Polarization
The power AI gives big tech companies is a threat to our mental health and society
- Lisa Beek & Eva Boonstra
- February 3, 2023
Have you ever considered the power artificial intelligence (AI) gives big tech companies? Do you know what they do with all the data they collect from you? Do you know how much they know about you? Are you aware that the AI that is used by these companies is a threat to your mental health […]
Read MoreToday’s digital power concentration has irreversibly changed our relationship with Democracy
- Joshua Thomas
- February 1, 2021
Introduction . As we move towards a global economy powered heavily by Artificial Intelligence, the prevailing consensus has shifted towards the idea that data, rather than oil, is now the world’s most valuable resource. This digital economy, however, is plagued by a natural tendency towards monopolisation. In the past, companies like AT&T and U.S. Steel […]
Read MoreAI Driven Algorithms Are Polarizing Our Society; Here Is How We Stop It
- Martijn van der Wijck & Görkem Kılıç
- January 31, 2021
All around the world we see democracies being challenged by the increase of polarization and the spread of disinformation on social media platforms. The fundamentals of the democracy that we live in are at danger and the pace of the development of AI is only increasing. Is it too late? Or are we still able to stop this?
Read MoreThe Personalized Web Is Damaging Society: Why And How Things Need To Change
- Brent & Tim
- January 31, 2021
Watch an anti-lockdown demonstration on Youtube, and the person in the next recommended video might tell you that Bill Gates has equipped Corona-vaccines with microchips to track us. Follow a Trump supporter on Twitter, and the recommended people on your Twitter page might tell you that George Soros stole the US election from Donald Trump. […]
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