Tag: dangers

09 JUL

The dangers of letting Big Tech control AI

GUEST: While there are many trending and debate-worthy topics within the world of artificial intelligence, there’s a rather profound one that few people are starting to discuss openly. Namely, there’s a fundamental disconnect between how the tech industry communicates about innovations in AI versus the actual value delivered to consumers and enterprises. Worse, AI is […]

04 JUL

Watch John Oliver on the Dangers of Corporate Consolidation of Local News Channels

The lower-budget aspects of local news may be endearing, as John Oliver noted at the beginning of last night’s main segment of Last Week Tonight. Using a cardboard bear recreation of a bear attack, for example, is a visible form of corner-cutting that gave one local news program that special, somewhat retro DIY flavor. And those comforting […]

02 JUN

Scandals at Uber and Fox show the dangers of hyper-masculinity

AP Photo/Richard Drew Most of us have probably seen the video of Uber founder and CEO Travis Kalanick scolding one of his own drivers, cursing and lamenting that “some people don’t like to take responsibility for their own s–t.” Fox News, meanwhile, continues to reel from a cascade of sexual harassment allegations and charges that […]

01 JUN

The dangers of hacking back

GUEST: Last Thursday, Representative Tom Graves (R-GA) unveiled an updated version of proposed legislation to empower the private sector to hack back. He had previously asserted that such a bill could have prevented the recent WannaCry hack and empowered “individuals and companies to fight back basically and defend themselves during a cyber attack.” WannaCry is […]

13 MAR

John Oliver Parses the Dangers and Stupidity of the American Health Care Act

John Oliver set his sights on health care last night on Last Week Tonight, in the wake of Paul Ryan’s Ryancare/Trumpcare/etc.care proposal in the House last week. (Technically, it’s called the American Health Care Act, or more accurately, the American Way to Die Slowly of Medical Neglect.) As the long-awaited Obamacare repeal finally slithers its way into the light, […]

07 FEB

Afghan interpreter blown up by Taliban tells of dangers after working with occupation forces

A former interpreter with UK forces in Afghanistan who was blown up by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) has told the parliamentary Defence Committee about the dangers now faced by those who worked with occupation forces. Former ‘terp’ Rafi Hottak was wounded by an IED in 2007 while working with a British military unit and […]