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AI in Social Media Causes Mental Health Issues
- Elise de Koning & Florence Cornelissen
- February 5, 2023
We have all experienced it at one time or another, when we briefly needed to check something on our phone, opened our favorite app out of curiosity and got caught by an AI algorithm. Before you know it, you are an hour away, completely distracted from your original purpose for which you grabbed your phone in the first place. As this is a persistent problem these days, we will discuss the negative effects of AI in social media on one’s mental health in this article.
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A(I)ddiction: How AI algorithms can turn us into addicts
- edo215
- February 2, 2023
Introduction Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a rapidly growing field that is transforming our world in profound ways. While AI has the potential to improve many aspects of our lives, the increasing use also raises both ethical and societal questions about the negative impact of AI. In the context of social media and casino’s, AI can […]
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The Invisible Pandemic: How AI in social media is diminishing the mental health of our children
- Bas Willemsen & Marc Galitskii
- February 5, 2022
“Facebook Knows Instagram Is Toxic for Teen Girls” This is what the caption reads of an article in the Wall Street Journal which shocked the world in September of last year. In the article, internal research by Facebook (the parent company of Instagram) reveals that their social media app makes body image issues worse for […]
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Addicted to the virtual world? Why you should consider a digital diet
- Seth van der Bijl & Robin Spiers
- February 5, 2022
During a livestream on October 28th 2021, Mark Zuckerberg revealed that the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp among others had rebranded itself to Meta. He described the new company vision as a focus to bring the so-called “metaverse” to life and help people connect, find communities and grow businesses. This development is understood […]
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Artificial Intelligence And The End Of Freedom
- Jelle Wassenaar & Josh Willekes
- February 5, 2022
Introduction Our society has arrived at one of the most important points in human history. The point where it is estimated that supercomputers will soon surpass human capabilities in almost all areas. Also at this point, the amount of data we produce doubles every year. This means that the amount of data we used in […]
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Why it’s time to take a break
- Rachel Liao & Milena de Swart
- February 5, 2022
While there are many upsides to the use of social media, it can also be disastrous to our mental, physical, intellectual and emotional health. Maybe it’s time to take a break?
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Ban YouTube’s Recommendation Algorithm
- fdn216
- February 5, 2022
Fight the spread of misinformation and increase users’ well-being Introduction YouTube is the world’s second-most visited website, right after its parent company, Google. For work or leisure time, YouTube is a great tool for online education, providing entertainment or seeking out information about other cultures or countries on the other side of the world. The […]
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How Smart Keeps Us Dumb
- Daan van der Wind & Jan Boom
- February 5, 2022
Technology over the years has become an integral part of our lives. More and more people are getting access to technology and the internet through what we call smart devices. The most popular one being, of course, the smartphone. In today’s day and age it is like we cannot get through the day if we […]
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Your Data is your fingerprint – Protecting Data is a matter of Urgency!
- yuyu Bai&Adwitiya Mandal
- February 5, 2022
“If you are doing something that you don’t want other people to know, maybe you shouldn’t be doing it in the first place.” Said by Google ex-CEO Eric Schmidt. In his opinion, Google was merely a conduit and was not responsible for the invasion of people’s privacy. His attitude shows that he doesn’t seem to […]
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AI is being used to manipulate the public
- Muska Neek & Maxine Palmen
- February 5, 2022
Introduction Humans have always manipulated each other to a certain extent, whether they were aware or unaware of it in retrospect. Interestingly, people are convinced that they cannot be manipulated in any shape or form (Amer et. al. 2019). However, the past has proven that it is possible. Artificial Intelligence, AI, has recently been introduced […]
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