Didem Kaya Bayram

Autonomous weapons systems: Boys' toys or killer robots?

Weapons systems are far from having a mind of their own. But the debate around them has already begun.

How our voices could turn into a weapon of mass, hyper-targeted advertising

Love it or hate it, your voice contains a ton of information about you. With voice assistants getting smarter day by day, we are looking at a future where we would be easy prey for manipulative marketing.

Adderall: Magic Pill or Massive Problem?

Enhanced human intelligence. We've chased it for centuries. Now that it's possible, one very important question arises: at what cost?

High price of 'free' social media | You, yourself and your data

Just enter your name and email and voila - you're free to use it. But at what cost? We delve into the belly of the beast and discuss how those free products aren't actually that free.

Human content moderation: A necessary evil or a job of the past?

The explosive growth of social media has upsides and downsides. One serious problem is the need to moderate the influx of user-generated material. The moderators, many of them in developing countries, are the hidden victims of a booming industry.

What are 'dark patterns' and how would you know one if you saw one?

‘Dark patterns’ sound like a malicious scheme designed by an international crime network. But as we discovered, just how evil they are though is open to debate.

What Westworld can teach us about consciousness

Westworld is a fictional place where you can do anything with human-looking machines (hosts). But should you? Is it morally wrong only if the machines are conscious? And what is consciousness anyway?

To steal or not to steal? Could Sci-hub change the publishing industry?

Elsevier, a major scientific publisher, has a 36 percent profit margin - bigger than Apple, Amazon, and Google. And it's just one of many. But Sci-Hub could change all that by releasing every article for free.