Has modern brain wave technology made the Thought Police of George Orwell’s fictional novel, 1984, a possible reality? One may find the idea extraordinary but Nita Farahany, in her presentation at the 2023 World Economic Forum, demonstrated that using AI-powered technologies for brain transparency is not only possible, it is already here. While this ability […]
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Recent announcements that the federal government is enlisting the services of data-integration and analytics company, Palantir, are raising eyebrows across the political spectrum. Depicted as a tool through which to fulfill Donald Trump’s executive order entitled “Stopping Waste, Fraud, and Abuse by Eliminating Information Silos,” the partnership would realize this goal by merging disparate databases
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“If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to worry about” is a common retort from the average citizen that supports government surveillance. While many think that “having something to hide” equates to immoral or unethical activity, the fact is that many people do have things to hide, and there is not necessarily anything
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