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  • Kinolab
  • 2016
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The Militarization of the Digital Alteration of Reality

CW: Violence and Genocide
Stripe is a soldier in a generic war who, like all of his other fellow soldiers, is connected to a brain-computer interface known as a MASS implant that provides him with information about targets and missions. The supposed goal of the fighting is to “protect” citizens from roaches, the disturbing humanoid monsters which Stripe hunts and kills within the cabin. Directly after Stripe is hit with a digital device held by one of the roaches, he watches his squadmate kill a “roach” that Stripe perceived as a human. Ultimately, one of the roaches and the military psychologist Arquette explain exactly how the MASS implants alter the soldiers’ perceptions of their surroundings and their targets.
 

  • Kinolab
  • 2016
  • 10 min
  • The New York Times
  • 2019
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Facial Recognition Tech is Growing Stronger, Thanks to Your Face

Databases of people’s faces are being compiled without their knowledge by companies and researchers (including social media companies or dating sites), with many shared around the world and fueling the advancement of facial recognition technology.

  • The New York Times
  • 2019
  • 7 min
  • The New York Times
  • 2019
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She Was Arrested at 14. Then Her Photo Went to a Biometrics Database

Biometric facial recognition software, specifically that used with arrest photos in the NYPD, makes extensive use of children’s arrest photos despite a far lower accuracy rate.

  • The New York Times
  • 2019
  • 5 min
  • The New York Times
  • 2019
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How Biometrics Makes You Safer

In New York City, biometrics were used as a step in the investigation process, and thus combined with human oversight to help identify criminals and victims alike.

  • The New York Times
  • 2019
  • 5 min
  • Wired
  • 2019
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How Facial Recognition is fighting child sex trafficking

Non-profit companies such as Thorn and the Canadian Centre for Child Protection are using existing software, particularly facial recognition algorithms, to discover ways to become more proactive in fighting child pornography and human trafficking on the dark web.

  • Wired
  • 2019
  • 5 min
  • Silicon Angle
  • 2019
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Empathic AI mirrors human emotions to help autistic children

Artificial Companions assist developmentally disabled kids based on the principle that humans can indeed form emotional connections with nonhuman objects. In fact, it is not exceedingly difficult for robots to read or mirror human emotions, which could have positive implications in workplace or educational settings.

  • Silicon Angle
  • 2019
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