Carl T Bergstrom

Dec 9, 2024 | scientificamerican.com | Carl T Bergstrom |C. Brandon Ogbunu

Imagine a dystopian not-too-distant future, in which we each inhabit our own AI-driven digital filter bubble, crafted for us alone and designed to serve corporate interests. This future resembles 1998’s The Truman Show where the eponymous protagonist, played by Jim Carrey, has unknowingly lived his entire life within a reality TV show where his every experience is choreographed by a production studio. One subset of AI, large language models, won’t turn our lives into reality TV shows—no such luck.

Dec 9, 2024 | flipboard.com | Carl T Bergstrom

NowIn 1988, we launched the Best of What’s New Awards. The original list highlighted “the very things that make our lives more comfortable, more rewarding, more exciting, and more fun,” to quote then-Publisher Grant A. Burnett. Now, in 2024, we continue our decades-old tradition of honoring big ideas. …

Jul 29, 2024 | scientificamerican.com | Carl T Bergstrom |C. Brandon Ogbunu

In June U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy suggested that social media should, like tobacco products, carry a surgeon general’s warning about the harm it can cause users. His call came amid a vigorous national debate about social media’s role in the reported nationwide decline in mental health among young people. Many share Murthy’s concern that social media platforms such as Instagram and TikTok pose threats to individual well-being (especially in youth). Some are skeptical, however.

Jul 13, 2023 | science.org | Fei Huang |Anna K. Orta |Bing Huang |Carl T Bergstrom

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Jul 7, 2023 | nature.com | Carl T Bergstrom

Scientific and medical publishers have a major role in developing guidelines and policies to combat misinformation and disinformation. The fight against misinformation and disinformation requires the use of every point of leverage available to the scientific and medical communities. Authors need to counter rather than contribute to misinformation3. Scientists must challenge questionable results. Newspapers and magazines must improve practices around health and science reporting.