by Tim Weinhold | Aug 8, 2019 | Book Review
THE MIND AND THE MACHINE: What it Means to Be Human, and Why It Matters by Matthew T. Dickerson 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...
by Tim Weinhold | Jul 30, 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...
by Tim Weinhold | Jul 16, 2019 | Book Review
DEEP MEDICINE: How Artificial Intelligence Can Make Healthcare Human Again by Eric Topol It turns out that schizophrenia is not just a medical condition, it’s also an apt way to think about Eric Topol’s new book, DEEP MEDICINE: How Artificial Intelligence Can...
by Tim Weinhold | Apr 10, 2019 | Book Review
THE BIG NINE: How the Tech Titans & Their Thinking Machines Could Warp Humanity by Amy Webb In The Big Nine, Amy Webb visits the AI-driven near-future world to which nine tech titans — and two governments — are together giving birth. More precisely, Webb projects...
