Re: <nettime> Algorithmic / Biometric Governmentality

[jeremy bentham <dnw@eskimo.com>]

On Sun, Oct 29, 2017 at 05:21:18PM -0400, Ian Alan Paul wrote:

> This very digestible short talk (22:00) on the emerging threat of
> algorithmic/biometric governmentality from Zeynep Tufekci may be of
> interest to those who research control societies, etc..:
> https://www.ted.com/talks/zeynep_tufekci_we_re_building_a_dystopia_just_to_make_people_click_on_ads

> The transcript is below:

...

> (Laughter)

...

> (Applause)

> So to go back to that Hollywood paraphrase, we do want the prodigious
> potential of artificial intelligence and digital technology to blossom, but
> for that, we must face this prodigious menace, open-eyed and now.

The panopticon:  what a quaint, crude concept!

-- 
 Dave Williams    dnw@eskimo.com
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