by Tim Weinhold | Jan 3, 2020 | Book Review
MINDF*CK: Cambridge Analytica and the Plot to Break America By Christopher Wylie INFORMATION WARS: How We Lost the Global Battle Against Disinformation and What We Can Do About It By Richard Stengel ANTI-SOCIAL: Online Extremists, Techno-Utopians, and the Hijacking of...
by Tim Weinhold | Nov 30, 2019 | Book Review
“What if we succeed?” Specifically, what happens if we, the AI scientists of the world, succeed in building ever-smarter, ever-more-capable machines, eventually rivaling or surpassing the intelligence of humans? Will the world be better off, or worse? That’s the...
by Tim Weinhold | Oct 28, 2019 | Book Review
THE ETHICAL ALGORITHM: The Science of Socially Aware Algorithm Design By Michael Kearns and Aaron Roth and A HUMAN ALGORITHM: How Artificial Intelligence is Redefining Who We Are By Flynn Coleman Two buttoned-down AI scientists and a ‘can’t we all just get along?’...
by Tim Weinhold | Oct 14, 2019 | Contributing Editor
Ding. Ding. Ding. You’ve just picked today’s Jeopardy Daily Double. How much would you like to wager? . . . And here is your clue: Hannah Weinhold’s TV viewing habits and Jair Bolsonaro’s election as president of Brazil. And the question is . . . “What are two widely...
by Tim Weinhold | Sep 27, 2019 | Book Review
Brad Smith, president of Microsoft, has written an important book, maybe even a watershed book. He did so with the help of Carol Ann Browne, the company’s senior director of communications. Leaders in both tech and government will be talking about the book, and...
