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- Over-Hyped AI, A Good Smart City?, AI Making Decisions, & Surveillance Pushback
In this episode of Banish Big Brother, hosts Zach Varnell and Elizabeth Melton dive into the complex world of AI, discussing whether AI has lived up to its promises or turned out to be a disappointment. They explore the rise of decision-making AI, also known as agentive AI, and debate the possibility of a privacy-respecting… Read more: Over-Hyped AI, A Good Smart City?, AI Making Decisions, & Surveillance Pushback - Paying Jobs in Virtual Worlds, Garbage Truck Spying, & Bird Flu Overreaction
In this episode of Banish Big Brother, hosts Zach Varnell and Elizabeth Melton dive into the latest in surveillance technology and its implications. We kick off with an intriguing job opportunity at IKEA’s new virtual store in Roblox, paying real-world wages for digital work. From there, we discuss the expanding surveillance reach into everyday life,… Read more: Paying Jobs in Virtual Worlds, Garbage Truck Spying, & Bird Flu Overreaction - Spying Smart Home Tech, Apple vs Elon, & Predictive Policing
In this episode, we dive into the latest developments in smart home technology and AI. We start with Apple’s integration of ChatGPT into its operating system and Elon Musk’s outspoken opposition. We discuss a shocking incident where a Roomba captured a private photo of a woman on the toilet, which then ended up online. We’ll… Read more: Spying Smart Home Tech, Apple vs Elon, & Predictive Policing
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“There would be no place to hide. The technological capacity that the intelligence community has given the government could enable it to impose total tyranny. And there would be no way to fight back because the most careful effort to combine together in resistance to the government, no matter how privately it was done, is within the reach of the government to know. Such is this capability of this technology.
“I know the capacity that is there to make tyranny total in America and we must see to it that all agencies that possess this technology operate within the law and under proper supervision so that we never cross over that abyss. That’s the abyss from which there is no return.”
Frank Church,
Chairman of 1975 Senate Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities, informally known as “Church Committee”
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