Archive News & Announcements - 2018

Click here to read the article. Historian and bestselling author Yuval Noah Harari and Tristan Harris co-founder and executive director of the Center for Humane Technology discuss technology’s ability to ‘hack’ human beings, and the algorithms that work to understand us better than we understand ourselves. What is the future for the human race when engaging in any activity on the internet is like playing a game of chess against billions of dollars of super computer that will win every time? Read more... [Quotation] https://thescene.com/watch/wired/yuval-harari-tristan-harris-humans-get-hacked

Click here to read the article. Japanese Constitutional Principles as a Bridgehead to Global Democracy | global-e Groundswells of politico-social movements emerge in times of transition and in the name of the people. These waves arrive on the scene with a discourse of... Read more... [Quotation] http://www.21global.ucsb.edu/global-e/june-2018/japanese-constitutional-principles-bridgehead-global-democracy

Click here to read the article. A new platform is empowering internet users to play a part in making Twitter a safer, less toxic place. Harnessing the power of a global network of digital activists, Troll Patrol is at the forefront of how Amnesty International is combining machine learning and crowdsourcing to tackle human rights abuses... Read more... [Quotation] https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2018/05/how-you-can-help-amnesty-fight-twitter-trolls/

Click here to read the article. Online 'bots' are often seen as negative, and dangerous, but they can also be used for good, as one social enterprise group is proving... Read more... [Quotation] https://www.peacenews.com/single-post/2018/02/09/Can-Online-Bots-Build-Peace

Photo: An Airman completes a missile assembly on an F-16 Fighting Falcon during a load crew competition at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., June 30, 2017. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Andrew D. Sarver See the Doomsday_Clock_SQD (PDF)