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Malicious Design in the Age of Ads

A generation growing up in an addictive and attention-hungry world can thank a tech-enabled advertising industry, but believe it or not…

Aug 28, 2020

Malicious Design in the Age of Ads

Aug 28, 2020

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Solving the Dating Problem

The premise of the Black Mirror episode “Hang the DJ” is a walled-off society where people are required to be matched into romantic…

Jul 12, 2020

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Jul 12, 2020

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Surveillance Capitalism: Data as a Commodity

Every morning, my alarm goes off at 9:30 AM to tell me to get up, get dressed, and head over to Shiru café just two blocks down the street…

Jun 19, 2020

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Jun 19, 2020

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IP Theft: Greatest Cybersecurity Threat

An apocalyptic global order where security breaches and a lack of accountability foster widespread fear is among the extreme, yet possible…

Jun 19, 2020

Brown Tech Review, IP Theft: Greatest Cybersecurity Threat, Griffin Kao

Jun 19, 2020

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The Danger of Blockchain

From 2010 to 2017, a single bitcoin rose in value from mere pennies to nearly $20,000 on the CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index (BPI). The…

Jun 19, 2020

Brown Tech Review, The Danger of Blockchain, Griffin Kao

Jun 19, 2020

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Write for Brown Technology Review

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Jun 18, 2020

Jun 18, 2020

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Modern Mind Control

A new era of addictive products…

Jun 17, 2020

Brown Technology Review, Modern Mind Control, Griffin Kao

Jun 17, 2020

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The Ex-Machina Fallacy

How randomness separates us from AI…

Jun 17, 2020

Brown Technology Review, The Ex-Machina Fallacy, Griffin Kao

Jun 17, 2020

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A Black Mirror: Cognitive Bias in Machine Learning

“These systems are simply mirrors for a biased society,” says Dr. Jerry Kaplan…

Jun 17, 2020

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Jun 17, 2020

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Curious Thoughts

What I Learned From Raising Sea Monkeys

I learned to enjoy the process. When my sea monkeys first hatched, I couldn’t wait for them to become full-grown sea monkeys, constantly…

Jan 31, 2020

Jan 31, 2020

Griffin Kao

Griffin Kao

Brown ’20 — editor at BTR, author of Turning Silicon Into Gold, previously at The College Hill Independent, passionate about AI/ML, product, and economics

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