…nearer than you think.
Mark Zuckerberg’s reputation is a bit checkered. Let’s put that aside and give him the benefit of the doubt, even for all of the “broken” things in Facebook’s past that he promised to fix and …Continue
Facial Recognition – Media attention to facial recognition has tended to focus on the misuses and negatives, especially the implied threat to civil liberty. But the technology has many pros. (Note: the tension between the …Continue
If you read Jeff Bezos’s annual letter to shareholders, then you can get a pretty good idea of his personality, character, and values. I once met him and came away with that impression: he is …Continue
The opinion of TroubleisNear is that those parties developing technologies with serious to catastrophic risk downsides — most especially the major players, but even those developers whose applications seem remotely related to the risks — …Continue
I write with the conscience of a life-long optimist. (There is much more than that statement, but let it suffice for this post), always expecting good or better outcomes in the long run. Having said that, …Continue
1. Artificial intelligence is advancing at an accelerating rate, powered by its own explosive growth capabilities and the it’s-going-to-hit-a-wall defying “Moore’s Law.” Ray Kurzweil is most probably right, and deserves credit for his foresight. …Continue
Good News / Bad News “The Golden State Killer case was cracked with a genealogy website. What does that mean for genetic privacy?” Crimes are solved and hopefully deterred. Is a crime-free society in our …Continue
Topics and themes from Trouble is Near from across the media spectrum. Algorithmic Injustice For a lengthy but thoughtful examination of AI justice in present times, see Algorithmic Injustice by Tafari Mbadiwe in The New …Continue