Social Networks

Learning from Frankenstein's mistakes. Illustration: Dr. Roy Tsezana using artificial intelligence

Can science fiction save us from technological monsters?

A new paper in Nature suggests using science fiction as a tool to predict public reactions to advanced technologies. Rather than relying on dry surveys, the researchers recommend examining how future stories influence the public imagination—and what
Propaganda, communication, zombies. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Is understanding propaganda an essential skill in a modern democracy?

In a new book, Professor Nathan Crick argues that the language of propaganda must be studied – not to fear it, but to know how to use it for the benefit of society.
The characteristics of the generations in a historical and technological perspective

The children of the beta generation have come out into the world: what will the lives of the members of the new generation look like?

A Journey into the Characteristics of the Beta Generation: Technology, Demographics, and Social Influences That May Shape the Future.
An intense battle between humanoid robots. Credit: Dr.Roey Tsezana

The robot that convinced other robots to escape from the exhibition

A small robot led an industrial revolt: In a video that took the social network by storm in China, a small robot convinced a dozen large robots to flee an exhibition at night, raising questions about communication and influence between artificial intelligences.
Artificial intelligence and social networks could worsen the climate crisis. The image was created using DALEE and is not a scientific image

Researchers claim that artificial intelligence and social networks may exacerbate the climate crisis

The Canadian researchers argue that generative artificial intelligence - including large language models such as chatGPT - and social networks can divert attention from pressing global issues, foster feelings of lack
An IDF tank convoy enters the Gaza Strip on October 29, 2023. Photo from the IDF spokesperson's website

New study: "Gaza and Ukraine are separate conflicts, but conspiracy theorists try to connect them on social networks"

An Australian researcher who monitors expressions of hate on social networks analyzed about 12 thousand comments, and who is to blame for every trouble in the world? That's right, the globalist Jews
depression. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Researchers at the Technion are developing methods for monitoring suicidal tendencies using artificial intelligence

In recent years, with the development of artificial intelligence (AI) and the proliferation of machine learning models, methods based on computational learning have been developed in suicide research. Because of this, it was decided in the Faculty of Data and Decision Sciences at the Technion to hold a Datathon on the subject
An illustration indicating a connection between a Christian monastic book and various rabbinical traditions on a spatial background

What is the connection between bats and Jews and Christians in antiquity?

An extraordinary study by a researcher in the field of Talmud at Ben Gurion University and a bat researcher at Tel Aviv University has resulted in the development of an innovative tool for analyzing the social connections created between the sages of Judaism and Christianity in the first centuries
A rock rabbit in the Ein Gedi reserve. Illustration: depositphotos.com

The social network of the rock bunnies

Tracking social mammals has allowed scientists to understand how they choose a way of behavior that promotes their ability to reproduce
Illustration: pixabay.

How not to fall into the trap of fake news

Illustration: pixabay.

Why social networks have become a perfect breeding ground for scams and misinformation

Fake news is part of the immediate consequences of the age of the screen. Source: Stuart Rankin, based on an old cartoon.

Interrupted dialogue

A herd of elephants graze in a reserve in Kenya. social animals. Photo: shutterstock

The social network of the elephants

complexity. Illustration: shutterstock

The study of complexity moves up a gear

Social Network. Illustration: shutterstock

How Google is changing our minds / Daniel M. Wagner and Adrian P. Ward

Carpenter ants - feed on furniture. From Wikipedia (CC license)

The social network of the ants

Demonstrators climb a military vehicle in Tahrir Square, Cairo, during the January-February 2011 revolution. Photo: Rami Rauf, from WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Information technology - the network of shadows / Julian Dibble

Justin Bieber: From YouTube videos at the age of 13 to a hot pop star three years later. Photo: See link to the source of the photo at the end of the article

The powerful network

"Expose the evil." An illustration from a presentation calling for activism through the computer. Courtesy Sami Ben Gharbia

Free online?

Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

From Darwin to Facebook