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How Intelligent — Artificial or Otherwise — Is Any of This?
Technology, Power and Truth
From the Invention of Writing to AI.
Get Real, Congress: Censoring Search Results or Recommendations Is Still Censorship
By Jason Kelley / Electronic Frontier Foundation For the past two years, Congress has been trying to revise the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) to address criticisms from EFF, human…
“E-Carceration” Is the Newest Surveillance Trend Spreading Across the Globe
As the use of “e-carceration” spreads globally, invasive, AI-powered surveillance comes with it.
Young People Should Oppose the Kids Online Safety Act
By Jason Kelley / Electronic Frontier Foundation Next week, Congress plans to move a bill forward that is opposed by dozens of organizations, digital rights protectors, LGBTQ+ activists, and human…
Ralph Nader: Technology Needs Assessments by Congress Municipalities and Local Civic Groups
By Ralph Nader / Nader.org The pace of for-profit technological innovations is accelerating, but to what end beyond corporate sales? The gap between marketing new high-tech products and assessing their…
Geoffrey Hinton, AI, and Google’s Ethics Problem
By Binoy Kampmark / Countercurrents.org Talk about the dangers of artificial intelligence, actual or imagined, has become feverish, much of it induced by the growing world of generative chat bots.…
You Are Reading This Thanks to Semiconductors
By Vijay Prashad / Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research On 7 October 2022, the United States government implemented export controls in an effort to hinder the development of China’s semiconductor…
Here Come the Militarized Robots (But There Go Our Civil Liberties)
Domestic uses of robotic dogs are fundamentally dehumanizing and would further suggest that they contribute strongly to the militarization of culture and strengthening the power of the surveillance state.
AI and ChatGPT: Yet Another Assault on Democratic Governance?
We must understand that democracy is morphing with more technocratic systems of governance that lack full oversight and a clear understanding of their social and political impacts.
NYT Worries Big Brother Is Not Watching You
By Dorothee Benz / Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting A recent guest essay in the New York Times (12/28/22) concluded a searing takedown of “our technology overlords” with the sentence:…
Cops Are Asking To Kill People With Robots. What Could Go Wrong?
By Jerry Iannelli / The Appeal The U.S. military has been killing people with robots for decades now, and the nation’s local police now seem eager to get in on…
The US Chips and Science Act of 2022 and Its Impacts on China’s Semiconductor Industry
By Zhū Jīng (朱晶) / Read China Editor’s Note: This article was distributed by a Chinese government accepted source, but we believe it is worthy of a wider audience because…
ICE Probably Spied on You
A new investigation reveals the immigration agency has collected data on most Americans. It’s the latest case in a worrying trend.
John Kiriakou: Biden’s Orwellian ‘Disinformation Governance Board’ and Other Assaults on Free Press
From the announcement of the Biden Administration's new “Disinformation Governance Board" to NewsGuard's "Disinformation Fingerprints" project, free speech is under attack in the U.S.