Misinformation & Disinformation: The Problems and Possible Solutions

Austin Central Library 710 W. Cesar Chavez Downtown Austin, Austin, texas, Select a Country:

Misinformation and disinformation have been around as long as people have been seeking to create gains and advantages for themselves and their interests. However, technologies including the web, smartphones, and social media platforms have greatly augmented the potential for creating and spreading misinformation and the effectiveness of organized disinformation campaigns. It has become increasingly difficult […]

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Misinformation & Disinformation: ​Technology Factors and Potential Solutions

Austin Central Library, Austin Public Library 710 W. César Chávez St., Austin, TX, United States

Join us on October 11 for this important in-person and online conversation with three leading experts who will discuss misinformation and disinformation. REGISTER NOW Digital technologies such as the Internet and World Wide Web, social media platforms, and smartphones have greatly expanded the quantity of information produced and shared by humans and its reach, with […]

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Discussion of the Best Tech+Society Books of 2022

Online via zoom TX, United States

The Austin Forum online book discussions--and new activity inspired by our adoption of Zoom and desire to include anyone regardless of location--have been a big success! For this month's online discussion, instead of discussing, dissecting, and debating the societal implications of technology in one book, we'll ask everyone to share their favorite recent books on […]

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Simulation, Visualization, Digital Twins, and the (Useful) Metaverse

Austin Central Library 710 W. Cesar Chavez Downtown Austin, Austin, texas, Select a Country:

Being able to simulate physical processes with high fidelity on powerful computers is important to research, design, manufacturing, and more, across fields and domains. Likewise, being able to visualize data and simulations helps us humans understand, trust, and share information and understanding. We are now seeing these methods combined, in 'digital twins,' which are models […]

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Discussion of Spatial Web: How Web 3.0 Will Connect and Transform the World

Online via zoom TX, United States

For our May online book discussion, Austin Forum Executive Director Jay Boisseau will lead us in a conversation about the book “The Spatial Web: How Web 3.0 will connect humans, machines and AI to transform the world. Authors Dan Mapes and Gabriel René dive into the world wide web’s past, present, and future in this […]

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