In growing shadow of big data, Mass. lawmakers are working to shine a light

In growing shadow of big data, Mass. lawmakers are working to shine a light

Students sit for an exam in a computer room at a technical school in Jinan, China. George Soros is right to call artificial intelligence technologies “a mortal danger” for open societies like ours ( “China and the AI threat to open societies,” Opinion, Feb. 4). In the United States, we are increasingly subject to the whims of secretive databases and algorithms. Our opportunities for housing, employment, education, and more are becoming dictated by big data and automation.

Surveillance technologies built on machine learning and big data also pose a threat to democracy, open society, and justice. Right now in Massachusetts, […]

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