10 Ways Big Data is Creating the Sci Fi Future.

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10 Ways Big Data is Creating the Sci Fi Future.

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http://io9.com/5877560/10-ways-big-data ... ion-future

1. Dating sites that can predict when you're lying
2. Social networks already know who you know
3. Surveillance gets really Orwellian, really fast
4. Recommendation engines get much smarter
5. Scientists and doctors can make sense of your genome — and so can insurers
6. Journalists know when your habits are changing
7. Intensely personal data gets crunched
8. Early detection mitigates catastrophes
9. The US electrical grid finally enters the digital age
10. An accurate weather forecast
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Good idea, this. I'll try to do some work on it, really gin up some digital Apollyon.
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Big Data knows if you've been lying.
The mechanism in your brain is the same regardless of whether you tell a big lie or a little lie," says Joel Huizenga, chief executive officer of No Lie MRI. "It doesn't matter whether you feel guilty or not, it doesn't matter if you've memorized your story, and it doesn't matter whether you believe your lie would save the world. We can still spot it." Huizenga foresees a day when philanthropic foundations won't hand over funds to charities and venture capitalists won't invest in start-ups unless the prospective recipients pass an MRI brain scan for honesty.

The only other company now offering commercial MRI lie detection, Cephos Corp., based in Tyngsboro, Mass., grew out of academic research done at the Medical University of South Carolina. That research was funded in part by the Department of Defense's Defense Academy for Credibility Assessment, the agency that oversees federal polygraph training. "We've done really good work that has been published and peer reviewed," says Cephos president Steven Laken, a Ph.D. neuroscientist. "We have something that's 97 percent accurate."
That will do for a start. Extrapolate when the process becomes smaller, faster and cheaper. Figure in the huge blank of not knowing what tech it will be partnered to. Again, OBrien could never have dreamed of having this.

And yes, if this is to a field version what ENIAC was to an iPhone, well. What is the human condition if there are no more lies?
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Demon of Undoing wrote:Big Data knows if you've been lying.
The mechanism in your brain is the same regardless of whether you tell a big lie or a little lie," says Joel Huizenga, chief executive officer of No Lie MRI. "It doesn't matter whether you feel guilty or not, it doesn't matter if you've memorized your story, and it doesn't matter whether you believe your lie would save the world. We can still spot it." Huizenga foresees a day when philanthropic foundations won't hand over funds to charities and venture capitalists won't invest in start-ups unless the prospective recipients pass an MRI brain scan for honesty.

The only other company now offering commercial MRI lie detection, Cephos Corp., based in Tyngsboro, Mass., grew out of academic research done at the Medical University of South Carolina. That research was funded in part by the Department of Defense's Defense Academy for Credibility Assessment, the agency that oversees federal polygraph training. "We've done really good work that has been published and peer reviewed," says Cephos president Steven Laken, a Ph.D. neuroscientist. "We have something that's 97 percent accurate."
That will do for a start. Extrapolate when the process becomes smaller, faster and cheaper. Figure in the huge blank of not knowing what tech it will be partnered to. Again, OBrien could never have dreamed of having this.

And yes, if this is to a field version what ENIAC was to an iPhone, well. What is the human condition if there are no more lies?

Thank you Very Much for your post, Demon of Undoing.

Hmmmmmnnnnnnnnnnn...............

In totalitarian hands could be BIG Trouble......................

Could see the population of North Korea be decimated at least............. :twisted:

But IIRC the best conmen believe their own lies at least while they are selling...........

Wonder how it works against that.........
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I would say the range of things they could keep hidden would be very small. You may be able to beige you are doing something for a reason that doesn't match reality, but a question like, " Are you knowingly breaking any laws now", creates an issue.

And don't make me laugh abut this fifth amendment thing. A mere matter of time and tech, and it's irrelevant.
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Wikileaks and Anonymous are the precursors of things to come. I have lots of skeletons in my closet, but I would gladly sacrifice them to a world without lies. Not that I am looking forward to it, I'm just saying, "Bring it.", others have a whole lot more to lose than I do.

The freedom of information has made keeping secrets a whole lot more difficult.
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this is the area where ibrahims "same ole" doesnt ring true for me.. yes its same ole but never in human history has the ranting and raving of the elites about what they "want" us to be via the social engineering laws been so damn enforcable... and this just hilights how much more so thats going to be.

modern law will need an increasingly light touch if western society isnt to become a totalitarian nightmare and i have less than zero confidence in our governments for handling this.

it will go too far and we will be forced to pop and .. hmmm..
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the other side of this is that intellectuals and elites always dismiss the "paranoid overreaction" to these tech increases, yet paranoid is quite a common human failing.

this modern world of government intervention and child services taking kids away has created a new level of paranoia in the young mums around me, far more than im used too previously and their are women literally scared to interact with other mums and the school.. right here, right now i can dismiss them as paranoid but the rules are always a changing, the knee jerk over-reactions to "make an example" are always changing... just what is going to be considered child abuse in the future and just what is on your permenant record.

this goes for the same with any group that isnt flavour of the month with current mainstream politics.. the increasing surveillance and monitoring leaves them "extra twitchy" about potential for government intervention and abuse... muslims and christians and progressive counter culture groups all fall into this.

our society just isnt as pleasant or liberal a place to live as it was, the spaces between law and disorder are getting smaller and these techs are just amping all the worst aspects up and up.
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On this subject, some news one could never have expected!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/ ... ml?hpid=z3
Google will soon know far more about who you are and what you do on the Web.

The Web giant announced Tuesday that it plans to follow the activities of users across nearly all of its ubiquitous sites, including YouTube, Gmail and its leading search engine.

Google has already been collecting some of this information. But for the first time, it is combining data across its Web sites to stitch together a fuller portrait of users.

Consumers won’t be able to opt out of the changes, which take effect March 1. And experts say the policy shift will invite greater scrutiny from federal regulators of the company’s privacy and competitive practices.

The move will help Google better tailor its ads to people’s tastes. If someone watches an NBA clip online and lives in Washington, the firm could advertise Washington Wizards tickets in that person’s Gmail account.

Consumers could also benefit, the company said. When someone is searching for the word “jaguar,” Google would have a better idea of whether the person was interested in the animal or the car. Or the firm might suggest e-mailing contacts in New York when it learns you are planning a trip there.

But consumer advocates say the new policy might upset people who never expected their information would be shared across so many different Web sites.

A user signing up for Gmail, for instance, might never have imagined that the content of his or her messages could affect the experience on seemingly unrelated Web sites such as YouTube.

“Google’s new privacy announcement is frustrating and a little frightening,” said Common Sense Media chief executive James Steyer. “Even if the company believes that tracking users across all platforms improves their services, consumers should still have the option to opt out — especially the kids and teens who are avid users of YouTube, Gmail and Google Search.”

Google can collect information about users when they activate an Android mobile phone, sign into their accounts online or enter search terms. It can also store cookies on people’s computers to see which Web sites they visit or use its popular maps program to estimate their location.

The change to its privacy policies come as Google is facing stiff competition for the fickle attention of Web surfers. It recently disappointed investors for the first time in several quarters, failing last week to meet earnings predictions. Apple, in contrast, reported record earnings Tuesday that blew past even the most optimistic expectations.

Some analysts said Google’s move is aimed squarely at Apple and Facebook — which have been successful in building unified ecosystems of products that capture people’s attention. Google, in contrast, has adopted a more scattered approach, but an executive said in an interview that the company wants to create a much more seamless environment across its various offerings.

“If you’re signed in, we may combine information you’ve provided from one service with information from other services,” Alma Whitten, Google’s director of privacy for product and engineering, wrote in a blog post.

“In short, we’ll treat you as a single user across all our products, which will mean a simpler, more intuitive Google experience,” she said.

Google said it would notify its hundreds of millions of users of the change through an e-mail and a message on its Web sites. It will apply to all of its services except for Google Wallet, the Chrome browser and Google Books.

The company said the change would simplify the company’s privacy policy — a move that regulators encouraged.

Still, some consumer advocates and lawmakers remained skeptical.

“There is no way anyone expected this,” said Jeffrey Chester, executive director of the Center for Digital Democracy, a privacy advocacy group. “There is no way a user can comprehend the implication of Google collecting across platforms for information about your health, political opinions and financial concerns.”

Added Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass), co-chair of the Congressional Privacy Caucus: “It is imperative that users will be able to decide whether they want their information shared across the spectrum of Google’s offerings.”

Google has increasingly been a focus of Washington regulators.

The company recently settled a privacy complaint by the Federal Trade Commission after it allowed users of its now-defunct social-networking tool Google Buzz to see contacts lists from its e-mail program.

And a previous decision to use its social network data in search results has been included in a broad FTC investigation, according to a person familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the investigation is private.

Federal officials are also looking at whether Google is running afoul of antitrust rules by using its dominance in online searches to favor its other business lines.

Claudia Farrell, a spokeswoman for the FTC, declined to comment on any interaction between Google and regulators on its new privacy changes.
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And the government can request that information from Google and Google is PROHIBITED from informing you.
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Enki wrote:And the government can request that information from Google and Google is PROHIBITED from informing you.
Yes, but it will always require a warrant. Trust Dick Cheney.
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