The worst technology of 2022

Image credit: Stephanie Arnett / MITTR; Getty. Article by Antonio Regalado. MIT Technology Review – December 21, 2022.

We’re back with our annual list of the worst technologies of the year. Think of these as anti-breakthroughs, the sort of mishaps, misuses, miscues, and bad ideas that lead to technology failure. This year’s disastrous accomplishments range from deadly pharmaceutical chemistry to a large language model that was jeered off the internet. One theme that emerges from our disaster list is how badly policy—the rules, processes, institutions, and ideals that govern technology’s use—can let us down. […]

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