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Aerial Australian Beach Landscape, Great Ocean Road

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post

Author
Peter Biles
Date
February 8, 2023

Categorized
Language

Tagged
Amusing Ourselves to Death, ChatGPT, Distraction, Facebook, internet, Kit Wilson, Language, Neil Postman, Netflix, Novel, social media, The New Atlantis, TikTok, War and Peace, Word, Writing}

Awash in a Sea of Digital Information

_{In the age of infinite online text, maybe less is more} _{Peter Biles

February 8, 2023

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Language}

Some days after I close my laptop, I’d like to pick up a novel and read or work on a short story project, but then feel like I just need to empty my mind of all the snippets and clips of textual information I’ve consumed that day. News blurbs, thought pieces, emails, provocative tweets, more emails, more news blurbs… Frequently I’ll turn to a TV show or a social media binge in place of the novel. My brain can’t take any more text. It’s burnt out. It’s no secret contemporary Americans live in a sea of images and videos. YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook all vie for human attention through images and color schemes designed to catch the distracted eye. Read More ›

Hand click searching data information networking. Concept for network web and technology

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post

Author
Jonathan Bartlett
Date
February 6, 2023

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence

Tagged
AI, Articles, ChatGPT, Fake, Google, internet, Links, NPR, Online, Psychology Today, Search engine, Sources}

Whatever You Do, Don’t Ask GPT for Sources

_{The chatbot will give you a lot of links that don't necessarily direct you where you want to go} _{Jonathan Bartlett

February 6, 2023

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Artificial Intelligence}

One of the more amusing things I’ve found from OpenAI’s GPT-3 and ChatGPT is the fact that it will very confidently provide you with sources on anything you ask—and they will often be completely made up. It will even provide fake (but real-looking) URLs for you! I stumbled across this feature when researching a previous GPT-3 article about how well it could write blog posts compared to real authors. I initially tried asking GPT-3 to include sources, and it generated complete nonsense for the sources. I decided that, for that article, sources were not the main question, so I left it out of the final queries. However, in response to my latest article about ChatGPT not being a Google replacement, someone commented Read More ›

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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post

Author
News
Date
January 25, 2023

Categorized
Law, Media

Tagged
Advertising, capitalism, Competition, Department of Justice, Digital media, Google, internet, Lawsuit, Monopoly, Technology}

U.S. Department of Justice Sues Google (Again)

_{The DOJ claims the tech giant is unlawfully monopolizing the digital advertising market} _{News

January 25, 2023

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Law, Media}

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is suing Google, claiming the technology company has monopolized the digital advertising market. This marks the second federal anti-trust suit against Google. Google has led the digital advertising market for years, although companies like TikTok and Amazon are becoming more viable competitors. Despite the competition, Google still raked in $209B in advertising in 2021, per a briefing from 1440 News, and its 2022 financial report is expected to disclose similar numbers. The official complaint notes the benefit and importance of a “vibrant internet” in American life but emphasizes the centrality of economic diversity and competition. Section 4 of the complaint claims “the ad tech space is broken,” further explaining, One industry behemoth, Google, Read More ›

Error page template for website. Retro robot with monitor computer head. Warning message on blue screen. macro view copy space

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post

Author
Jeffrey Funk and Gary Smith
Date
January 16, 2023

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence

Tagged
AI, AI research, Chatbot failings, ChatGPT, computer, Databases, economics, internet, Large Language Models (LLMs), Robots}

Large Language Models Can Entertain but Are They Useful?

_{Humans who value correct responses will need to fact-check everything LLMs generate} _{Jeffrey Funk and Gary Smith

January 16, 2023

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Artificial Intelligence}

In 1987 economics Nobel Laureate Robert Solow said that the computer age was everywhere—except in productivity data. A similar thing could be said about AI today: It dominates tech news but does not seem to have boosted productivity a whit. In fact, productivity growth has been declining since Solow’s observation. Productivity increased by an average of 2.7% a year from 1948 to 1986, by less than 2% a year from 1987 to 2022. Labor productivity is the amount of goods and services we produce in a given amount of time—output per hour. More productive workers can build more cars, construct more houses, and educate more children. More productive workers can also enjoy more free time. If workers can do in four Read More ›

China flag and praying patriot man with crossed hands. Holding cross, hoping and wishing.

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post

Author
Heather Zeiger
Date
October 18, 2020

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Religion, Social Media, Surveillance, Technocracy

Tagged
___longform, Atheism, Bitter Winter (online magazine), Chinese Communist Party (CCP), COVID-19, Falun Gong, Featured, internet, Online church services, Religion in China, Religious persecution (China), WeChat, Xi Lian}

How China’s Technocracy Uses the Pandemic to Suppress Religion

_{The pandemic provided a pretext to install surveillance equipment in churches and surveil believers online} _{Heather Zeiger

October 18, 2020

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Artificial Intelligence, Religion, Social Media, Surveillance, Technocracy}

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought out the ways that technology can lead either to greater accessibility or greater oppression. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is now using the same technologies that have given many people around the world access to religious materials and church services during the pandemic to forcibly stop religious gatherings and restrict the distribution of religious materials within China. Although the CCP is officially atheist, over 60% of the population adheres to a recognized religion; 30.8% practice Chinese folk religions, 16.6% Buddhism, 7.4% Christianity, 4.2% ethnic religion, and 1.8% Islam. Authentic numbers may be higher, given the risk of punishment for practicing certain religions in China. The Chinese government has persecuted, tortured, and imprisoned Falun Gong members Read More ›

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post

Author
Denyse O'Leary
Date
October 24, 2019

Categorized
Data Privacy, Global Technology

Tagged
5G, Andre Feutsch, AT&T, COSM, data, Data Security, Geofencing, Health, internet, Privacy, Smartphone, Smartphones}

Your smartphone will disappear, says AT&T CTO

_{New 5G computing will introduce an era of ever smarter wearable devices, according to Andre Fuetsch} _{Denyse O'Leary

October 24, 2019

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Data Privacy, Global Technology}

Fuetsch asks us to think of 3G (2001) and 4G (2010) internet as the difference between a junior high school rock band and a high school rock band: “The high school band is a lot louder and a lot faster.” And 5G? “It is a 40-piece orchestra. A wide spectrum of abilities but tight structure and control.”

How the Internet Turns Coffee Klatches into Mobs

_{A philosopher sheds light on how the Covington high school kids became America's Most Hated} _{Michael Egnor

February 1, 2019

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Philosophy of Mind, Social Factors}

The chaos and violence rising in our own country and around the world get much of their fuel from the obscurity and contagion of the internet, which is kerosene sprayed on the sparks tossed up by civilization. If we are to survive this conflagration, we must understand how these fires grow. Read More ›

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podcast

Author
Robert J. Marks
Date
January 10, 2019

Tagged
access, Appropriate Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Culture, internet}

Appropriate Technology for the Developing World: Part III

_{Responding to Satya Nadella and Internet Access for All} _{Robert J. Marks

January 10, 2019

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How do we prevent technology from destroying us? In the case of developing countries the answer is not what most think. We give the answer today on Mind Matters.

A chilling snippet from mass surveillance in China

_{China is helping other countries restrict their citizens’ internet, while shunning the U.S.} _{Mind Matters

November 2, 2018

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Ethics, Machine Learning, Social Factors}

Overall, governments worldwide are restricting the freedom of the internet, especially around election times, and the big social media companies are conspicuous by their silence. Read More ›