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"Machines Designed to Change Humans"
[Medium.com] The Tech Industry’s War on KidsNestled in an unremarkable building on the Stanford University campus in Palo Alto, California, is the Stanford Persuasive Technology Lab, founded in 1998. The lab’s creator, Dr. B.J. Fogg, is a psychologist and the father of persuasive technology, a discipline in which digital machines and apps ‐ including smartphones, social media, and video games ‐ are configured to alter human thoughts and behaviors. As the lab’s website boldly proclaims: "Machines designed to change humans." Fogg speaks openly of the ability to use smartphones and other digital devices to change our ideas and actions: "We can now create machines that can change what people think and what people do, and the machines can do that autonomously." Called "the millionaire maker," Fogg has groomed former students who have used his methods to develop technologies that now consume kids’ lives. As he recently touted on his personal website, "My students often do groundbreaking projects, and they continue having impact in the real world after they leave Stanford... For example, Instagram has influenced the behavior of over 800 million people. Posted by: Phaick Uneretle6310 2019-08-15 |
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