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...
by Tim Weinhold | Sep 1, 2019 | Book Review
What does it mean to be human? Or, put more narrowly in light of the advances of AI and neuroscience, should we think of humans as simply a complex form of biochemical computer? Is the human mind, including its sense of self-consciousness, really nothing more than the...
by Tim Weinhold | Sep 1, 2019 | Contributing Editor
Chloe is training for, arguably, the internet’s most difficult job: full-time content moderator — aka “process executive” — for Facebook (though actually employed by a subcontractor named Cognizant). A key part of the training has involved trying to harden herself...
by Tim Weinhold | Jul 16, 2019 | Contributing Editor
Tight control of civilian populations is the cardinal rule of authoritarian regimes. Yet the sheer scale and complexity of those populations makes control difficult. Now, however, AI technology has made civilian surveillance far easier, and far more invasive. It is...
