Ever since the likes of Alex Jones and Milo Yiannopoulos were kicked out of their dominant platforms, debate has begun on whether tech companies should be armed with the power of deplatforming.
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Facebook: Company profile
The social networking service behemoth Facebook has grown from a forum purely meant for connections to an all-encompassing platform that has, as of late, found itself embroiled in the midst of many serious controversies.
Cambridge Analytica: Political hijacking
When news broke that a firm was able to illegally harvest, analyse and use our own data against us, we were horrified. We couldn’t believe that a scheme like this could run for so long undetected. It wasn’t just terrifying but infuriating. The bodies to which we had entrusted power i.e Big Tech had failed us. It was becoming increasingly apparent that these tech gods couldn’t handle such a responsibility. This was the tipping point. People finally had enough. The whole Cambridge Analytica data scandal pointed to a larger issue – corporate accountability.
LIMITATIONS OF AGI
While Artificial General Intelligence has great potential, the field is still vastly undiscovered due to a plethora of reasons. Firstly, it lacks enough skilled personnel but this will soon change as the current wave of people are gearing up for jobs in this sector. This field also sees limited funding, with the greatest amount beingContinue reading “LIMITATIONS OF AGI”
TikTok: A ticking time bomb?
One of the most popular apps of 2019, TikTok ruled the download charts in both the Android and Apple markets. Having more than 1.5 billion downloads and approximately half a billion monthly active users,TikTok definitely has access to a trove of user and with it: their data. A problem however, is that their key demographic is minors and with this arises the deeply sensitive question of how the data collected from these minors can be maliciously utilized.
Blueprints On A Slate
Some years ago I played around with Sonic Pi, a music creation software through code. Listen to some snippets More snippets incoming!
Google Quantum Supremacy
When early reports had surfaced that Google had achieved quantum supremacy, it was met with skepticism. Even to those that were well-versed in quantum computing, this came as a surprise. To others, like me, the significance of this feat went over my head but let me assure you that this accomplishment is very important for the days to come.
INTERVIEW
As part of our primary research, we interviewed a few AI experts from a world-famous healthcare IT firm*, they had a lot to share and their inputs helped us debunk a few myths. They also gave us thought-out predictions on when these products will hit the market and its associated implications. Here are our topContinue reading “INTERVIEW”
EXPERT TESTIMONY
What kind of AGI-based products do you see coming into the healthcare IT industry? Adopting AGI systems in healthcare will take longer time than other domains / industries. It is due to complexity and sensitivity. AGI systems in healthcare would predominantly used in aiding to make decisions rather than making automatic decisions. I see threeContinue reading “EXPERT TESTIMONY”
AI Ethics : A Google conspiracy theory?
With more development and implementation of AI many pundits and experts have been very vocal of its potential and have called for a standstill in development or at least some regulations. These calls of action have even penetrated the heavy armour that Big Tech hides behind. Imagine letting just a single company toying with such powerful technology
LUCIDITY PROJECT 