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Denyse O'Leary
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August 29, 2018
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Silicon Valley as a Colonial Power

Irish writer asks us to look more carefully at claims about “liberation”
Denyse O'Leary
August 29, 2018
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Ethics, Social Factors
The social media companies will force us to define ourselves over against the specifications of our would-be programmers. And say what you want about the conflict, it will never be dull. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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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
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Social Factors
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 ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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August 22, 2018
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Social Factors
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Hell Is a “Parasocial” Place

Where your "friends" may not even exist
Denyse O'Leary
August 22, 2018
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Social Factors
Consumer digital hells can be dreadful indeed but they are mostly of our own making. The companies that profit from them are not forcing us to live in them. That said, students should be taught in school that the internet’s virtual world features a great deal of fakery, including fake friends. Read More ›
Biometric facial recognition on smartphone. Unlock smartphone as it scans his face.
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Denyse O'Leary
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August 20, 2018
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Machine Learning, Social Factors
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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
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Machine Learning, Social Factors
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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Denyse O'Leary
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August 14, 2018
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Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance, Social Factors
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George Gilder: Life after Google Will Be Okay

People will take ownership of their own data, cutting out the giant “middle man”
Denyse O'Leary
August 14, 2018
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Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance, Social Factors

In his new book, he calls the successor era he envisions the “cryptocosm,” referring to the private encryption of data, represented by technologies such as blockchain.

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Denyse O'Leary
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July 29, 2018
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AI Has a (Wonderful) Plan for Your Life

Tech-savvy religion scholars play with reshaping society
Denyse O'Leary
July 29, 2018
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Artificial Intelligence, Religion

The team is pessimistic about getting politicians on side and hopes to persuade policy analysts to convince the politicians to adopt the policies their model suggests instead. Wildman predicts, “We’re going to get them in the end.”

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