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Filters Empower Lolita Syndrome... But It's Not (Quite) Tech's Fault
In 2015, Snapchat released beautification filters, a seemingly benign way to enhance your look, but they wreak havoc on mental health. Why do these filters exist? What vacuum do they fill, and what do they say about technology and its implications for the lived human experience?
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How Infodemics are Made, and What They Make of Liberal Democracy
Liberal democracies support free discourse, allowing liberal societies to produce knowledge economies and meritocratic, representative systems. But that very openness is what also makes them vulnerable to infodemics.
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Rise of the Clones: Even Our Avatars Suffer Real-World Prejudices
The humanness we’ve imbued onto avatars has been a constant since the dawn of the internet, and the deep bonds we cultivate with these virtual identities are enduring. It should come as no surprise that users consistently report de facto racism and discrimination against them.
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Managed Out by Anti-Bias Tools: The Selective Service of Recruitment AI
Artificial intelligence has become standard in workforce management, exponentially so amid travel restrictions, and as a defence against the spread of COVID-19. Recruitment AI builds an idealised “model,” then seeks close characteristic matches. If you’re reading this while black, you already see the problem.
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History, politics, relentless adaptation: China’s innovation strategy
People define an economy. That does not change when the economy goes online. Stories about systems are stories about people... and despite significant regional distinctions, people in China are exploring the boundaries of our physical and virtual economies.
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Digital Adoption is Transforming Dissent... and Facilitating the Rise of the State
It is tempting to reduce dissent to a series of disruptive activities. But it’s crucial to remember it is a direct response to the acts of public institutions and structures of authority. In the virtual world, however, the state feels less visible. This is about to change.
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Media Molecule's 'Dreams', and the promise of renown for Dreamers
Some seven years in the making, Dreams provides gamers with a powerful set of creation tools that allow them to make practically anything they can imagine. The tools are so good that they are teaching players transferable skills which could help them to get a job in the games industry. And in the long run, users’ creations might even be sold as commercial products.
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Forget About the Internet of Things; Let's Talk About the Internet of Life (IoL)
The Internet of Things (IoT) has become a catch-all to signify anything, from speakers powered by voice assistants, to AI powered refrigerators. Intel estimates that over 200 billion objects are now online. Yet one crucial thinking machine remains offline: the human body.