Kimberly Hix Trant's Blog

#hashtagged #booktrailer now live!

     

Forbes article you MUST READ

Hawking, Musk, Wozniak Warn About Artificial Intelligence's Trigger Finger   Here's the important part of this article:   "If any major military power pushes ahead with AI weapon development, a global arms race is virtually inevitable, and the endpoint of this technological trajectory is obvious: autonomous weapons will become the Kalashnikovs of tomorrow."  http://tinyurl.com/pq84y6r  

Have you seen your digital shadow?

Check out this little promo for a video game called "Watchdogs." The first thing you will see is this little warning: "You are not an individual. You are a data cluster."  Seconds later, you realize, that is no lie, brothers and sisters. They speak the gospel truth of online religion.  You will see catchy little segments on "Who You Are," "What Makes You Tick," and more.  The "Who You Care About" section is particularly creepy as people are identified as pawns ("YOU RARELY INTERACT WITH THESE

Have you seen your digital shadow?

 

 Check out this little promo for a video game called "Watchdogs." 

The first thing you will see is this little warning: "You are not an individual. You are a data cluster."  Seconds later, you realize, that is no lie, brothers and sisters. They speak the gospel truth of online religion. 

YOu will see catchy little segments on "Who You Are," "What Makes You Tick," and more.  The "Who You Care About" section is particularly creepy as people are identified as pawns ("YOU RARELY INTERACT WITH THESE CONTACTS AND WILL SACRIFICE THEM FOR SELF-PRESERVATION"), stalkers, liabilities, obsessions, and scapegoats ("YOU EXHIBIT HIGH LEVELS OF INTERACTON WITH THESE CONTACTS. THEY CAN BE USED AGAINST YOU").

It also charts your word usage and let's you compare with friends--now that was really interesting when I compared with my kids .

The final little piece of data is a calculation of how much your data is worth. I don't have a lot of friends and don't have a regular cadence of posts, etc., so my digital shadow came in at a paltry $77, 367.  

This is a great way to advertise a video game. It's also a little eye opening in terms of what is readily available within my own digital shadow. 

#hashtagged... this is how the future started, indeed.  

 

#hashtagged#digitalshadow

#hashtagged Playlist

  The #hashtagged official playlist:   Folsom Prison Blues by Johnny Cash   Jack and Diane by John Cougar   Satisfaction by Rolling Stones   El Cerrito Place by Charlie Robinson   Velvet by Stony LaRue   Never Gonna Leave this Bed by Maroon 5   Here Comes the Sun by The Beatles   These Days by Jackson Browne  

#hashtagged lives

  I'm finally getting around to starting my official #hashtagged blog. I kept a blog for about 1,000 days long, long ago.  So, I get the scope of the undertaking...hence the delay in starting until I could really commit.  #hashtagged was released on July 1, 2014. Let's just start with that one little factoid and see where we go from there, shall we?  Indeed, K. 

#hashtagged lives

I'm finally getting around to starting my official #hashtagged blog. I kept a blog for about 1,000 days long, long ago.  So, I get the scope of the undertaking...hence the delay in starting until I could really commit. 

#hashtagged was released on July 1, 2014. Let's just start with that one little factoid and see where we go from there, shall we? 

Indeed, K. 

#hashtagged