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Smith describes her project and its purpose: The state is still subsidizing the big incumbents, but their not keeping their promises for better connectivity in rural Tennessee. The docu-series uses the situation in Tennessee to focus on how big corporate ISPs like AT&T, Comcast, and Charter, heavily influenced the state legislature to revoke local telecom authority. Smith, titled “ Dividing Lines,” viewers get the opportunity to hear firsthand what it’s like for people who live in places where there is no high-quality connectivity. With the exception of areas served by local municipal networks, cooperatives, and a few small independent ISPs, businesses and residents in rural areas suffer along with aging, slow, and often expensive connections. If you have fast, affordable, reliable Internet access, there’s a good chance you don’t live in rural America. The Internet That Was (and Still Could Be) Our Machines Now Have Knowledge We’ll Never Understand David explains his discoveries that connect interoperability, unpredictability, and the expansion of innovation.įor more, check out these articles by David: He and Christopher look at the problems and potentials that machine learning have revealed and discuss possible solutions and innovative approaches. Christopher and David get into a deeper look at the value of the Internet and the responsibilities that we share as a result of this limitless tool that takes information from anywhere to anyone.ĭavid has in recent years worked with machine learning, which he’s weaved into his research.

Christopher asks David to share is findings and his analysis and they talk about the risks, the benefits, and the possibilities that these shifts bring. Author David Weinberger is also a Senior Researcher at Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society and a Writer in Residence at Google PAIR.ĭavid has worked with technology and the Internet for decades and has studied how the Internet and access to such vast amounts of information has changed the way we understand information, relationships, and the world we live in. This week, Christopher and his guest talk about why we value the Internet.

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