Rethinking the Internet - How We Lost Control and How to Take it Back
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Overview
Syllabus
- Opening film
- Jaron Lanier intro
- Mass behavior modification
- Algorithms in social media
- Business model of social media
- Symptoms of social media addiction
- Following without knowing we’re following
- Social media role in propagating violence
- Do we need to abandon the free model?
- Changing the definition of politics
- Will anyone’s criticism of social media matter?
- New panelist intros
- Is technology turning us into machines?
- What does the term “AI” really mean?
- Algorithms in criminal justice
- Do people understand the threat of manipulation by algorithms?
- Who are designing these algorithms?
- Are there institutions where algorithms should never be used?
- Fake News film
- People’s susceptibility to fake news on social media
- Suffering from an “engineered complacency”
- Is AI changing the way the brain operates?
- Protecting the privacy of our data
- How can we make the future of AI and social media more ethical?
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