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of democratic renewal even in deeply troubled societies. The events of late 2014 and 2015 include vivid re- minders of the power of the ballot. In Nigeria, Africa's most populous country and largest economy, voters who were fed up with governmental complacency, terrorism, and graft rejected the incum
conflict abroad and treasonous enemies within. In similar fashion, though with considerably more finesse and sophistication than was described in Orwell's master- piece, Russian media today preach a strident message of external encirclement by Russophobes in Ukraine, the Baltics, Georgia, and elsewh
m? Consider the bottom-up technique first. You notice that the spam messages tend to have particular features: a long list of addressees, origins in Nigeria, references to million-dollar prizes or Viagra. The trouble is that perfectly useful messages might have these features, too. If you looked at enough
of data is not limited to corporations: In totalitarian states, or even nominally democratic ones, governments know things about their citizens that Orwell could not have imagined. The use they make of this information may not always be transparent or possible to counter. The prospect of AI for military
m? Consider the bottom-up technique first. You notice that the spam messages tend to have particular features: a long list of addressees, origins in Nigeria, references to million-dollar prizes or Viagra. The trouble is that perfectly useful messages might have these features, too. If you looked at enough
of data is not limited to corporations: In totalitarian states, or even nominally democratic ones, governments know things about their citizens that Orwell could not have imagined. The use they make of this information may not always be transparent or possible to counter. The prospect of AI for military
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t of democratic renewal even in deeply troubled societies. The events of late 2014 and 2015 include vivid re- minders of the power of the ballot. In Nigeria, Africa's most populous country and largest economy, voters who were fed up with governmental complacency, terrorism, and graft rejected the incumben
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019248 →ing conflict abroad and treasonous enemies within. In similar fashion, though with considerably more finesse and sophistication than was described in Orwell's master- piece, Russian media tocay preach a strident message of external encirclement by Russophobes in Ukraine, the Baltics, Georgia, and elsewher
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