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We’re entering an era in which our enemies can make anyone say anything at any point in time. What will happen to society when we can’t trust our eyes and ears anymore?

In onze maatschappij is verveling een vies woord. We kunnen het vaak ook niet goed. Bij ieder dreigend loos moment pakken we onze telefoon en gaan we op zoek naar verstrooiing.

Buildings, museums and monuments can be manifestations of national pride and glory, but also increasingly confront us with our problematic past. These symbols tell stories of conquest, victory and heroism, while simultaneously representing narratives of repression, racism or even genocide, the latter part not being included in the dominant memory culture.

What will happen to public debate and to democracy if we let ourselves be influenced and steered by for-profit multinational tech-giants?

Ja dat kan, technisch gesproken. Maar hoe werkt dat dan en waarom doen we het nog niet allemaal?

Nowadays, more and more people are being diagnosed with a mental disease. Science may now have found the solution for the likes of depression, Tourette and various compulsive disorders: Deep Brain Stimulation.

One day media researcher Joy Buolamwini of MIT finds out that facial recognition programs have difficulty in recognizing her dark face. This leads to further research on racial identity and artificial intelligence.

Picture a scientist. What do you see? Most people don’t imagine a woman. An important reason is that women in general didn’t have the same chances or gotten the same amount of respect as men got in science.

The Matrix was vooral dystopische sciencefiction toen het uitkwam. Anno 2020 lijkt het steeds accurater. AI neemt steeds meer over in onze maatschappij, de mensheid is verslaafd aan de nepwereld van het internet en Techbedrijven zuigen alle informatie uit ons, alsof we menselijke batterijen zijn die hun systemen voeden.

Come see the tools, the challenges, and the highs and lows of fact checking the worst and the silliest BS that humans can come up with.

In 1991, a collaboration between a group of hippies, performance artists, and scientists resulted in Biosphere 2: a futuristic structure designed to house a perfect replica of Earth’s ecosystem.

Artificially intelligent ‘bot’ accounts, junk news sites and fake online profiles: they’re all troll armies. Can we arm ourselves against fake news?

Het circus is weer begonnen: campagnes waarin met geld wordt gesmeten, tegenstanders worden zwartgemaakt en gouden bergen worden beloofd. Samen met journalisten Laila Frank en Eveline van Rijswijk analyseren we de Amerikaanse politiek door de lens van de popcultuur.