Archive: The Gnovis Blog
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Navigating the Labyrinth: Misinformation and AI in the Information Age by Maria Fernanda Chanduví
What is truly concerning is the increasing sophistication of deepfakes, which are becoming more difficult to distinguish from genuine content. Election season is a particular target for misinformation and deep fakes, and the potential for widespread use of deepfakes is concerning, especially regarding vulnerable demographics.
Categories: 2024, The Gnovis Blog
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Neuralink: A Bold Experiment from the Tech Mogul? by Yixiao Song
Yet another of Elon Musk’s rockets exploded recently. One wonders what euphemisms Musk will use for his potentially disastrous experiments with human brains. Neuralink, the biotech company founded by Elon Musk, received FDA approval for its first human clinical trial last May.
Categories: 2024, The Gnovis Blog
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Rhythm, Narrative, and Soft Power: An Analysis of South Korea’s K-Pop Diplomacy in the Digital Age by Mac Milin Kiran
In the intricate dance of international relations, where every nation vies for influence on the global stage, South Korea orchestrates a symphony of soft power unlike any other. Central to this approach is K-Pop, South Korea’s rhythmic diplomat, whose beats and narratives have found a global audience in the digital era, crossing cultures and borders with ease.
Categories: 2023, The Gnovis Blog
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The Impact of AI on PR and Strategic Communications: A Double-Edged Sword by Maria Fernanda Chanduví
Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming the world, and the Public Relations (PR) and strategic communications field is no exception. In the ever-evolving landscape of PR and communications, AI has been nothing short of revolutionary, offering both positive and negative consequences for the industry.
Categories: 2023, The Gnovis Blog
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On the Intelligent Form by James Caridi-Doyle
In Ex Machina, we see a struggle spin outwards from a central point of knowledge: qualities which would have at one point fallen solely within what might be described as the prescriptive domain of the human Form have begun to fall outside of that domain. When we are presented, through the film, with a robot that demonstrably moves like a human, looks like a human, exhibits the consciousness of a human, and in the very abstract sense feels like a human, we are left to wonder what exactly defines us in a world that holds such possibilities.
Categories: 2023, The Gnovis Blog
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Poppy’s Subversive Ideological Critique by Joseph Hammett
Pop artists employ many different techniques in order to convey a message, market themselves, and create a brand towards building an audience. One such artist, known simply as Poppy, developed a unique tactic in order to jumpstart her musical career. With over a million followers on Instagram, close to 2 million monthly listeners on Spotify, countless think pieces written about her performance art, and collaborations with other famous cultural figures (such as Elon Musk’s past romantic partner and fellow musician, Grimes), Poppy’s cultural influence and impact are undeniable.
Categories: 2022, The Gnovis Blog
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Can Artificial Intelligence be Creative?
More than 2000 years ago, Plato made several interesting references to the notion of creativity, in the Socratic dialogues. In Meno, Socrates claims that “when poets produce truly great poetry, they do it not through knowledge or mastery, but rather by being divinely “inspired” by the Muses”. In another dialogue, Socrates contemplates the origins of new knowledge, which can be interpreted as creative thinking. Socrates wondered how can existing knowledge evolve into new ideas. When asked by Meno, “will we say, of a painter, that he makes something?”, Socrates responded, “no, he merely imitates”.
Categories: 2022, Recent Blog Posts, The Gnovis Blog
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Truth, Reality, and Post-Truth: A Journey Through Words By Andrew Peacock
If you had to choose one keyword, term, or phrase to describe your interests, what would you choose? My keyword, post-truth, denotes an increasingly alarming issue during which people find truth and reality within their own emotional qualifications and communities, ignoring the supposed truth-tellers of society.
Categories: 2021, The Gnovis Blog
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Privacy Regulations: EU’s GDPR vs China’s PIPL
Many countries have followed the example of the EU and adopted privacy legislations similar to GDPR, which some observers call another “Brussels effect.” In August 2021, the National People’s Congress of China adopted the Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL), which entered into force November 1, 2021. Essentially, PIPL is quite similar to the GDPR and became another big step towards the government regulation of data handling practices in global cyberspace. This post outlines some of the main similarities and differences between the EU’s GDPR and China’s PIPL.
Categories: 2021, The Gnovis Blog
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Categories: 2021, 2022, Recent Blog Posts, The Gnovis Blog