Digital Discourse Database

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Esta notificación te está robando un pedazo de vida

(This notification is stealing a piece of life from you)

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Newspaper | El País
Date | 5.5.2017
Language | Spanish
Country | Spain
Topic Tags | addiction, artificial intelligence, brain, smartphone, threat
Summary | Elon Musk said that in eight or ten years our brains will be perfectly connected to artificial intelligence. Facebook also announced that they want us to be able to write directly from our brain, with a "thought reader" helmet that would be ready in two years. We live in a world where people are not able to concentrate because of the noise our smartphones make when we receive notifications. Sherry Turkle claims that smartphones are not simple accessories; they are powerful devices that change not only what you do, but also who you are. Some people are worried about what the internet and artificial intelligence will bring in the future.
Image Description | Video about nomophobia
Image Tags | female(s), male(s), smartphone

Google Lens reconocerá cualquier cosa solo con apuntarla con el móvil

(Google Lens will recognize anything just by connecting it to your mobile phone)

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Newspaper | El País
Date | 17.5.2017
Language | Spanish
Country | Spain
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, Google
Summary | Sundar Pichai, Google's CEO, talks about Google and what it allows in terms of artificial intelligence (e.g. help detect cancer, translate texts to images, develop personal assistants and video immersion).
Image Description | Photograph of Google's CEO, Sundar Pichai, in front of a big screen where three smarthpones are projected.
Image Tags | male(s), smartphone

Instagram, la peor red para la salud mental de los adolescentes

(Instagram, the worst social network for adolescents' mental health)

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Newspaper | El País
Date | 21.5.2017
Language | Spanish
Country | Spain
Topic Tags | (mental) health, Instagram, research/study, social media, youth
Summary | According to a British study, Instagram can have a negative impact on its users. Young people who spend more than two hours a day on social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook or Instagram are more likely to suffer from mental health problems, especially anxiety and depression. One of the respondents said that Instagram easily makes girls and women feel as though their bodies are not good enough, so they add filters and edit their images to look perfect.
Image Description | Photographs of someone taking a picture of two girls
Image Tags | female(s), hand(s), smartphone

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