Internet of Things (18)

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  • Kinolab
  • 1968
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HAL Part II: Vengeful AI, Digital Murder, and System Failures

See HAL Part I for further context. In this narrative, astronauts Dave and Frank begin to suspect that the AI which runs their ship, HAL, is malfunctioning and must be shut down. While they try to hide this conversation from HAL, he becomes aware of their plan anyway and attempts to protect himself so that the Discovery mission in space is not jeopardized. He does so by causing chaos on the ship, leveraging his connections to an internet of things to place the crew in danger. Eventually, Dave proceeds with his plan to shut HAL down, despite HAL’s protestations and desire to stay alive.

  • Kinolab
  • 1968
  • 7 min
  • Kinolab
  • 1968
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HAL Part I: AI Camaraderie and Conversation

Dr. Dave Bowman and Dr. Frank Poole are two astronauts on the mission Discovery to Jupiter. They are joined by HAL, an artificial intelligence machine named after the most recent iteration of his model, the HAL 9000 computer. HAL is seen as just another member of the crew based upon his ability to carry conversations with the other astronauts and his responsibilities for keeping the crew safe.

  • Kinolab
  • 1968
  • 9 min
  • Kinolab
  • 2015
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Vulnerability of Workplaces and Economic Markets to Hacking

After a hacker causes massive disruptive events across the globe, from destabilizing a nuclear reactor to changing the value of soy futures in the stock market, Nicolas Hathaway, a formerly convicted hacker, is released from prison to help solve the case. He eventually susses out that the hacker is targeting the internet of things which keeps conditions safe for a tin mine, similar to the internet of things which protected the nuclear reactor. The ultimate goal of the hacker is to use malware to disrupt economic systems, like the price of tin, and become richer.

  • Kinolab
  • 2015
  • 15 min
  • MIT Tech Review
  • 2019
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Triton is the world’s most murderous malware, and it’s spreading

An attack in Saudi Arabia through malware known as Triton demonstrates that hackers, potentially even those belonging to nation-states, are willing to spend considerable time and money to hack into the increasing numbers of targets in industrial internets of things. Such cyber attacks could lead to unsafe workplaces and even catastrophes.

  • MIT Tech Review
  • 2019
  • 5 min
  • BBC News
  • 2019
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The Google city that has angered Toronto

A Google affiliated urban development project in Toronto has raised concerns about the data privacy of its citizens. Specifically, the collection of large amounts of data within this “smart city” and the potential private direction of public services like transportation cause citizen pushback.

  • BBC News
  • 2019
  • 7 min
  • The New York Times
  • 2019
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Stanford Team Aims at Alexa and Siri With a Privacy-Minded Alternative

Stanford team develops a neutral “Switzerland-like” alternative for systems that use human language to control computers, smartphones and internet devices in homes and offices. Known as Almond, they hope to make this software free to use on devices with specific focuses on protecting user privacy and enabling greater understanding of natural language.

  • The New York Times
  • 2019
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