Exploring Tech and Future

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Saemi Nadine Jung (also publishes as Saemi Jung)
PhD Researcher in Communication at Simon Fraser University
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Beethoven, Chopin, and AI: History as a Civic Skill for Understanding Technology

As a young, aspiring pianist, I didn’t just practice scales or memorize pieces—I immersed myself in the histories behind the music. I read about the political turmoil surrounding Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto, Schubert’s fragile life, Chopin’s self-imposed exile from Poland, and his turbulent relationship with George Sand. These weren’t rote facts; they were ways of understanding how music emerged from particular lives and circumstances. Young Saemi, practicing Tchaikovsky's "

When Your Phone Becomes a Spy: The Hidden Costs of Agentic AI

How would you feel when your every single eye roll, your voice tone, what you say, how you move get recorded to grade your performance? Sounds like a serious breach of privacy, right? Well, it's already happening. Corporations are doing everything they can to extract not just our data, but something deeper: our patterns, our behavior, even our sense of self. From a Dinosaur Phone to an AI Future I Didn’t Ask For I have been happily using my Samsung Galaxy S10e for about 6 y

Who are we building AI for?

Last night, I came across a piece in France 24 about the first reported victim of AI agent harassment, including an interview with Shambaugh. It left me thinkin about a deceptively simple question: Who are we developing these technologies for? See the article here: https://www.france24.com/en/first-victim-of-ai-agent-harassment-warns-thousands-more-could-be-next Capability as the dominant paradim: In the tech sector, momentum is often treated as the best virtue. People are t