by mxzdesigns | May 4, 2023 | Uncategorized
Can AI Improve the Justice System? Originally published in The Atlantic The justice system projects the image of stoic fairness. But data doesn’t lie: it’s full of unchecked bias. For example: judges hand out harsher sentences when they’re hungry. Or when their local...
by mxzdesigns | Sep 13, 2022 | Uncategorized
Why the Future of Entrepreneurship Is Small Originally published in Entrepreneur Here’s why the future looks bright for small businesses. In his book, Zero to One, iconic Silicon Valley investor Peter Thiel famously argued that “Competition is for...
by Admin | Jan 29, 2022 | Uncategorized
A Simple Solution to Big Tech Censorship Originally published in FoxNews When Napoleon was deposed as emperor of France in 1814, his European rivals wanted to cut him off from the world. They banded together and exiled him to Elba Island in the Mediterranean....
by mxzdesigns | Jun 12, 2020 | Uncategorized
Is Section 230 of the CDA due for a revamp? Twitter may have pushed just a tad too hard this time. Yes, Tweets are subject to its terms of use. But publicly scrapping with the President of the United States over a hot-button political issue? Really? Trump’s response...
by mxzdesigns | Jan 9, 2020 | Uncategorized
Should our tech giants get to decide what free speech is? I knew right then things had gotten ridiculous. It wasn’t when notorious trolls like Milo Yiannopoulos, or wild conspiracists like Alex Jones were getting banned for riling up the radical left, or for...
by mxzdesigns | Aug 7, 2018 | Uncategorized
Kill the Lawyers! There’s a scene in Shakespeare’s Henry IV where a band of thugs plans to take over the kingdom. Their leader, Cade, shares a grand scheme – a new utopia where money will no longer exist, and where everyone will have access to a life...
by mxzdesigns | Feb 12, 2018 | Uncategorized
Toward Eternal Fame In today’s hyper-speed, image-obsessed culture, fame is an overwhelming force. Measured in clicks, views, follows, likes and detailed influencer metrics, fame can now be quantified in raw numbers that brands, advertisers and content producers love....
by mxzdesigns | May 14, 2017 | Uncategorized
The Curious Case of AI Art AI has already started to reshape entire industries. Tech giants like IBM and Microsoft are banking on it big. It already provides more accurate word choices than human translators. Many major corporations are using it to extract actionable...
by mxzdesigns | Apr 15, 2013 | Uncategorized
Why Freedom Tastes Bitter for Today’s Unsigned Artists Originally published in HuffPost For some established bands, like Nine Inch Nails and Radiohead, freedom from the grasp of the labels is a choice. But for most unsigned artists, it’s not. Most unsigned...
by mxzdesigns | Mar 30, 2012 | Uncategorized
Opinion: Facebook’s billion-dollar content grab Originally published in The Montreal Gazette Changes in private company valuations can be a bit like government debt. Throw around a few zeros on the right side and, soon enough, people stop keeping score. MONTREAL...
