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Born Free, Coded in Chains
What philosophy tells us about decentralisation’s promises and traps.
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Wessel Janse van Rensburg
Why the marketplace of ideas failed online
Letting everyone talk to everyone does not lead to more rational discussion
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Wessel Janse van Rensburg
Both the Democrats and Silicon Valley shifted their political views
An alternative theory of to the Tech sector's rightward turn.
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Wessel van Rensburg
Beyond the brain
The power and bias of language models
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Wessel van Rensburg
Taking stock of AI's impact
Much is still unclear, but some things, like the changing face of the Internet, Europe lagging behind and increased importance of data is a discernible…
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Wessel van Rensburg
Chatbots are data driven manipulators - or our personal daemons? (Links 5)
And Social Media goes paid for, recommender algorithms in the dock.
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Wessel van Rensburg
More annoying, and more of it - online advertising in the future (links 4)
And the intellectual tide against an active state is turning, we are under-hyping AI
We can't escape AI, but we can shape its future (links 3)
And Industrial Strategy is so hot right now; The Tiktok of text
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Wessel van Rensburg
Recommender algorithms optimised for engagement -- it's complicated (links: 1)
Polarisation on Twitter, depression via Facebook, Capitalism is not the (only) problem and more.
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Wessel van Rensburg
Has the Internet really lead to increased conflict?
No smoking gun, but do we need one?
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Wessel van Rensburg
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