Using AI to widen the optic lens … TBD
Only once in 67 years did Alfred E. Neuman change “What, me worry?” to “Yes, me worry!” — In 1979, following the Three Mile Island accident.
If he were around to read the April 26 NBC News story “AI is making it very easy for the government to spy on you” — he might have changed it for a second time.
The short (scary) story: U.S. lawmakers have until April 30 to reform a long-standing bill that would “supercharge state surveillance” and make it so there’s “virtually nothing the government can’t know about you.”
This isn’t a drill. Our May 2026 Socionomist cover story addresses the growing concern that the “United States is borrowing from the authoritarian playbook to police its own citizens and institutions.”
Stay informed as this issue continues to impugn the promise of our government to protect and serve. Start reading our May Socionomist today.