Black Mirror Tech IRL: Hacker Noon Writers on What’s Worrying in 2021

Natasha Nel from Hacker Noon asks 7 Top Hacker Noon Contributors to weigh in with their scariest tech predictions for 2021 — expect a 10-minute American Horror Story anthology on everything from AI and Privacy to Content Overproduction and the internet’s impact on the planet.

With thanks to our 2020 Noonies award sponsors: Sustany Capital, .TECH Domains, Grant for the Web, Skillsoft, Flipside Crypto, Udacity, and Beyondskills.

IN THIS PODCAST

• (01:00) Ryan Dawson on how much data we’re giving away without realizing it;
• (01:45) Matt Klein on ubiquitous tech and resulting and related content overproduction; 
• (03:30) Aditi Bhatnagar on what our collective data is being used for; 
• (04:40) Vladimiros Peilivanidis on the next wave of intelligence being designed by us lowly humans; 
• (05:10) Gajesh Naik on AI and automation stealing iterative jobs; 
• (05:50) Sharmistha Chatterjee on whether or not your industry’s advancing faster than you are; 
• And at (07:40) Melinda LB Lewis on the internet’s impact on our planet

The good news? The solutions to these problems and more are on hackernoon.com right now. (Probably.)

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