The life of Tanner Marino
Last week, I watched a TED talk about an AI tool that challenges readers to think critically. The researcher never released it. So I built it myself (and then, two other apps) without writing a single line of code. I’m a Java backend developer who’s never built an app before.
Last week, Apple released Advanced Data Protection, a new way to fully encrypt iCloud data end-to-end (E2EE). This new feature will make your account data so secure that not even Apple can read it. It provides an extra layer of privacy by reducing the data that Apple knows about you and what is accessible through government requests and warrants. Additional data protected with the highest level of…
Your privacy is up for grabs, but should you care? Why does it matter if companies are trading data about your Starbucks habits, your fitness routine or even your favorite weekend destination? It all comes down to control. Our current data environment creates asymmetries of knowledge and power. Who has your data? Who decides what your data is used for? Who decides who decides what your data is…
Joshua Brustein, in his article “Microsoft Wins $480 Million Army Battlefield Contract,” discusses the technology Microsoft will be supplying to the United States Army. The contract includes 100,000 HoloLens augmented reality headsets to “increase lethality by enhancing the ability to detect, decide and engage before the enemy.” This development is particularly troubling for what it could mean for…
In their Bloomberg piece “Fortnite Addiction Is Forcing Kids Into Video-Game Rehab,” Jef Feeley and Christopher Palmeri discuss how parents have trouble regulating their children’s’ videogame use. Some parents even had to resort sending their kids to rehab. But, Fortnite was also cited as the cause for breakups. This means that videogame addiction isn’t just a problem children face. In fact,…
The Internet spawned the digital age and completely changed the world. Just about everything is affected by technology: books, education, news, communication, transportation, games, and everything else in between. Most crucially, the Internet changed surveillance and advertising in enormous ways. In the past two decades, these changes have produced surveillance capitalism. In a world of…
In their article “The Trouble With Trusting AI to Interpret Police Body-Cam Video”, Dan Greene and Genevieve Patterson detail how a company, Axon, is using AI to interpret police body-cam video. When considering the usage of artificial intelligence in real-world applications, it is important to consider how this tool will be trained. Not just any data can be fed into the AI: the automated…