LENOX, Mass. — The Lenox Library will host author and futurist Andrew Edwards for a discussion about disinformation, the ills of social media, and the challenges presented by artificial intelligence on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024 at 5:30 p.m.

 

According to a press release:

 

Do we pay too high a price for instant connectivity? Do social media companies have a right to make trillions while destroying civil society as a byproduct? Can government regulation help turn off the firehose of social media discord? Edwards offers analysis and solutions on these key topics.

 

Andrew Edwards is an author, public speaker, technologist, and entrepreneur residing in New York's Hudson Valley. He is a Co-founder and Director Emeritus of the Digital Analytics Association. He is the author of the new book, Army of Liars: How Digital Media and Artificial Intelligence Are Corrupting and Endangering Humanity (2024) and Digital is Destroying Everything: What the Tech Giants Won't Tell You about How Robots, Big Data, and Algorithms Are Radically Remaking Your Future (2015, 2018). He has written extensively about digital marketing and social media for ClickZ and Substack. In 2023 he founded Verity7, an anti-disinformation training and consulting organization.

 

Copies of "Army of Liars" will be available for purchase and signing courtesy of The Bookstore.