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Aeon+Psyche
Dreams are a precious resource. Don’t let advertisers hack them
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~13 min read · Nov 19th · Dream-hacking techniques can help us create, heal and have fun. They could also become tools of commercial manipulation
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There’s a big problem with AI: even its creators can’t explain how it works
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~15 min read · From 2017 · No one really knows how the most advanced algorithms do what they do. That could be a problem.
The New York Times
For Creators, Everything is for Sale
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7 min read · Mar 10th · Digital stars are coming up with new ways to make money. Yet fans still hold the power.
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Inside China’s Dystopian Dreams: A.I., Shame and Lots of Cameras
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9 min read · From 2018 · Beijing is putting billions of dollars behind facial recognition and other technologies to track and control its citizens.
Inverse
Dreams Might be Warning Us About Our Brain Health
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2 min read · 2020-05-15 · This scientist says dream disorders could be a sign of future disease.
Science Magazine
Scientists entered people’s dreams and got them ‘talking’
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4 min read · Feb 18th · Dreaming experiments involved real-time conversations between sleepers and scientists
Guardian Tech
New AI fake text generator may be too dangerous to release, say creators
Guardian Tech
20+ min read · From 2019 · The Elon Musk-backed nonprofit company OpenAI declines to release research publicly for fear of misuse
Aeon+Psyche
Why don’t we feel pain in dreams? The answer might lie in a new frontier of neuroscience
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2 min read · 2020-08-11 · Why we don’t feel pain in dreams, and other brain puzzles that neuronal assemblies might help neuroscientists unlock
