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In simulated life-or-death decisions, about two-thirds of people in a UC Merced study allowed a robot to change their minds when it disagreed with them — an alarming display of excessive trust in artificial intelligence, researchers said. Human subjects allowed robots to sway their judgment despite being told the AI machines had limited capabilities and […]
The chair of the ABC has sounded the alarm on the health of democracy around the world, citing US vice-presidential candidate JD Vance’s commentary about diminishing trust in institutions as a warning for Australian media organisations. In a speech on Wednesday night, Kim Williams talked up the role of journalists at the ABC and other […]
This article is the first in a series of posts I’m writing about running various SaaS products and websites for the last 8 years. I’ll be sharing some of the issues I’ve dealt with, lessons I’ve learned, mistakes I’ve made, and maybe a few things that went right. Let me know what you think! Back […]
Trustworthy by Margot Bloomstein Designers can empower people to make confident decisions. Empowerment goes beyond just basic functionality: we help people meet their needs and gain a sense of fulfillment and knowledge through their interactions with screens, products, and services. Empowerment is the sense of confidence people gain by making decisions and feeling good about […]
Photo by Vanna Phon on Unsplash Customer acquisition is the lifeblood of many startups from e-commerce to gaming to marketplace companies, among others. Most of these startups spend the lion’s share of their marketing budget in today’s social media channels: Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, Snap, TikTok and so on because — no surprise — that’s where […]