Google study shows AI will make bad health care worse
Not all technological development will benefit us. Others, unknown to their developers, worsen pre-existing conditions.
Beneficial But With Adverse Impacts
How democracies can turn out to become digital dictators
Political unrests are cropping up in various places in India, and the Indian government has resorted to internet blackout to control citizen resistance.
Can Russia create an isolated internet?
The Russian government may not have the capacity to shutdown the internet in the entire country, but its capacity to control and collect digital information is growing with every test.
Why do countries censor the internet?
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The internet and a new understanding of the First Amendment
Social media and the internet has opened new issues in the way laws are implemented. How may these impact future laws?
Media censorship and the Syrian Archive
The Syrian Archive is discovering that much of the videos from the war are being deleted automatically by AI. How will this affect the way we see, and understand the past, present, and future?
Researchers fool facial recognition software with life-like masks
When AI companies failed to mainstream fully autonomous vehicles, they turned to creating facial recognition AI. Turns out, many facial recognition systems are not as robust as their developers would want us to think. Why then are governments allowing these systems to be sold commercially without regulation?
Intelligence tests and the real human potential
Intelligence tests cannot measure a person’s worth. Why then are we trying to build societies that uphold the dominance of artificial intelligence?
Boston Dynamics’ Spot raises issues on the future of robotic law enforcement
The police force of Massachusetts is slowly trusting their robotic comrades. Is it time to create laws to regulate the use of robots in law enforcement?
Monsanto’s concerted effort to bury the truth
Whose right is more important: business or citizens? With Google’s AI, Monsanto was able to hide the truth about glyphosate.