The future will be better than we think, claims futurist Gerd Leonhard. Ultimately, managing digital transformation is in people’s own hands – however, everyone needs...
El metaverso... ¿peor que las redes sociales? Comentarios de Gerd sobre un gran artículo de Louis Rosenberg en Big Think
In a recent article on Big Think Louis Rosenberg (the augmented reality inventor) warns it could be far worse than social media”. I couldn't agree...
15
Nov 2021
Facebook: The Largest Autocracy on Earth ('The Atlantic). Lo más destacado de Gerd
"Facebook is acting like a hostile foreign power; it’s time we treated it that way." Adrienne LaFrance / Via 'The Atlantic' (my high-lights)
07
Oct 2021
La tecnología es exponencial, pero los humanos no: Por qué la ética digital es un tema cada vez más crucial (y algunas nuevas ponencias)
“Technology can do great things, but it does not WANT to do great things – it does not want anything” says Apple's CEO Tim Cook...
11
Jun 2021
Apple contra Google: Sobre privacidad y navegadores. Evaluación de los problemas de Chrome.
“Apple is on the right side of this battle—it has no direct interest in fueling the ad industry, albeit it’s clearly not immune from data...
11
Abr 2021
Aplicación gratuita de Sidewalk Labs para vigilar todos tus movimientos... 'sólo con fines de investigación'
Sidewalk Labs, the urban design subsidiary of Google parent company Alphabet built an app to automate the “tedious” data collection involved in public life studies–while...
27
Abr 2019
Cuando los empleados son rastreados por sus empleadores, la ciencia ficción puede convertirse en ciencia real (proyecto de vigilancia de cribado)
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada funded the Screening Surveillance project: a trio of Creative Commons licensed short science fiction films about “everyday issues...
20
Abr 2019
La ética del cuidado y la ciencia de datos radical: ¿una reducción inhumana de la humanidad a lo que se puede contar?
Os Keyes is a PhD student at the University of Washington and an inaugural Ada Lovelace Fellow who studies gender, data, technology, and control. She has...
15
Abr 2019
Amazon Alexa y la sanidad: ¿qué significa esto para la privacidad?
Angela Chen from The Verge offer a good analysis of Amazon's announcement that Alexa-enabled devices are now able to handle patient information. “A lot of good...
12
Abr 2019
¿Sabe Internet demasiado sobre ti? Conoce el proyecto The New Organs
Can our devices be controlled? Are microphones and cameras being turned on without our knowledge? Though a definitive answer is hard to explain; Tega Brain and...
07
Abr 2019
Amazon adquiere Eero: ¿por qué es tan preocupante?
Amazon has acquired Eero, the mesh-Wifi company. What is mesh-Wifi? https://youtu.be/tOcvNoEOyMQ The Verge has some critical reflections on why this is worrying. The concerns are...
23
Feb 2019
Facebook ya no es nada "social": es una plataforma de inteligencia artificial que necesita ser regulada (actualizado)
Last year's reports that some apparently well-funded Russian entities used Facebook to systemically disseminate fake news and seed widespread dissent during the 2016 U.S. elections is...
15
Ene 2018
La era de la vigilancia por IA ya está aquí (vía QZ.com - me hizo pensar)
“Facial recognition in still images and video is already seeping into the real world. Baidu is starting a program where facial recognition is used instead...
31
Ago 2017
¿Estás preparado para que te pongan un microchip? Un cortometraje presentado por TFA Studio y FuturistGerd
Think about that. Download a high res MP4 version here (it's OK to use this clip under creative commons attribution non-commercial license) Art Director and...
18
Mar 2017
Hay que ver: el nuevo documental sobre la privacidad de Aleks Krotoski, presentado por Silent Circle y The Guardian
The Power of Privacy In observance of Data Privacy Day, Silent Circle has partnered with The Guardian to produce The Power of Privacy, a film that explores...
28
Ene 2016
Europa aprueba nuevas y estrictas normas de protección de datos - NYTimes.com. El abismo entre EE.UU. y la UE se ensancha.
I think this is a very important step in the right direction - yet it will most certainly deepen the gulf between Europe and the...
17
Dic 2015
If You're Not Paranoid, You're Crazy: una buena lectura sobre la privacidad en el mundo de las redes y la inteligencia artificial, vía The Atlantic.
“Around the same time, I looked into changing my car-insurance policy. I learned that Progressive offered discounts to some drivers who agreed to fit their...
05
Nov 2015
Breve entrevista en vídeo con StuffNZ: el futuro del trabajo, el empleo, la empresa y la tecnología (Futurista Gerd Leonhard)
Nice short video – thanks to Jason Dorday and StuffNZ for their interest and for making this video available. Read the complete piece on their site....