i think when you bring up their children and the recording of children, i think that is actually a really important point. And partily because i don't think the companies fully know how that's going to play out. We've seen again, lake pushes by lake again, amazon to make it seem like cute to have alexa read bedtime stories to your child. Or, um, these viral lick what happen when this kid asked alexa, "Is the tooth very real?"
Paris Marx is joined by Chris Gilliard to discuss the ethics of tech media recommending surveillance devices, aspects of “smart” technologies you might not have considered, and why we should think twice about surrounding ourselves with cameras and microphones.
Chris Gilliard is a Visiting Research Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School Shorenstein Center. Follow Chris on Twitter at @hypervisible.
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