Podcast #35: Ainissa Ramirez

Science evangelist Ainissa Ramirez takes a look at how major technologies have shaped human culture—both intentionally and not.

By Betsy Brunner | June 4, 2020 | Culture, Ethics, Health, Knowledge, Media, Podcasts, Society, Transportation, Well-Being | Attention, Bias, Binary Thinking, Circadian Rhythms, Communications, Community, Consumerism, Control, Coronavirus, Critical Thinking, Diversity, Education, Electric Light, Emotional Reactivity, Empathy, Engineers, History, Imagination, Invention, Inventors, Language, Literature, Memory, Motivation, Non-Verbal Communication, Nuance, Photography, Polarization, Politics, Reading, Science, Self-Empowerment, Self-Identity, Social Media, Speed, STEM, storytelling, Telegraph, Texting, The Alchemy of Us, Trains, Twitter, Unintended Consequences

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New AI Paper Warns of Malicious Intent

A new report on AI examines what might happen when bad actors deliberately misuse the technology. Despite its importance, politicians may not be paying attention.

By Art Keller | April 4, 2018 | Artificial Intelligence, Government, Law, Prediction, Security | AI, Artificial Intelligence, Assassination, Autonomous Systems, Cambridge, Center for the Study of Existential Risk, Cyberwarfare, Danger, EFF, Ethics, Future of Humanity Institute, Hacking, IEEE, Impersonation, Insider Threat, Intelligence, Malware, Nicolas Economou, Oxford, Phishing, Politics, Research, Sabotage, Scott Amyx, Totalitarianism

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Podcast #14: Cathy O’Neil on the problem of algorithms

Mathematician Cathy O’Neil shares her insider’s look at how algorithms are gaming our world, with terrible consequences for those who can least afford them.

By Mo Lotman | December 13, 2017 | Artificial Intelligence, Economics, Education, Government, Media, Podcasts, Politics, Prediction, Society | Algorithms, Banking, Big Data, Black Box, College Rankings, COMPAS, Credit, Criminal Justice, Data Brokers, DE Shaw, Education, Facebook, Inequality, Internet, Julia Angwin, LSI-R, Math, Micro-Targeting, Optimization, Politics, Polling, Predatory Advertising, Racism, Recidivism, Risk, Scoring Systems, Teachers, Testing, Unfairness, US News & World Report, Value-Added Model, Websites

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Walter Lippmann’s Enduring Relevance

In the 20th Century, Walter Lippmann was one of America’s most gifted political theorists. Forty-three years after his death, he may still be.

By Mo Lotman | May 17, 2017 | Culture, Identity, Philosophy, Politics, Society | American Catholic Philosophical Association, Buddhism, Democracy, Fascism, Geopolitics, Identity, Modernity, Philosophy, Political Theory, Politics, The Hungry Ghost, The New Republic, Today and Tomorrow, Vanity Fair, Walter Lippmann, Wisdom, World War I, World War II

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2016, The Year in Review

A look back at the biggest technology-related stories of 2016.

By Mo Lotman | January 4, 2017 | Advertising, Artificial Intelligence, Automation, Cognition, Culture, Economics, Environment, Ethics, Health, Human Rights, Journalism, Media, Policing, Politics, Privacy, Society, Transportation | AI, Amazon, Analog, Antibacterial Soap, Apple, Augmented Reality, Autonomous Vehicles, Black Lives Matter, Brain Training, Cancer, Comet Ping Pong, Cryogenics, Data Breach, DDOS, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, DNC, Drone Delivery, Drones, Dyn, Encryption, Facebook Live, Fake News, FBI, FDA, Gawker, Genetic Engineering, Go, Google, Hacking, Hillary Clinton, Hulk Hogan, Internet of Things, iPhone, Lee Sedol, Live-Streaming, Lumosity, Mitocondrial Donation, music, Orwell, Peter Thiel, Philando Castile, Pokemon Go, Police Shootings, Politics, Records, Robots, Russia, San Bernardino, self-driving cars, Sex Tape, Spotify, surveillance, Terrorism, Tesla, Triclosan, Twitter, vinyl, Yahoo

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