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- 2018
Techniques of misinformation are used to make a film about an alternative history in which the Apollo 11 mission failed and the astronauts became stranded on the moon.
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- 2018
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- 2018
In Event of Moon Disaster
Techniques of misinformation are used to make a film about an alternative history in which the Apollo 11 mission failed and the astronauts became stranded on the moon.
How do you foresee this type of misinformation being related to conspiracy theories? Do you believe you could have spotted the deepfake were you not specifically looking out for it? Are we approaching a future where we may have to watch all media with such scrutiny?
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- 15 min
- Deep Reckonings
- 2018
Repository of explicitly marked deepfake videos in which controversial public figures own up to past mistakes, aggressions, or crimes.
- Deep Reckonings
- 2018
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- 15 min
- Deep Reckonings
- 2018
Deep Reckonings
Repository of explicitly marked deepfake videos in which controversial public figures own up to past mistakes, aggressions, or crimes.
Can you identify a fake video from a real one? Read the “About” tab to learn more about the motivations for this project. What is your response to their guiding question: “how might we use our synthetic selves to elicit our better angels”?
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- 15 min
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- 2018
Choose-your-own-adventure game, in which you experience some sort of data fraud through acting in the position of a cast of characters.
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- 2018
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- 15 min
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- 2018
Choose Your Own Fake News
Choose-your-own-adventure game, in which you experience some sort of data fraud through acting in the position of a cast of characters.
How can you be less vulnerable to fake news and fake advertising online?
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- 6 min
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- 2018
Through a series of interactions on a chat and a truth-or-dare type game, the user guesses if they are chatting with a bot or human.
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- 2018
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- 2018
Bot or Not?
Through a series of interactions on a chat and a truth-or-dare type game, the user guesses if they are chatting with a bot or human.
Are you able to tell the difference between interacting with a bot or human? How? What indicators did you rely on to make your decision?
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- 10 min
- Survival of the Best Fit
- 2018
Explores hiring bias of AI by playing a game in which you are the hiring manager.
- Survival of the Best Fit
- 2018
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- 10 min
- Survival of the Best Fit
- 2018
Survival of the Best Fit
Explores hiring bias of AI by playing a game in which you are the hiring manager.
How does it feel to be in the situation in which you have inserted the bias into the algorithm? What steps do you feel must be taken to ensure algorithms are trained in a less hasty manner?
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- 15 min
- ARS Technica
- 2019
Facebook’s cryptocurrency, Libra, is facing problems and will take a long time to develop. While it is attempting to mirror the bitcoin blockchain network in its ideology and functionality, there are significant barriers to reaching this vision, the most prominent of which being that its existence as a subsidy of Facebook means there cannot be decentralized control or accountability.
- ARS Technica
- 2019
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- 15 min
- ARS Technica
- 2019
There’s a big problem with Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency
Facebook’s cryptocurrency, Libra, is facing problems and will take a long time to develop. While it is attempting to mirror the bitcoin blockchain network in its ideology and functionality, there are significant barriers to reaching this vision, the most prominent of which being that its existence as a subsidy of Facebook means there cannot be decentralized control or accountability.
What are the differences between Bitcoin and Libra cryptocurrencies? How does Libra embody technocratic control in a way that Bitcoin does not? Should this new cryptocurrency network be above governmental regulation? What would be the consequences of this?