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• 7 min
• Chronicle
• 2021

The history of AI contains a pendulum which swings back and forth between two approaches to artificial intelligence; symbolic AI, which tries to replicate human reasoning, and neural networks/deep learning, which try to replicate the human brain.

• Singularity
• Scientific Innovation
• Machine Learning
• Networks

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• 7 min
• MIT Tech Review
• 2020

This article examines several case studies from the year of 2020 to discuss the widespread usage, and potential for limitation, of facial recognition technology. The author argues that its potential for training and identification using social media platforms in conjunction with its use by law enforcement is dangerous for minority groups and protestors alike.

• Civil Surveillance
• Algorithmic Bias
• Machine Learning
• Biometrics

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• 7 min
• Wired
• 2021

An anonymous college student created a website titled “Faces of the Riot,” a virtual wall containing over 6,000 face images of insurrectionists present at the riot at the Capitol on January 6th, 2021. The ultimate goal of the creator’s site, which used facial recognition algorithms to crawl through videos posted to the right-wing social media site Parler, is to hopefully have viewers identify any criminals that they recognize to the proper authorities. While the creator put safeguards for privacy in place, such as using “facial detection” rather than “facial recognition”, and their intentions are supposedly positive, some argue that the implications on privacy and the widespread integration of this technique could be negative.

• Data Privacy
• Digital Activism
• Data Mining
• Biometrics

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• 5 min
• NPR
• 2020

After the FTC and 48 States charged Facebook with being a monopoly in late 2020, the FTC continues the push for accountability of tech monopolies by demanding that large social network companies, including Facebook, TikTok, and Twitter, share exactly what they do with user data in hopes of increased transparency. Pair with “Facebook hit with antitrust lawsuit from FTC and 48 state attorneys general“

• Data Privacy
• Tech Monopolies
• Data Mining
• Social Networks

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• 3 min
• Politico
• 2021

Live streaming technologies are challenging to moderate and might have a negative effect on society’s perception of violent events. They also raise the question of how such content can be deleted once it has been broadcasted and potentially copied multiple times by different recipients.

• Content Moderation
• Social Networks

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• 3 min
• TechCrunch
• 2021

This article presents several case studies of technologies introduced at CES which are specifically designed to help elderly people continue to live independently, mostly using smartphones and internets of things to monitor both the home environment and the physical health of the occupant.

• Assistive Technologies
• Telemedicine
• Smartphones
• Internet of Things