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Wired: Immersive Tech Obscures Reality. AI Will Threaten It https://www.wired.com/story/immersive-technology-artificial-intelligence-disinformation/ #artificialintelligence #augmentedreality #virtualreality #disinformation #WiredOpinion #Ideas

Wired: Immersive Tech Obscures Reality. AI Will Threaten It https://www.wired.com/story/immersive-technology-artificial-intelligence-disinformation/ #Tech #wired #TechNews #IT #Technology via @morganeogerbc #artificialintelligence #augmentedreality #virtualreality #disinformation #WiredOpinion #Ideas

Wired: You Are Not Responsible for Your Own Online Privacy https://www.wired.com/story/you-are-not-responsible-for-your-own-online-privacy/ #Tech #wired #TechNews #IT #Technology via @morganeogerbc #artificialintelligence #WiredOpinion #SocialMedia #algorithms #Ideas

Wired: What Would Strategic Relocation from Charleston Look Like? https://www.wired.com/story/one-citys-escape-plan-from-rising-seas/ #Tech #wired #TechNews #IT #Technology via @morganeogerbc #Infrastructure #climatechange #WiredOpinion #BookExcerpt #environment #Ideas

Don't Ask How to Pay for Climate Change. Ask Who Opinion: Asking presidential candidates *how* they'll pay for the cost of climate change is naive. We should be asking, “*who* is going to pay?” and “how much?” https://www.wired.com/story/dont-ask-how-to-pay-for-climate-change-ask-who #Science/Environment #DemocraticDebate #ClimateChange #WiredOpinion #Science #Opinion #opinion

Cashless Stores Alienate Customers in the Name of Efficiency Opinion: Brands that do away with printed currency are unintentionally self-selecting their users. https://www.wired.com/story/cashless-retail-excludes-customers-in-the-name-of-efficiency #WiredOpinion #Business #ApplePay #Opinion #opinion

To End Student Debt, Tie Tuition to Post-Graduation Salaries Opinion: If colleges only get paid when their graduates do, they’re incentivized to provide a service that actually gets students hired. https://www.wired.com/story/to-end-student-debt-tie-tuition-to-post-grad-salaries #highereducation #WiredOpinion #Business #Opinion #opinion

John Ratcliffe Is a Dangerous Pick for Director of National Intelligence The director of national intelligence's main job is to speak truth to power. Trump's nominee, John Ratcliffe, seems destined to do the opposite. https://www.wired.com/story/john-ratcliffe-dni-trump-nominee-danger #Security/NationalSecurity #WiredOpinion #Security #Opinion #opinion #trump #FBI #CIA

Drag Queen vs. David Duke: Whose Tweets Are More 'Toxic'? Opinion: Researchers used Google's AI tool to rank the harmfulness of tweets by white nationalists and drag queens. The results were discouraging. https://www.wired.com/story/drag-queens-vs-far-right-toxic-tweets #Culture/DigitalCulture #ArtificialIntelligence #WiredOpinion #SocialMedia #Culture #Opinion #opinion

High-Stakes AI Decisions Need to Be Automatically Audited Opinion: The current standard for evaluating AI is insufficient. AI systems should be instantly interrogated for bias by a third party. https://www.wired.com/story/ai-needs-to-be-audited #Business/ArtificialIntelligence #ArtificialIntelligence #WiredOpinion #Business #Opinion #opinion

What Happens When Reproductive Tech Like IVF Goes Awry? Opinion: Freezers fail. Samples are mislabeled. Embryos get switched. But a lack of regulation leaves those harmed by such negligence without clear recourse. https://www.wired.com/story/when-ivf-goes-awry #ReproductiveTechnology #Science/Biotech #WiredOpinion #Science #Opinion #opinion

How the iPhone Helped Save the Planet Over the last 12 years, smartphones have helped dematerialize our consumption of countless other products. https://www.wired.com/story/iphone-environment-consumption #iphoneography #WiredOpinion #Gear/Trends #smartphones #environment #Opinion #opinion #Gear

To Really 'Disrupt,' Tech Needs to Listen to Actual Researchers Opinion: Silicon Valley culture often reveals the optimism of organized ignorance. Rather than lauding "new" experts, we need to respect, sustain, and strengthen the ones we already have. https://www.wired.com/story/tech-needs-to-listen-to-actual-researchers #TristanHarris #WiredOpinion #Business #Opinion #opinion