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Spotting and Debunking Tech Propaganda - Critical Thinking in Technology

Offered By: Pragmatic AI Labs via YouTube

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Course Description

Overview

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Learn to critically analyze and debunk common forms of technology propaganda in this insightful 15-minute video from Pragmatic AI Labs. Explore twelve key concepts including FOMO in tech adoption, naive utopianism, technological solutionism, resistance to innovation, superficial media coverage, disruptive overconfidence, billionaire worship, startup exceptionalism, pivoting promises, open source bait-and-switch, ethical misdirection, and exploitative business models. Gain valuable skills to identify manipulative narratives and make more informed decisions about emerging technologies and their societal impacts.

Syllabus

Spotting and Debunking Tech Propaganda


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Pragmatic AI Labs

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