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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...
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,...
02
Feb 2019
GSMA sharpens focus on ethical digitalisation with the launch of ‘Digital Declaration’
Hear hear ! Better late than never :)) “Social, technological, political and economic currents are combining to create a perfect storm of disruption across all...
27
Jan 2019
Will we need another ‘Oppenheimer moment’ to take action on our future?
Guest post by TFA Curator Peter Van In Gerd's recent podcast with Matt Ward from Disruptors.fm, they discussed a theme from his last book Technology vs. Humanity,...
26
Jan 2019
World Leaders at Davos Call for Global Rules on Technology (via the NYT) #digitalethics
“The rapid spread of digital technology in daily life and the implications that has on the future of work and data security will require more...
26
Jan 2019
New podcast: a conversation about Chapter 1 of Gerd Leonhard’s book Technology vs Humanity: a prologue to the Future
This is #1 of a new weekly podcast featuring every chapter in my book Technology vs Humanity. In the first chapter titled “A Prologue to...
24
Jan 2019
Gerd Leonhard’s latest newsletter just went live: practical wisdoms from the future (announcing Digital Ethics focus)
Read more, and subscribe here I have been very fortunate that my 2016 book ‘Technology vs. Humanity’has been successful beyond my wildest dreams. Many memes from...
23
Jan 2019
The World Is Choking on Digital Pollution
“As always, progress has not been without a price. Like the factories of 200 years ago, digital advances have given rise to a pollution that...
21
Jan 2019
The hidden manufacturing of the self (Nicolas Carr on the new book ‘the age of surveillance capitalism’)
This is a guest post by TFA’s new curator Peter Vander Auwera In his book review of Shoshana Zuboff’s “The Age of Surveillance Capitalism”, Nicolas...
20
Jan 2019
New video: proposing a Global Digital Ethics Council
… it's time to incorporate the negative externalities of exponential technological progress into EVERY digital business model! ... Read more
20
Jan 2019
Is AI a danger for Humanity? Well… it’s complicated!
In an interesting display of “Yes, No, It's complicated”, three Indian researchers reflect whether AI is a danger for humanity. In the YES-camp, the key...
18
Jan 2019
The very first edition of my Digital Ethics newsletter is now available!
This is a new collaboration with TFA's new curator PeterVan. Subscribe here. Read the first issue here. ... Read more
17
Jan 2019
Don’t believe the hype: the media are unwittingly selling us an AI fantasy | John Naughton
“The tech giants that own and control the technology have plans to exponentially increase that impact and to that end have crafted a distinctive narrative....
