Category: IO Impotency

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Berto Jongman: Steven Feldstein on How Artificial Intelligence is Reshaping Repression

Commerce, Corruption, Government, IO Deeds of War, IO Impotency, Law Enforcement
Berto Jongman

How Artificial Intelligence is Reshaping Repression

Steven Feldstein

Journal of Democracy, 30/1 January 2019

Around the world, artificial-intelligence (AI) systems are showing their potential for abetting repressive regimes and upending the relationship between citizen and state, thereby accelerating a global resurgence of authoritarianism. China is driving the proliferation of AI technology to authoritarian and illiberal regimes, an approach that has become a key component of Chinese geopolitical strategy. The significance of this technology for authoritarians around the globe, as well as for their democratic opponents, is growing ever clearer. To counter not only the spread of high-tech repression abroad, but also potential abuses at home, policy makers in democratic states must think seriously about how to mitigate harm and to shape better practices.

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Berto Jongman: #GoogleGestapo – How Can I Remove Google From My Life?

Collective Intelligence, Commerce, Corruption, Cultural Intelligence, IO Impotency
Berto Jongman

How can I remove Google from my life?

Geoffrey writes from his Gmail address to ask how he can stop Google from intruding into almost everything

Jack Schofield, The Guardian

Google started by taking over the search engine market. It now dominates smartphone operating systems (Android), browsers (Chrome), web-based email (Gmail), online video (YouTube) and maps. It is also challenging in other areas with its own cloud platform, an online office suite, Chromebooks, Waze, Nest and so on. Google is far advanced in driverless cars (Waymo) and artificial intelligence (DeepMind). Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated.

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Stephen E. Arnold: False Positives from Flawed Algorithms and Flawed Image Matching Ruin Lives

IO Impotency
Stephen E. Arnold

False Positives: The New Normal

And this is why so many people are wary of handing too much power to algorithms. TechDirt reports, “School Security Software Decided Innocent Parent Is Actually a Registered Sex Offender.” That said, it seems some common sense on the part of the humans involved would have prevented the unwarranted humiliation. The mismatch took place at an Aurora, Colorado, middle school event, where parent Larry Mitchell presumably just wanted to support his son. When office staff scanned his license, however, the Raptor system flagged him as a potential offender. Reporter Tim Cushing writes:

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