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The Start of the Artificial Intelligence Revolution
Artificial Intelligence by Gerd Altmann CC0 Public Domain “Alexa, how long has artificial intelligence been around?” A lot longer than you think. The idea of artificial intelligence, better known as A.I., has been around for thousands of years. But when … Continue reading
Made You Look! Advertising and the New Attention Economy
By Dino Sossi https://dinosossi.wordpress.com/2020/12/19/hey-you-look-over-here-advertising-and-the-dawn-of-the-attention-economy/ Figure #1 – Taste the difference? (Bond, 2020) Why do we have advertising? Paying for content via advertisements is a relatively recent phenomenon. In his important and timely book The Attention Merchants (20106), author Tim Wu … Continue reading
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Protected: Race vs. Gender? We Need to Talk About the Karen Meme
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Step Back: Google’s AR Experiment Promotes Social Distancing
When we commune with nature, we can become deeply immersed in its rich splendor. Similarly, when we are with friends or precious loved ones, we can become lost in the charms of those around us. During these increasingly rare moments, … Continue reading
Digital Guinea Pigs: Downplaying Online Experimentation
By Dino Sossi https://dinosossi.wordpress.com/2020/05/29/hooked-downplaying-online-experimentation/ Figure #1. Wire me in! (Graphis Competitions, 2011) Many people are surprised, even shocked, at the amount of experimentation happening in online spaces. This includes social media platforms as detailed in the video What Makes You … Continue reading
Everything is for Sale
By Dino Sossi Everything is for Sale
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Teens On Oversharing Online (Graphic)
By Dino Sossi, Updated May 28, 2020 https://dinosossi.wordpress.com/2020/05/28/teens-on-oversharing-online/ Figure #1 – Oops, shouldn’t have sent out that tweet… We live in a sharing economy. Everything is sharable. Including our personal information. A recent study by the Pew Center for Internet Research (2016) found … Continue reading
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The Limits to Machine Learning: The Human Element in the Fake News Wars
AI alone cannot stop the scourge of fake news There has been a dizzying array of technological developments over the past few years. As one simple example, self-driving cars are an elegant combination of mechanical engineering, artificial intelligence, and machine … Continue reading
Why Do We Socialize Online? Four Theories
By Dino Sossi, Updated November 25, 2020 https://dinosossi.wordpress.com/2019/01/02/why-do-we-socialize-online-4-theories/ Figure #1 – If you can’t make it for cocktails, I’ll see you on Facebook (Senior & Co., n.d.) The number of people online is staggering. It was estimated that there are … Continue reading
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To Read or Not to Read? Essay Grading Tips (Graphic)
By Dino Sossi (updated February 15, 2020) https://dinosossi.wordpress.com/2018/02/15/to-read-or-not-to-read-tldr-grading-graphic/ Professor Michael Millner revealed something startling about his teaching (2018). He stopped writing comments on student essays. Why resort to something so radical, something seemingly so anti-educational? Millner found that one too … Continue reading
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