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international / sci-tech Saturday April 18, 2020 20:14 by 1 of indy
In light of the slight interruption to normal life that is going on it is worth reassessing some of the known common knowledge about Big Tech and it's related area Artificial Intelligence (AI). Unless you have been asleep for the past 10 years, everyone will have heard of Edward Snowden who revealed in quite extensive detail the level of ongoing surveillance carried out jointly by the US and UK intelligence agencies, the NSA and GCHQ. Prior to his disclosure any suggestion of widespread spying was met with derision. Overnight the world changed and it was widely accepted as fact by everyone. What's more is that the depth and scale of the programs were far bigger than even the pessimists had imagined. It was this more than anything which has tarnished the reputation of technology as something that was always good to a demonstration of it's dark side. The state as such has dirtied its reputation with regards to technology. Related Links: Amazon, Google, and Apple have moved past monopoly status to competing directly with governments… and winning | Britain’s 77th Psy Ops Brigade Activated to Counter Coronavirus “Disinformation” | ‘Subtle cues’ make people SHARE more online, study says – what does this mean for a post-Covid-19 world? | Don’t trust Apple or Google with coronavirus data, says German app developer | The tyranny of Big Tech is the biggest threat to democracy in our lifetime |
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