The Tech4Humanity Lab blog is comprised of research and general interests posts from lab students and faculty.
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Comparing Bard and ChatGPT on WAR, AND DIPLOMACY
I previously posted an article in which I asked ChatGPT a number of questions on Russia’s war in Ukraine. It wasn’t immediately clear that ChatGPT had a cut off date in 2021. Yet despite the fact that it had a cut off date before the start of the 2022 escalation of Russia’s invasion of…
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Gaming to combat disinformation
Misinformation poses one of the most prevalent threats to modern political discourse. Its manipulation techniques are unique and ever evolving, present in the media surrounding elections and international politics and reaching more into marketing schemes and public relations as of late. Whether the goal is to gain profit or sow dissention, misinformation is sometimes…
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ChatGPT Use in the Classroom
Is ChatGPT the greatest thing since sliced bread for education and research or an instrument for cheating? Is it a tool for learning or a way towards ignorance and illiteracy? Is it an indication of progress in contemporary society with endless opportunities for automation or one of the early signs of devaluation for student-acquired knowledge…
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ChatGPT, War, and Diplomacy
There is a great deal of discussion about the use of AI and Machine Learning in intelligence analysis, war planning, national security policy-making and beyond. Yet before these tools are put in place it behooves us to understand the way in which AI thinks and upon what data sources it builds its “findings” and…
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ChatGPT on AI Common Sense, Rationality, and Morality
I held a chat conversation with OpenAI’s ChatGPT to see in one small instance how it responded to questions pertaining to common sense, rationality, and morality. I focused on these three areas in particular because they are generally seen as “human” attributes of intelligence. These “human” qualities extend well beyond Alan Turing’s paper “Computing…
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Why the US Should Not Force Ukraine to Settle for an Imperial Peace
Russia’s continued war in Ukraine has led to persistent calls for a diplomatic settlement from various corners of the policy community, academia, and the extremes of the political spectrum. These calls are each rooted in a limited or constrained understanding of the conflict, the provision of funding and resources, and the logics of peace…
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Exporting Surveillance: Tech Companies and Export of Surveillance Technology
Many authoritarian governments, such as those in Iran, Myanmar, Venezuela, Zimbabwe, now have the capability to surveil their own citizens with technical tools. Many of them were enabled by Chinese technology companies, such as Huawei, Hikvision, Dahua and ZTE, as well as U.S. and Israeli companies that have exported artificial intelligence surveillance technology to…
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Covid-19 Disinformation in the ASEAN Region
Technology facilitates the communication and spread of information in ways that can result in public benefit. In particular, information communications technologies, such as social media, can serve as a powerful tool for information dissemination. In fact, they often serve as a platform for governments to communicate with their constituents. However, the information environment is…
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The Visible Battle Space: Electronic Warfare in Ukraine
United States intelligence agencies have been issuing dire warnings of an impending war between the Russian Federation and Ukraine. Estimates of upwards of 175,000 soldiers massing at multiple points on the Ukraine-Russian frontier are ominous, yet any battle over Ukraine is likely to include an increasingly potent electronic warfare (EW) dimension that would be…
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A Brief Survey of the Impact of COVID-19 Disinformation on ASEAN Countries
Technology facilitates the communication and spread of information in ways that can result in public benefit. In particular, information communications technologies, such as social media, can serve as a powerful tool for information dissemination. In fact, they often serve as a platform for governments to communicate with their constituents. However, the information environment is…