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Mind Matters News
May 1, 2020
Artificial Intelligence, Technology

Is Contact Tracing a Simple Answer to COVID Lockdowns?

Mind Matters News
May 1, 2020
Artificial Intelligence, Technology

The conventional science fiction fear of a superintelligent AI taking over the planet and ridding it of pesky humans distracts our attention from a much more realistic threat: Artificial intelligence (AI) makes both government and corporate surveillance much easier, cheaper, and more useful—whether it is in average citizens’ interests or not. If we are lucky, this will be the decade when we address the implications of that fact.

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COVID-19 coronavirus in China, renminbi yuan money bill with face mask. COVID global stock market. World economy hit by corona virus outbreak. Financial crisis and coronavirus pandemic concept.
COVID-19 coronavirus in China, renminbi yuan currency money bill with face mask. COVID global stock market affection. World economy hit by corona virus outbreak. Financial crisis and coronavirus pandemic concept.
Heather Zeiger
April 23, 2020
Artificial Intelligence, Foreign Policy

COVID-19: Getting to the Bottom of What Happened in China

Heather Zeiger
April 23, 2020
Artificial Intelligence, Foreign Policy
It is widely recognized that medical professionals and journalists in China are being silenced if they publish any information about COVID-19 that contradicts the ruling Chinese Communist Party’s official narrative. But now mainland Chinese scientists must ensure that their research publications also toe the CCP party line. If we sift carefully, however, we can uncover real information. Read More ›
Taipei, Taiwan, March 12, 2020. A Chinese man, wearing a face mask to protect himself from the novel coronavirus 2019-nCoV or COVID-19 is riding a scooter in Taipei, Taiwan.
A man, wearing a face mask to protect himself from the novel coronavirus 2019-nCoV or COVID-19 is riding a scooter in Taipei, Taiwan.
Wearing a face mask for protection from the novel coronavirus and riding a scooter in Taipei, Taiwan.
Tom Shakely
April 20, 2020
Human Exceptionalism

Taiwan Learned Who Not to Trust

Tom Shakely
April 20, 2020
Human Exceptionalism
Why has Taiwan done so well in combating COVID-19 — this pestilence that the press initially was calling the “Chinese coronavirus” or “Wuhan virus”? Simple: Taiwan’s leadership assumed everything it was hearing was a lie. A PBS News Hour feature sheds light on the skeptic posture that America must adopt toward Beijing going forward. Read More ›
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Bill Walton
April 18, 2020
Economics

China Rx: America’s Dependence on China for Medicine w/Rosemary Gibson and Frank Gaffney

Bill Walton
April 18, 2020
Economics

“Millions of Americans are taking prescription and over-the-counter drugs made in China and don’t know it and neither do their doctors. These are prescription drugs in the legal supply chain that are distributed to U.S. hospitals, sold in corner drug stores and grocery store pharmacies, and distributed to military hospitals and clinics around the world,” explains Rosemary Gibson. We cannot Read More ›

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Heather Zeiger
April 5, 2020
Artificial Intelligence, Foreign Policy

The Dragon’s Deception

Heather Zeiger
April 5, 2020
Artificial Intelligence, Foreign Policy
U.S. Intelligence reports that China has misrepresented the extent of the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan. Social media was part of the strategy. An investigation by ProPublica and the UN shows that China has used thousands of Twitterbots, as well as hacked accounts, to applaud the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) as the heroes who stopped the coronavirus in China. Read More ›