Since 2020, this site has focused on the risks at the intersection of technology and humanity, serving as the missing warning label on emerging technology. If you want to defend your humanity, dignity, and autonomy in a world that seems hellbent on taking it from you, then you’ve come to the right place.
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Conversation with CIO.Inc on AI Safety and Security
I had a great conversation with Aseem Jakhar for CIO.inc and iSMG. We covered topics surrounding AI Safety and Security as well as deepfakes. I explained why I don’t think the misinformation aspect of deepfakes will affect the outcome of elections and provided my opinion on deepfake detectors. We also discuss how we think we… Read more
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The Push to Dehumanize Friendship and Love
Humans are social creatures, and friendship and love are relationships that run deep in our history, predating Homo sapiens as a species. We associate these relationships as core features of our humanity, but companies are attempting to change this. Every time a new technology comes along, people try to use it to solve complex social… Read more
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Attending A Security Conference? Read This First!
So, you are attending a security conference. That’s great news. Every year, more and more people join the security community and explore the experience of attending a security conference. If you are new or relatively new to security conferences, getting the most out of your experience isn’t obvious. There are things people don’t tell you… Read more
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Illusion of Influence: The AI-Generated Misinformation Apocalypse That Wasn’t
As predicted last year, there is an increased trumpeting of risks focused on deepfakes and AI-generated misinformation surrounding the 2024 US election. Living up to the mantra of never letting a tragedy or potential tragedy go to waste, media organizations have latched on to the doomsday nature of AI-generated misinformation and its potential effects on… Read more
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The Misinformed Landscape of AI Usage
The tidal wave of information on AI use smashes the shoreline daily, nearly all of it universally positive. News stories, analyst reports, and anecdotes all lead you to believe that you are already in the dust, no matter how advanced you are. Your competitors are smoking you, and everyone is using AI for everything successfully… Read more
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AI, Data Centralization, and the Creation of New High-Value Targets
New, deeply integrated AI-powered productivity tools are on the horizon. A recent example is Microsoft’s Recall, but others are also emerging. For example, there’s Limitless.ai, and if you are feeling particularly nostalgic for Catholicism, there’s the 01 Light from Open Interpreter, which allows you to control your computer remotely through a communion wafer. All of… Read more