Tag: technology
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Who’s Teaching the Robots Right from Wrong? (And Are They Even Listening?)
I’ll be honest, when I first saw the reading for this week of class, Towards Intellectual Freedom in an AI Ethics Global Community (Ebell et al., 2021), I expected it to be one of those dense, academic articles I’d have to reread three times just to make sense of. But once I got into it,…
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The Internet Is Changing Our Brains (For Real)
I don’t know about you, but I can barely remember my own kids’ shoe sizes anymore. Not because I don’t care, but because my brain has apparently decided Google has it covered. Need to know what time the meeting is? I’ll just search my email. Again. For the third time today. According to a study…
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What Do GDPR and Cookies Have to Do with You?
Picture this. You are sitting in the carline, scrolling through your favorite parenting blog, when suddenly a pop-up asks if you are okay with cookies. And no, not the chocolate chip ones your kid begged for last night. We are talking about digital cookies, the kind websites use to track your online activity. Honestly, if…
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Wait… HTTPS Doesn’t Mean a Website Is Safe?!
What I just learned about Online Privacy If you’re anything like me, a mom juggling school drop-offs, packed lunches, life, and the occasional TikTok scroll, you probably think you’ve got a decent handle on online safety. I mean, I don’t click sketchy links. I change my passwords regularly (which I thought I was supposed to),…