Digital Beginnings
Clicking on these informational chains allow us to find the information we need on the internet.
What are links?
Oh no! Here comes a middle school student. They may exclaim this number, a meaningless phrase they learned from videos on their TikTok feed.
What is six-seven?
This kind of game lets people enjoy themselves online. The issue emerges when users often go as far as abusing others as a result of gender differences.
What is a video game?
Today, users can use the chatbot Claude to complete this activity, writing instructions for computer applications.
What is coding?
A professor at this college located in the same neighborhood as Citi Field coined the term "viral media," referring to online content that has reached a large audience.
What is Queens College?
Did you know this country developed one of the first free internet platforms? Oui.
What is France?
Frogs, burning houses, and interactions on a street. This list is initially unrelated, yet online users rely on the meanings of these images to relate to their own real-world situations.
What are memes?
According to The Social Dilemma, your social media data may be worth around this amount, just a few pennies.
What is $0.03?
This group of mammals are surprisingly behind many aspects of artificial intelligence, including robots that some believe can navigate a house on their own.
Who are humans?
This Disney-Pixar film warns of a future where electronic waste is corporatized and left behind. Only human action will lead us away from this dystopia.
What is "Wall-E"?
This kind of system, known as a BBS, was a hub of the early internet, connecting people with similar interests. Today we use this word to describe a surface in which we can tac on important information .
What is a bulletin board?
Justin Rosenstein helped invent digital infrastructure we use every day: Google Drive, Gmail Chat, and this famous Facebook button. Use this reaction of esteem for a picture of friends that appeared on your feed.
What is the like button?
During the web revolution, companies like Facebook/Meta relied on hiring external workers to monitor feeds. This concept in tech, also correlated with dehumanizing low-paid work, is also referred to as what?
What is outsourcing?
This process used by Anthropic argues that their Claude chatbot acts ethically because it fits this format, which uses a set of founding rules to regulate the AI's behavior.
What is Constitutional AI?
I've spent the semester writing weekly journals on this platform; its name could also refer to a considerably tall sandwich order.
What is Substack?
This technology company was one of the first investors in the digital chat service Netscape. "You will" know this answer.
What is AT&T?
This kind of revenue enables digital platforms like Instagram and Facebook to make a profit. Think of it like a modern day commercial.
What is advertising?
The founder of the online community Reddit was obsessed with democratizing online access to the federal court system. Some say he was overcharged under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
Who was Aaron Swartz?
Unlike humans, AI doesn't have this ability to retain information. It relies on Stanford University undergraduates like Matty Bohcek to remind robotic assistants the context behind a certain meaning.
What is memory?
The term Jaron Lanier uses to refer to the reason behind the lack of change in each technological cycle. Buckle up!
What is lock-in?
The phrase Marshall McLuhan uses to describe how society communicates with content online. The question is what is conveyed?
What is the medium is the message?
The algorithms seem defeating, but Instagram feeds like @Readtheselabels use this theory, turning the algorithm into a platform for good.
What is hacktivism?
This concept means making the web worse, often by requiring advertising or subscription revenue on pages like this one.
What is ensh*ttification?
This chain store just launched an app in ChatGPT, allowing users to take over the work of baristas.
What is Starbucks?
As part of his final projects in senior year, this senior created this Jeopardy page to democratize the knowledge he gained in his digital humanities class with audiences of all skill levels.
Who is Andrew?