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Refreshing Our Memory: How Algorithms Are Warping the Power of Recall
Jenna Mahale discusses how algorithmic memory features rewrite how we remember our past, shaping our memories for us.
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Immortal Machine: Vauhini Vara Processes Death Through A.I.
Jenna Mahale interviews writer Vauhini Vara about her work with GPT-3, an A.I. writing program that she collaborated with on a recent essay about her loss of her sister.
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Very Online: How Gullibility Became Our New Normal
Distrust in the authority of traditional sources has led to the credulous embrace of online bunk.
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Very Online: The Terrifying Scale of the Online Gossip Economy
Our human instinct to discuss—and judge—others is increasingly warped by social platforms.
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Who’s Spying On Your Kids? Everyone.
TikTok, just like McDonald’s, is a flagrant collector of kids’ data.
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No Way Up: Kathy Wang’s “Impostor Syndrome” Is a Tech World Satire
The book externalizes the ethical issues confronting tech.
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Our Internet, Ourselves: 7 Extremely Online Books for the Twitter-Weary
These seven books explain our dysfunctional relationship with the internet.
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Celeb Buzz: Sex Toy Brands Are Increasingly Bringing on Famous Faces
Sexual shame can’t be stopped by the power of a pretty, popular, and palatable celebrity.
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Undetectable: “Coded Bias” Challenges the Racism of Facial-Recognition Software
Artificial intelligence is a danger to our civil rights when it replicates historical qualities of any real-life bias.
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“The Hierarchies” Imagines a World Where Sex Robots Have Human Impulses
It’s a shocking and eye-opening debut, one that has me looking at my coffee maker a little differently.
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