The Dark Shadow Shrine

embrace the darkness; that you may see the light nestled within it......

Wednesday, April 06, 2016

Online values, Ai and AI

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a good article on how the internet is divisive...note esp the reasons for why we behave so differently online, saying things that we otherwise would not do when face-to-face....

note balance on anonymity:
To be sure, online anonymity is not without its blessings. It offers privacy and security to those who wish to seek information and support for awkward personal problems or embarrassing health conditions. Whistle-blowers and the politically persecuted can also leverage online anonymity to advance their causes with reduced threat to personal safety.


the paradoxical nature and duality of the internet
Technology is therefore paradoxical in its effects - beneficent yet toxic, empowering yet crippling, amplifying yet silencing - but never neutral, despite its seemingly mechanical logic. Simply consider how technologies such as smartphones, social media and location-based services have ushered in as many advantages as they have trade-offs.