by Laura Valkovic | Mar 5, 2021 | Columns, Good Reads, Privacy & Tech
New videos of a young Tom Cruise have fascinated the denizens of social media, with just one hiccup – the footage is not real. The videos are deepfakes – false images created using artificial intelligence (AI) programs. While deepfake videos have appeared over the...
by Archived Author | Jul 31, 2020 | Articles, Economic Affairs News, Politics, Science, Social Issues
Bill Gates and Elon Musk have contended that the artificial intelligence (A.I.) revolution and automatization of work will put large swaths of the population out of work. They argue that solving this social problem requires universal basic income. Is this true, or is...
by Archived Author | Oct 28, 2019 | Articles, Science, Social Issues
When the modern computer was first created in the 1960s, people soon started imagining a future with intelligent machines. Some of these visions were dystopic, like Skynet in the Terminator movies. Today, almost everyone takes it for granted that artificial...
by Laura Valkovic | Jul 1, 2019 | Articles, Columns, Politics, Privacy & Tech
As the technological realm becomes more pervasive, whom can we trust? Each week, Liberty Nation brings new insight into the fraudulent use of personal data, breaches of privacy, and attempts to filter our perception. This week, LN’s Jeff Charles wrote about websites...
by Laura Valkovic | Apr 8, 2019 | Articles, Education, Privacy & Tech, Social Issues
As the technological realm becomes more pervasive, who can we trust? Each week, Liberty Nation brings new insight into the fraudulent use of personal data, breaches of privacy, and attempts to filter our perception. According to the U.S. Declaration of Independence,...