technologist stephen wolfram puts a pin in social media information bubbles facebook, fail, gafam, google, hope, hopelessness, know, politic, privacy, technology https://adage.com/article/digital/technologist-stephen-wolfram-puts-pin-social-media-information-bubbles/2215766?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_term=adage&utm_content=a16f7e8d-ddb0-457a-89cf-cfa22ca52d91
MIT made an army of tiny, ‘virtually indestructible’ cheetah robots that can backflip and even play with a soccer ball apocalypse, dystopia, hopelessness, robot https://www.businessinsider.com/mit-mini-cheetah-robots-backflip-jump-play-soccer-video-2019-11?IR=T
AI used for first time in job interviews in uk to find best applicants 1984, ai, dystopia, ethic, hopelessness, know, technology https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/09/27/ai-facial-recognition-used-first-time-job-interviews-uk-find/#
youTube’s AI is the puppet master over most of what you watch 1984, data, dystopia, google, hopelessness, know, monopoly, psychology https://www.cnet.com/news/youtube-ces-2018-neal-mohan/
apparently facebook did approve ads saying republicans support the green new deal facebook, fakenews, hopelessness Apparently Facebook did approve ads saying Republicans support the Green New Deal
google is improving 10 percent of searches by understanding language context 1984, bias, dystopia, google, hopelessness https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/25/20931657/google-bert-search-context-algorithm-change-10-percent-langauge
julian assange’s lawyers were placed under surveillance. but that’s not the whole story. 1984, censorship, hopelessness, know Julian Assange’s lawyers were placed under surveillance. But that’s not the whole story.
spain security firm probed ‘for spying on assange for CIA’ 1984, hopelessness, know, leak, surveillance https://www.securityweek.com/spain-security-firm-probed-spying-assange-cia
facebook to offer ‘news’ tab for users — and pay (some) publishers for their work facebook, hopelessness, know https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/10/23/facebook-offer-news-tab-users-pay-some-publishers-their-work/?utm_campaign=buffer&utm_content=buffer20253&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
crypto rebels trip over each other en route to financial utopia blockchain, hope, hopelessness https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-10-05/crypto-rebels-trip-over-each-other-en-route-to-financial-utopia