Public announcements about brain-computer interfaces and some developments in the field of genetics risk enhancing the discrimination between humans, if we do not take action, now by Andrea Monti – Initially published in Italian by Wired.it Continue reading “Neuralink is the ante-chamber of technological discrimination”
Is ChatGPT going to be blocked again in Italy?
It is an open secret that the Italian data protection authority is very interested in becoming the regulator for AI. They have started to appear in different areas, intervening as much as possible in the public debate. The OpenAI case is clearly part of this strategy by Andrea Monti – this is an abriged and edited version of a longer article publishe in Italian by Italian Tech – La Repubblica Continue reading “Is ChatGPT going to be blocked again in Italy?”
Are VR Headset actually ‘cool’?
In the mind of marketing people, experiencing life through a VR headset should be ‘cool’, but —don’t ask why— I have the strong feeling that we are on the verge of making Dilbert’s cartoon real. I could not find the original image, so I used ChatGPT to make an image that conveyed the meaning.
ChatGPT’s next personal data scandal confirms free internet is a delusion
The next OpenAI personal data ‘scandal’ (Google’s researchers ottenere risposte che rendono disponibili i dati “grezzi” usati per addestrare il modelli della serie GPT) invariably made headlines about ‘privacy’, copyright and so on. These issues are also invariably discussed without taking into account some clear facts that defuse the hype and once again expose the consequences of the ‘freebie’ economy, ‘loneliness capitalism‘ and the inertia of the supervisory authorities – by Andrea Monti – Initially published in Italian on Strategikon – a La Repubblica-Italian Tech blog. Continue reading “ChatGPT’s next personal data scandal confirms free internet is a delusion”
From mass surveillance to individual control, the path goes through videgames and exposes the GDPR
A peculiar feature of the third iteration of Call of Duty Modern Warfare has gone almost unnoticed by the media: it will increase the use of AI to block – ‘filter’, as marketing experts would euphemistically say – ‘toxic’ conversations. In other words, an AI will analyse what players are saying in real time, and ‘toxic’ language – whatever that means – will be reported to the moderation team by Andrea Monti – initially published in Italian by Strategikon – an Italian Tech Blog Continue reading “From mass surveillance to individual control, the path goes through videgames and exposes the GDPR”