RT @RidT: "What is Tor?" -- explained by Islamic State, for better OPSEC, using EFF material, via @gcaw

RT @avilarenata: Stephen Hawking Says We Should Really Be Scared Of Capitalism, Not

RT @PengBerlin: And also this campaign by former Military urging drone operators to refuse to fly

RT @mgubrud: If you think won't happen cuz too scary and dangerous, how do you explain

RT @keiross: Can you design a better asked @guardiantech Yes, yes I

RT @AsimCP: Marvel villains are now quoting David Cameron

Research I have been directing in recent years suggests that Google, Inc., has amassed far more power to control elections—indeed, to control a wide variety of opinions and beliefs—than any company in history has ever had. Google’s search algorithm can easily shift the voting preferences of undecided voters by 20 percent or more—up to 80 percent in some demographic groups—with virtually no one knowing they are being manipulated, according to experiments I conducted recently with Ronald E. Robertson . There are at least three very real scenarios whereby Google—perhaps even without its leaders’ knowledge—could shape or even decide the election next year. Whether or not Google executives see it this way, the employees who constantly adjust the search giant’s algorithms are manipulating people every minute of every day. The adjustments they make increasingly influence our thinking—including, it turns out, our voting preferences.

Saying “no one wants to create a Terminator” is not an argument; it’s more like saying “no one wants to get cancer.” Yet just as one can reduce the chance of getting cancer by living a healthy lifestyle, not smoking, and eating well, one can mitigate the chances of creating weaponized and intelligent systems by preventing an AI arms race between powerful countries with large militaries, and by taking a public stand about how many decisions are delegated to machines.

RT @techinsider: These weapons can find a target all by themselves — and researchers are terrified

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