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  • New Red Scare Snowballs Into Massive Conspiracy
  • Electoral Politics Is Being Shaken
  • Northrop Grumman Developing Identification Systems
  • GreenPeace In Another Wave Of Legal Battles
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  • School Teacher Jailed For Verbal Dissent
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  • Facebook Censorship Takes A Step Back
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  • Re-Hashing The Divide
  • Ableist Attitudes At A Tennessee Walgreens
  • Donna Brazile Turns Whistle-Blower?
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  • DNC Elites Plan Anti-Sanders Coalition
  • H.A. Goodman Challenges Mike Figueredo To Debate
  • Climate Change And Corporatocracy
  • More Than Resistors
  • CVS Health Swallowing The Healthcare Industry
  • Another Progressive Jumps Into Presidential Race
  • Sanders, Warren, Gabbard All Likely Contenders In The 2020 Election
  • Bomb Threats Made, Media Ordered To Remain Silent
  • 2020 Presidential Election Taking Shape
  • Social Media Platforms Censor Anti-Establishment Media
  • Crunch-Time For Canova Campaign
  • Former Progressive Challenger Endorses DNC Nominee For TX Senate
  • Socialist Challenges Sanders From The Left
  • New Progressive Group Fights For Jobs Guarantee
  • Northrop Grumman "Weighing In" On 2018 Elections
  • Kamala Harris Likely To Run In 2020
  • 4 States Held Primaries: The Results
  • Former Congressional Candidate Charged With Murder
  • Alex Jones Banned From Most Platforms
  • Lopez-Obrador Prepares To Ban Fracking
  • Class-Action Lawsuit Filed Against Wal-Mart
  • Progressive Candidate Maria Estrada Does Not Like Jews
  • To "D" Or Not To "D"
  • Corruption Story Unfolds In MI
  • California Braces For June 5th Primary
  • Green Party Candidate Faces Censorship
  • Sanders' Death Blow To The Democratic Party
  • AI Revolution Begs Constitutional Questions
  • Tim Canova Announces Run As An Independent
  • An Inflating Technological Oligarchy
  • New Red Scare Snowballs Into Massive Conspiracy
  • Electoral Politics Is Being Shaken
  • Northrop Grumman Developing Identification Systems
  • GreenPeace In Another Wave Of Legal Battles
  • DNC Fundraiser In Houston
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Day
  • The Duopoly Fights Over DACA
  • Smartphone Apps Are Recording Users
  • School Teacher Jailed For Verbal Dissent
  • Iranian Protests
  • Erica Garner Passes Away
  • Facebook Censorship Takes A Step Back
  • Congress Passes GOP Tax Bill
  • Media Consolidation and Journalistic Integrity
  • The Battle For Net Neutrality
  • Re-Hashing The Divide
  • Ableist Attitudes At A Tennessee Walgreens
  • Donna Brazile Turns Whistle-Blower?
  • Trump Targets Tax Reform
  • The War For The Soul Of The Left
  • Memorial To What?
  • Climate Change
  • Democratic Socialism
  • Hope For The Left
  • PC Culture & The Ideological Left
  • L'Anse Creuse Principal Violates Student's Privacy In Bathroom Stall
  • Rebecca Parson Challenges New Dem Chair Derek Kilmer

How An Exploding AI Industry Is Raising Mounting Concerns Over Privacy And Censorship

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        The recent proliferation of cutting-edge technology is boggling the minds of nerds the world over, albeit the subsequent repercussions of their implementation should raise substantive privacy questions in an era where we already see examples of intrusion in those areas. 

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       Advancements in the field of artificial intelligence have taken a series of leaps and bounds this year. From software development to data management, what we are seeing present itself as the new wave of technological development may prove rather to be the new wave of 4th Amendment infractions, and data harvesting and misuse. This will inevitably be the harbinger of increased overreach and abuse of power by the NSA.


The Tech Explosion

        In the last couple of years we have seen drone technology reach its potential and become commonplace on grocery store shelves. We have witnessed a technological revolution in personal assistant technology, from vacuum cleaners that navigate the house on its own, refrigerators that write your shopping list for you, in-home tech command centers such as the Google assistant capable of controlling lights, music, alarm systems,  booking appointments, etc...
        What the dialogue surrounding this tech explosion seems to lack is the acknowledgement that the same Big Data giants that are currently under scrutiny for censorship and privacy breeches are being handed more access to more sensitive information. Think of the tech titan that Google has become, and the price we have already paid in making a system designed by the CIA and NSA an integral part of our daily lives. Now imagine the "Google Assistant" and  fathom, if you will, the blissful ignorance of the apathetic consumer, who's consent to be closely monitored was manufactured by an advertisement who told him he would never have to get up to turn the light on again. 

The Association Of Foxes For The Advancement Of Chicken Security

        Incidentally, the most intrusive and hypothetically dangerous technology is coming from the largest and most financially endowed corporations, exponentially increasing the motivation on the part of these institutions to use their technological ability to harvest information from consumers for the government (such as Jeff Bezos, the owner of Amazon, who has a $600,000,000 arrangement with the CIA). Furthermore, AI is now doing much more than harvesting data, it is beginning to control the information that we take in, as well. If you "google" keywords in order to locate certain news/information described by them, A Google-owned robot may decide to favor certain news sources over others (such as The Washington Post, owned by Jeff Bezos, who has a $600,000,000 arrangement with the CIA). Are these the types of individuals/companies we want manufacturing a device designed to listen to our homes? Of course this only strengthens an already existing home-intrusion on the part of the CIA, who has already been using everyday home appliances for surveillance. Likewise on the part of the private corporations, who have already admitted to using applications on our phones with access to the microphone to the same end. I have already reported on "The Inflating Technological Oligarchy". Now these same Big Data companies that forcefully dominate the playing field will have yet more information at their disposal, as we become yet more reliant on the conveniences they boast. 


Recommended Additional Reading:
     Robot Can Jog Through The Park On Its Own
​     Whirlpool Corporation working with "Google Home" personal assistant
     Study says big data and privacy invasions disproportionately affect the poor

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  • DNC Elites Plan Anti-Sanders Coalition
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  • Climate Change And Corporatocracy
  • More Than Resistors
  • CVS Health Swallowing The Healthcare Industry
  • Another Progressive Jumps Into Presidential Race
  • Sanders, Warren, Gabbard All Likely Contenders In The 2020 Election
  • Bomb Threats Made, Media Ordered To Remain Silent
  • 2020 Presidential Election Taking Shape
  • Social Media Platforms Censor Anti-Establishment Media
  • Crunch-Time For Canova Campaign
  • Former Progressive Challenger Endorses DNC Nominee For TX Senate
  • Socialist Challenges Sanders From The Left
  • New Progressive Group Fights For Jobs Guarantee
  • Northrop Grumman "Weighing In" On 2018 Elections
  • Kamala Harris Likely To Run In 2020
  • 4 States Held Primaries: The Results
  • Former Congressional Candidate Charged With Murder
  • Alex Jones Banned From Most Platforms
  • Lopez-Obrador Prepares To Ban Fracking
  • Class-Action Lawsuit Filed Against Wal-Mart
  • Progressive Candidate Maria Estrada Does Not Like Jews
  • To "D" Or Not To "D"
  • Corruption Story Unfolds In MI
  • California Braces For June 5th Primary
  • Green Party Candidate Faces Censorship
  • Sanders' Death Blow To The Democratic Party
  • AI Revolution Begs Constitutional Questions
  • Tim Canova Announces Run As An Independent
  • An Inflating Technological Oligarchy
  • New Red Scare Snowballs Into Massive Conspiracy
  • Electoral Politics Is Being Shaken
  • Northrop Grumman Developing Identification Systems
  • GreenPeace In Another Wave Of Legal Battles
  • DNC Fundraiser In Houston
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Day
  • The Duopoly Fights Over DACA
  • Smartphone Apps Are Recording Users
  • School Teacher Jailed For Verbal Dissent
  • Iranian Protests
  • Erica Garner Passes Away
  • Facebook Censorship Takes A Step Back
  • Congress Passes GOP Tax Bill
  • Media Consolidation and Journalistic Integrity
  • The Battle For Net Neutrality
  • Re-Hashing The Divide
  • Ableist Attitudes At A Tennessee Walgreens
  • Donna Brazile Turns Whistle-Blower?
  • Trump Targets Tax Reform
  • The War For The Soul Of The Left
  • Memorial To What?
  • Climate Change
  • Democratic Socialism
  • Hope For The Left
  • PC Culture & The Ideological Left
  • L'Anse Creuse Principal Violates Student's Privacy In Bathroom Stall
  • Rebecca Parson Challenges New Dem Chair Derek Kilmer
  • The Sparx Tribune - Index
  • News
  • Original Reporting
  • Interviews With The Candidates
    • Meet William Hurst
    • Sema Hernandez Is Challenging Sen. John Cornyn In 2020 Election
    • Meet Daniel Whitfield
  • The Sparx Tribune Report
  • We Call It "The Establishment"
    • Priorities USA Action
  • Please Support The Sparx Tribune!
  • Contact SPARX
  • Democratic Debate, Round 2; Sanders Brings Fire To The Debate Stage
  • Free Speech
  • Niko House Claps Back After Drawing Fire...
  • Assange Indicted For Violating The Espionage Act
  • DNC Elites Plan Anti-Sanders Coalition
  • H.A. Goodman Challenges Mike Figueredo To Debate
  • Climate Change And Corporatocracy
  • More Than Resistors
  • CVS Health Swallowing The Healthcare Industry
  • Another Progressive Jumps Into Presidential Race
  • Sanders, Warren, Gabbard All Likely Contenders In The 2020 Election
  • Bomb Threats Made, Media Ordered To Remain Silent
  • 2020 Presidential Election Taking Shape
  • Social Media Platforms Censor Anti-Establishment Media
  • Crunch-Time For Canova Campaign
  • Former Progressive Challenger Endorses DNC Nominee For TX Senate
  • Socialist Challenges Sanders From The Left
  • New Progressive Group Fights For Jobs Guarantee
  • Northrop Grumman "Weighing In" On 2018 Elections
  • Kamala Harris Likely To Run In 2020
  • 4 States Held Primaries: The Results
  • Former Congressional Candidate Charged With Murder
  • Alex Jones Banned From Most Platforms
  • Lopez-Obrador Prepares To Ban Fracking
  • Class-Action Lawsuit Filed Against Wal-Mart
  • Progressive Candidate Maria Estrada Does Not Like Jews
  • To "D" Or Not To "D"
  • Corruption Story Unfolds In MI
  • California Braces For June 5th Primary
  • Green Party Candidate Faces Censorship
  • Sanders' Death Blow To The Democratic Party
  • AI Revolution Begs Constitutional Questions
  • Tim Canova Announces Run As An Independent
  • An Inflating Technological Oligarchy
  • New Red Scare Snowballs Into Massive Conspiracy
  • Electoral Politics Is Being Shaken
  • Northrop Grumman Developing Identification Systems
  • GreenPeace In Another Wave Of Legal Battles
  • DNC Fundraiser In Houston
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Day
  • The Duopoly Fights Over DACA
  • Smartphone Apps Are Recording Users
  • School Teacher Jailed For Verbal Dissent
  • Iranian Protests
  • Erica Garner Passes Away
  • Facebook Censorship Takes A Step Back
  • Congress Passes GOP Tax Bill
  • Media Consolidation and Journalistic Integrity
  • The Battle For Net Neutrality
  • Re-Hashing The Divide
  • Ableist Attitudes At A Tennessee Walgreens
  • Donna Brazile Turns Whistle-Blower?
  • Trump Targets Tax Reform
  • The War For The Soul Of The Left
  • Memorial To What?
  • Climate Change
  • Democratic Socialism
  • Hope For The Left
  • PC Culture & The Ideological Left
  • L'Anse Creuse Principal Violates Student's Privacy In Bathroom Stall
  • Rebecca Parson Challenges New Dem Chair Derek Kilmer
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