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Report warns of “ominous” decline of democracy around the world
“The slow, steady erosion of democracy around the world continued for the 13th consecutive year, according to the latest annual “Freedom in the World” report...
A call for “Soft Ethics” by Professor Luciano Floridi
In this video, Oxford Digital Ethics Lab Professor Luciano Floridi asks an important question “How should we define new digital ethics which includes the benefits of...
15
Feb 2019
New podcast: Gerd Leonhard and Peter Van on Chapter 3 of “Technology vs Humanity: The Megashifts”
A good talk! New podcast on the key themes set forth my book Technology vs Humanity, chapter 3, entitled The Megashifts”. The Megashifts include digitisation, automation, datafication, virtualisation,...
14
Feb 2019
Team Human vs Team AI: when Rushkoff meets Morozov
Guest post by The Futures Agency curator Peter Van Rushkoff has a new book – “Team Human” – and confronts the promises of artificial intelligence...
13
Feb 2019
The age of surveillance capitalism: are we pawns or chess-players?
This post was co-produced with Peter Van Both The Guardian and The Baffler published a book review of Zuboff's latest book “The Age of Surveillance Capitalism”....
10
Feb 2019
Is Facebook unethical by design? A great case study on digital ethics, power, responsibility and regulation (via Monday Note)
(This is a guest post by The Futures Agency curator Peter Van) In Facebook’s Provocations of the Week, Frederic Filloux is presenting a wide-ranging discussion...
10
Feb 2019
New podcast: discussing chapter 2 of Gerd Leonhard’s book ‘Technology vs. Humanity’: Tech vs … us?
Here is a new podcast with my content curator Peter Van interviewing me on the key themes set forth my my book Technology vs Humanity,...
09
Feb 2019
The new elite’s phoney crusade to save the world – without changing anything
“That vast numbers of Americans and others in the west have scarcely benefited from the age is not because of a lack of innovation, but...
04
Feb 2019
From greenwashing to “machine-washing” (a good comment on tech companies and AI, via the Boston Globe)
Guest post by TFA Curator Petervan Some technology companies are starting to go the extra mile in their corporate communication strategies in order to manage...
03
Feb 2019
About Digital Pollution (Washington Monthly #mustread)
In the slipstream of exponential change… read this great posts on why the world is now choking on digital pollution (Washington Monthly). Now that “data is the...
03
Feb 2019
Nick Cave on why composing awesome music will remain a human-only occupation
A guest post by Peter Van Nick Cave has an opinion on the capacity of AI to write a good song. In this wonderful article,...
03
Feb 2019
Creating Alternate Synthetic Minds: Shall we let the fox guard the henhouse?
Guest post by Peter Van In this post, we’ll have at a more philosophical take on AI and ethics. Should we enhance our own brains...
03
Feb 2019
‘Merging man and machine doesn’t come without consequences’ (Gerd Leonhard comments)
“Google’s director of engineering Ray Kurzweil is aligned with Mr Musk on this issue, and regularly enthuses about the possibility of man and machine combining...
02
Feb 2019
Big data and surveillance in cities: convenience vs tracking
Guest post by Peter Van Sidewalk Labs is Google's / Alphabet Inc.'s urban innovation organisation. Its goal is to improve urban infrastructure through technological solutions,...
