The taxi app of Uber captures a huge amount of data on all its users and uses that information to direct its business strategy. Uber knows when the battery on your phone is running low – and that you are more likely to pay higher “surge” prices for a car as a result… Uber knows whether a user is on[…]
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Deepfake and the future of media production
Deepfakes, the artificial intelligence-manipulated media that can make people appear to do or say things that they never did or said, is revolutionizing the aspect of media production. Because of these capabilities, Deepfakes have been used to create fake celebrity pornographic videos, revenge porn, fake news, and malicious hoaxes. The name ‘Deepfake‘ was coined in 2017 as stated on Wikipedia.[…]
Read moreHow to stop the tech companies from hijacking our minds
People often believe that other people can be persuaded, but not me. I’m the smart one. It’s only those other people over there that can’t control their thoughts. So it’s essential to understand that we experience the world through a mind and a meat-suit body operating on evolutionary hardware that’s millions of years of old, and that we’re up against thousands[…]
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