Why Tomorrow's Political Leaders Must Engage With Technologists
What technological changes might nudge us towards empowered and enlightened societies that bridge our differences rather than deepen our divides?…
Social Media Companies Remind Us It Is Still Hard To Replace Humans With AI
As Silicon Valley rushes us forward towards our AI future, even it is hiring armies of humans to work alongside…
We Need To Better Educate The Public About AI's Limitations
As deep learning infuses into every corner of modern life, if we are to have the necessary societal conversations about…
Why Computer Science Needs The Humanities
Computer science reduces the world to numbers. The humanities teach us how much those numbers fail to capture. Perhaps if…
BBVA: Geo-World: Conflict & Protest July 2019
BBVA's July 2019 Geo-World: Conflict & Protest report summarizes the state of global conflict and civil unrest. Read The Full…
Computer Science Could Learn A Lot From Library And Information Science
There is much computer scientists can learn from the library and information science community. If they hurry, they might just…
Google's What-If Tool And The Future Of Explainable AI
As deep learning increasingly infuses into the enterprise, it is likely that today’s black boxes will give way to the…
Google's AutoML Reminds Us That Machines Are Increasingly Helping To Build Our AI Advances
We’ve reached a point in the progression of the deep learning space where the future of deep learning will increasingly…
FiveThirtyEight: Which Democratic Presidential Candidate Was Mentioned Most In The News Last Week?
FiveThirtyEight's latest weekly roundup of the 2020 Democratic race. Read The Full Article.
Silicon Valley Versus Washington: Why Tradecraft Must Be Equal To Technology
While most of the attention over the past decade has been on forcing Silicon Valley’s innovation mindset onto the bureaucracy…
Why Silicon Valley's Programmers Must Learn To Play Devil's Advocate With Privacy
If they wish to deter governmental misuse of their platforms, Silicon Valley’s programmers must learn to think beyond cybersecurity and…
Store Loyalty Cards Offer Insights Into The Value Of Our Data
Loyalty card data is a very imperfect view into the monetary value associated with our data but offers at least…
Computer Science Curriculums Must Emphasize Privacy Over Capability
Rather than enshrining mottos like “data is the new oil” into the vocabulary of tomorrow’s future technology leaders, perhaps we…
It Was The Government Not Silicon Valley That Pioneered The Digital Surveillance State
One of the great ironies of the digital era is that we ascribe credit for today’s digital surveillance state to…
CNN's Coverage vs. 2020 Issues Viewers Deem Important
CNN's Coverage vs. 2020 Issues Viewers Deem Important ANALYSIS By Kalev LeetaruAugust 03, 2019 CNN's Coverage vs. 2020 Issues Viewers…
Today's AI 'Revolution' Is More Of An Evolution
We speak of an “AI revolution” upending society overnight. Yet if we look a bit closer it seems this “revolution”…
New York Times: Which Democrats Are Leading the 2020 Presidential Race?
The New York Times' look at the 2020 Democratic field uses the TV Explorer to examine media coverage of the…
Do Facial Recognition Laws Matter In A Globalized World?
In a world in which the underlying technology is globally available and the training datasets are no longer constrained by…
Doorbell Camera Networks Reinforce The Dangers Of Crowdsourced Policing
As new technologies like doorbell camera networks embrace the idea of ordinary citizens watching surveillance cameras and identifying “suspicious” individuals…
Doorbell Cameras Remind Us Of The Dangers Of Data Without Understanding
The digital world is deluging us with ever more data arriving ever faster, but it isn’t equipping us with the…
How Federated Learning Combined With Gamification Could Restore Privacy To AI Training
Federated learning, combined with gamification, could provide a powerful new privacy-protecting model for training tomorrow’s future deep learning models. Read…
Is The Quest For The Perfect Selfie Destroying Nature?
In our share-first world, if influencers could no longer share images that were created in a way that harmed nature,…
The Future Of Content Moderation Emphasizes Words Not Ideas
When it comes to the future of content moderation, a shift from censoring ideas to moderating words might lead to…
If Social Media Prioritized Reading Over Responding Could That Stop 'Fake News'?
Would forcing users to actually read and deeply comprehend articles before sharing or commenting on them on social media curtail…