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My Top 10 Most Popular Articles of 2022
The Top Ten most-read articles on my site in 2022. Artificial intelligence (AI), tech ethics, the metaverse, parenting, smartphone addiction, Zoom calls, and much more.
AI-Generated Art isn’t all Dogs Doing Yoga (Sadly)
AI-generated art from DALL-E to Stable Diffusion creates bizarre and beautiful images. But what are the costs to society of tools like these?
The Biggest Problem With DeepFakes isn’t The DeepFakes
The threat from deepfakes may not be how good they are, but that their existence undermines trust in news, playing into the hands of agents of misinformation.
The battery life of your phone could affect your loan application
Is how often you drain your phone battery a good indicator of your credit worthiness? Lack of algorithmic transparency in financial services means we may not know.
Counterspeech could help fight online hate
Counterspeech is an effective method for dealing with online abuse, helping to change beliefs and build resilience. Could AI deploy it at scale?
Your Zoom Call Just Got Even More Uncomfortable
Imagine being on a Zoom call and the person the other end is getting real-time indications that you’re bored, annoyed, or even lying – that’s the promise of ’emotion AI’.
The Real Threat from Deep Fakes
Should we be worried that we can tell a computer-generated image of a human face from the real thing less than half the time?
Beware ‘Bossware’
Bossware, proliferating since the pandemic, uses artificial intelligence (AI) to manage or monitor a company’s employees. It’s not infallible.