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AI as a Force Multiplier in Policing and Surveillance

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AI as a Force Multiplier in Policing and Surveillance

Artificial intelligence has entered nearly every domain of modern society, but nowhere are its effects more consequential than in policing and public surveillance. The combination of AI analytics, camera networks, automated license plate readers, facial recognition systems, and cross-agency data sharing has created new capabilities that dramatically expand law enforcement&

25 Nov 2025
How Cloud Infrastructure Threatens America's Golden Dome Missile Defense Program

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How Cloud Infrastructure Threatens America's Golden Dome Missile Defense Program

The Golden Dome initiative represents one of the most ambitious defense projects of our generation. Imagine a seamless protective barrier spanning every domain of modern warfare. Satellites orbiting overhead, radar installations scanning the horizon, ships patrolling distant waters, and ground-based interceptors standing ready. All these elements would communicate through artificial

20 Nov 2025
The Golden Dome Program and Challenges to AI

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The Golden Dome Program and Challenges to AI

The Golden Dome initiative, a pivotal moment in the evolution of missile defense, is primarily defined by its reliance on artificial intelligence. Public discourse often focuses on its visible components. Satellites in orbit, interceptors poised to neutralize threats, and sensors spanning multiple domains to track airborne objects. The true revolution

14 Nov 2025
AI Companionship - Understanding the Risks and Responsibilities

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AI Companionship - Understanding the Risks and Responsibilities

The rise of artificial intelligence companions represents one of the most intimate intersections between humans and machines. Unlike chatbots that perform tasks or answer questions, AI companions are designed to simulate friendship, empathy, and emotional understanding with a high degree of emotional realism. This means they can understand and respond

27 Oct 2025
AI-Driven Web Navigation – Browsers that Think

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AI-Driven Web Navigation – Browsers that Think

For over two decades, Google Chrome has dominated how we experience the internet. It became the window through which billions accessed the digital world, a tool so embedded in daily life that few questioned its supremacy. But technology moves in cycles, and each era of dominance eventually meets disruption. That

23 Oct 2025
AI and the Displaced Middle Class - The Emerging Threat to Political Stability

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AI and the Displaced Middle Class - The Emerging Threat to Political Stability

Throughout history, the stability of governments has rested on a shared belief that hard work and education yield opportunity. This social contract sustains civic order precisely because it convinces citizens that their efforts matter, that advancement is earned through merit rather than inherited privilege or predetermined by circumstance. When people

13 Oct 2025
When Laws Become Optional: AI, Surveillance Capitalism, and the Erosion of Autonomy

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When Laws Become Optional: AI, Surveillance Capitalism, and the Erosion of Autonomy

A shift has occurred in how value is created in the modern world. For more than a century, oil-powered industrial civilization has fueled everything from factories to wars. However, in the 21st century, a new resource has emerged as even more valuable, and it requires neither drilling rigs nor refineries.

06 Oct 2025
AI, Surveillance Capitalism, and the Future of Democratic Society

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AI, Surveillance Capitalism, and the Future of Democratic Society

Artificial intelligence stands at the intersection of human progress and democratic vulnerability. While AI promises unprecedented solutions to complex social problems, its entanglement with surveillance capitalism has created a perfect storm threatening the foundations of democratic society. This convergence represents more than a technological evolution; it signals a fundamental shift

24 Sep 2025
Part 7 of 7 – AI in Healthcare: Toward Global Health Equity

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Part 7 of 7 – AI in Healthcare: Toward Global Health Equity

Proper health extends far beyond treating illness when it strikes. It encompasses supporting people in living healthier, longer, and more vibrant lives wherever they may be. This broader understanding of wellness becomes especially critical when we consider the vast disparities in healthcare access that persist across our interconnected world. Global

22 Sep 2025
Part 6 of 7 – AI in Healthcare: Preventive Care and Wellness Tracking

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Part 6 of 7 – AI in Healthcare: Preventive Care and Wellness Tracking

Preventive care represents the cornerstone of practical medicine, offering a path that reduces human suffering while simultaneously lowering healthcare costs and improving quality of life. This approach has gained renewed significance with the convergence of artificial intelligence and the widespread adoption of data collection capabilities. We are witnessing a healthcare

15 Sep 2025
Part 5 of 7 – AI in Healthcare: Augmenting Medical Decision-Making

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Part 5 of 7 – AI in Healthcare: Augmenting Medical Decision-Making

Medicine has always required physicians to strike a balance between scientific knowledge and clinical intuition. Every day, doctors make complex decisions under pressure, weighing patient histories, symptoms, test results, and their own experience to determine the best course of action. These decisions often occur in situations where information is incomplete,

01 Sep 2025
Part 4 of 7 – AI in Healthcare: AI-Assisted Mental Health

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Part 4 of 7 – AI in Healthcare: AI-Assisted Mental Health

Mental health care finds itself caught in a troubling contradiction. While the need for mental health support skyrockets among people of all ages and backgrounds, millions still cannot access the prompt, individualized care they require. Demand for mental health services continues to surge across all demographics, but the ability to

27 Aug 2025
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