, Amid Controversy

Her research team targeted Google’s “cash cow”: advertising
Denyse O'Leary
December 8, 2020
Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, Work

Timnit Gebru, a leading AI ethics researcher, was fired from Google early this month under circumstances that have raised suspicions across the industry: On December 2, the AI research community was shocked to learn that Timnit Gebru had been fired from her post at Google. Gebru, one of the leading voices in responsible AI research, is known among other things for coauthoring groundbreaking work that revealed the discriminatory nature of facial recognition, cofounding the Black in AI affinity group, and relentlessly advocating for diversity in the tech industry. But on Wednesday evening, she announced on Twitter that she had been terminated from her position as Google’s ethical AI co-lead. “Apparently my manager’s manager sent an email [to] my direct reports…

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Group of friends using smartphones to communicate in social media. Concept of a generation of millennials who are online all the time. Warm hipster filter.
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James C. Patterson II
Date
October 5, 2020
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Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance, Data Privacy, Social Media, Surveillance
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The Social Dilemma: You’re Not the Customer, You’re the Product

A new Netflix documentary explores the techniques used to explore, then shape and sharpen, our attitudes, values, and beliefs
James C. Patterson II
October 5, 2020
Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance, Data Privacy, Social Media, Surveillance

What is truth? This question has likely been pondered by man for as long as man has been able to ponder. How do you know that what you read or hear is true? How do you know that what you think is true? Why is it that people with different worldviews or belief systems can look at the exact same raw objective data and interpret it in radically different ways? The answers to these questions are important to “know”, insofar as anyone can know anything within a reasonable degree of certainty. However, in our society today, it is becoming more and more difficulty to determine what is true––with any degree of certainty. A recent 90-minute Netflix documentary, The Social Dilemma,…

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Denise Simon
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May 14, 2020
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Denise Simon on Cyber Warfare and Misinformation

Denise Simon and Robert J. Marks
May 14, 2020

When one thinks of warfare, thoughts of killing people and breaking things come to mind. But there are also psychological aspects of war. Robert J. Marks and Denise Simon discuss the Gerasimov doctrine, cyber warfare, and misinformation. Show Notes 00:34 | Introducing Denise Simon, Senior Research / Intelligence Analyst for Foreign and Domestic Policy 01:24 | AI as part of…

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
January 30, 2020
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Social Media
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Do Bots Spreading False News Really Threaten Democracy?

Researchers found that humans spread more false news than bots
Denyse O'Leary
January 30, 2020
Social Media

The fact that humans outdo bots in spreading false news creates a huge practical problem for would-be reformers. If they want to rub out false news, banning bots from social media would be less effective than banning people.

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Brendan Dixon
Date
July 9, 2019
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Arts & Culture, Social Media
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Fake News Thrives on Fears of a Robot Takeover

The motion graphics artist tried to explain that he faked the amazing robot video
Brendan Dixon
July 9, 2019
Arts & Culture, Social Media

The convincing film was great for Tom’s Twitter feed but less great for what it says about our judgment as viewers. We believe too much AI hype. 

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News
Date
March 8, 2019
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Artificial Intelligence, Social Factors
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AI Dangers That Are Not Just Fake News

Total surveillance should worry us more than an AI news writing machine
News
March 8, 2019
Artificial Intelligence, Social Factors

Those who control a new communications technology typically have a great advantage over those who don’t—whether that technology is an alphabet, an abacus, a printing press, a telegraph, a telephone, or a software communications program.

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News
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January 14, 2019
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Ethics, Social Factors
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Research Showing That Fake News Easily Fools Us Collapses

A recent paper claiming that low-quality news (“fake news”) spreads as quickly on social media as accurate news has been retracted by its authors.
News
January 14, 2019
Ethics, Social Factors
A team from the Shanghai Institute of Technology sought to study whether accuracy made any difference to whether a post goes viral on social media. They cited a concern about “the digital misinformation that threatens our democracy.” Read More ›