Elon Musk announces his visions for Neuralink, a way to merge one's brains with their computers. These include minimally invasive implant procedures, allowing those with paralysis to gain naturalistic control of their technology.
This article summarizes the worries from the findings of multiple studies around the impact of tech on future of work, and discusses how these changes might impact politics as the number of jobs being taken over increases.
The speech given by 2019 Barlow/Pioneer award winner Danah Boyd about reckoning with how she benefited from men whose actions have helped uphold a patriarchal system that has hurt so many people.
Article warning about bias and how it can appear. Includes some illustrative examples, and information based on academic research on “algorithmic bias.”
About a University of Washington research study looking at how people spread rumors online during crisis events, from natural disasters like earthquakes and hurricanes as well as man-made events such as mass shootings and terrorist attacks.The study primarily focused on Twitte
Some of the same mechanisms that make online organizing so powerful also make us particularly vulnerable in these spaces, to tactics that seed misinformation from malicious actors.