Big Tech

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Debra J. Saunders
November 23, 2022
Citizen Leadership

The Administrative State Can Put a Bug in Your Phone

Debra J. Saunders
November 23, 2022
Citizen Leadership
In the age of cellphones and the internet, consumers often face a simple choice: convenience or privacy? Do we let Big Tech have access to our private communications and free email accounts because it's so easy? Once you've said yes — and who among us has not? — it's not a stretch to think that Big Data already has almost all your information, so why get picky at the next juncture? Read More ›
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closeup of a wireless router and a man using smartphone on living room at home ofiice , Concepts wifi connect .
Andrew McDiarmid
May 7, 2022
Technology

Big Tech Is Subtly Controlling Our Lives — and We Need to Fight Back

Andrew McDiarmid
May 7, 2022
Technology
Big Tech’s influence on culture and society was first predicted nearly 70 years ago by French thinker Jacques Ellul. In his 1954 book “The Technological Society,” Ellul argued that tech would have a tyrannical effect on humankind, and he blamed the problem on “technique” — the methods that bring about “absolute efficiency in every field of human activity.” Read More ›
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Abstract 3D wireframe neural cells and network
Wesley J. Smith and Dr. Paul Werbos
April 30, 2022

The National Science Foundation and Advancement in Artificial Intelligence

Wesley J. Smith and Dr. Paul Werbos
April 30, 2022
Early in his career, IEEE fellow and retired National Science Foundation program director Paul Werbos developed the neural network training algorithm known as error backpropagation, which has been foundational to the vast majority of today's advances in artificial intelligence. Read More ›
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The Bradley Center and Andrew McDiarmid
April 15, 2022

The Secret Scheme of Screens

The Bradley Center and Andrew McDiarmid
April 15, 2022
Our obsession today with screens is, often unintentionally, taking us to places we regret. We use these windows into the world for hours every day, often unaware how intentional content creators and app designers are in shaping our decisions and forming harmful habits. Read More ›