I do not know the correct term for the feeling I have after seeing an advertisement that relates to my search history. It does not irritate me as I know everyone that uses technology experiences this. I am not sure if I was going crazy at the time. Still, I can recall having a conversation about a particular item, and low and behold, the next day, I am swarmed with advertisements of that item while scrolling through Instagram. I am […]

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Click the link below to check out my reaction paper to  Zeynep Tufekci’s TED Talk, “We’re building a dystopia just to make people click on ads.” https://docs.google.com/document/d/13oTKoHeK0QYxsO6SP96JodNbEIu3_MMu7SS4OJh7L9o/edit?usp=sharing (Please listen to this while you read the paper to really enhance the meaning and nuances I tried to explicate.) If you’re worried that there’s something missing, fret not! Tonight’s pathfinding material looks a little different, and is going to be staying a surprise under wraps until class time tonight! See you then!

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In the TED talk entitled We’re Building a Dystopia Just to Make People Click on Ads, Zeynep Tufekci uses her expertise as a techno-sociologist to elaborate how the use of Artificial Intelligence by different social media platforms has changed drastically over time. Tufekci demonstrates how this change in personalized A.I also implies greater risks and more serious consequences for the users. Tufekci provides a clear and informative discussion about A.I and how our simple, regular actions on the internet can […]

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In my past couple of blog posts, I’ve mentioned how data collection and a lack of privacy are looming concerns that I try not to think too hard about while I’m using the internet for work, school, and entertainment. I haven’t really been able to articulate exactly why the thought of companies collecting my data upsets me—obviously, I want to keep some parts of myself private, but there’s more to it than that. Zeyneb Tufeki’s TED Talk “We Are Building […]

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For this week, instead of an article, I am going to focus on a Ted Talk. A Ted Talk spoken by Zeynep Tufkeci, a speaker who highlights the unfortunate events of modern-day society as a result of artificial intelligence. It is not creating havoc within the human world, but it is making a dystopia out of what could be a utopia. The world was always messy, but now the exposure is at a whole other level. With the help of […]

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Having just watched We’re building a dystopia just to make people click on ads, I came away with it with assumptions reinforced and a rather disdain look towards our future in this direction society is going. I’m not trying to sound negative or upset for the sake of it or because it’s popular, but rather I understood how much technology has been advancing for causes that could be much better but instead is being used for profit. If that isn’t […]

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Having just watched We’re building a dystopia just to make people click on ads, I came away with it with assumptions reinforced and a rather disdain look towards our future in this direction society is going. I’m not trying to sound negative or upset for the sake of it or because it’s popular, but rather I understood how much technology has been advancing for causes that could be much better but instead is being used for profit. If that isn’t […]

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Daily Creates  “You’re turning into a chess piece. Which one will you become? Show us an intermediate stage of your change process.” This is why I enjoy the daily creates. It gets my mind off of the stressful tasks in my life and allows me to have fun, random thoughts! To answer the question, I would most definitely be the Queen. High in status. The pictures representing me as Queen would most likely be my 2010 pageant of my 2016 […]

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