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How Harmless Little Lies about Consciousness Add up to Big, Scary, Dystopias about Advertising

June 19, 2018 By Caveat Magister

Technology changes fast, so let’s take a moment to stop and review. Better Off a Bot Shortly before we started this series, six months ago, an “artificial intelligence” ...Read More

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Burning Man 2018 to Institute CAPTCHA Protocol at Gate

April 3, 2018 By Caveat Magister

San Francisco, April 4 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Fearing that too many ticket holders are in fact spambots, Burning Man ...Read More

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The Inscrutable Oneness of Being: Using Machine Learning on Burning Man

March 29, 2018 By Mia Quagliarello

Have you ever “found yourself” at Burning Man? It’s a cliché, but it’s something people say, right? I wouldn’t personally ...Read More

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How Cyborgs Replace “Stories” With “Code,” And What Happens Next

March 19, 2018 By Caveat Magister

On January 6, the California State Teachers’ Retirement System sent a letter to Apple executives urging greater study into the ...Read More

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Artificial Intelligence Is Just a Story, and We Can Tell a Better One

March 9, 2018 By Caveat Magister

Amazon has recently confirmed reports that its home operating system "Alexa," has been spontaneously laughing for no apparent reason, occasionally ...Read More