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Final Note: Reflecting and Looking Ahead
Well, here we are—at the end of our blogging adventure. It’s been a whirlwind of ideas, late-night brainstorms and endless coffee refills. But somehow, we made it. And we couldn’t be prouder (or more relieved). This blog started as a class project but quickly became a space where we got to tackle some of the…
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Bias by Design: How AI Mirrors and Magnifies Gender Inequality
Following my last article covering the Women 4 Artificial Intelligence Conference, I wanted to go more in detail into ways in which gender bias in tech and AI actually manifests in real-world situations. The conference was useful in understanding how using the RAM tool (Readiness Assessment Methodologies) helps you discover the current state of the…
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AI has come to recruit me
A mysterious job offer popped up in my Linkedin inbox about a month ago: “Hi Eva, I’m a recruiter at DataAnnotation, where we pay smart folks to train AI. Earn $1K+ USD weekly paid via PayPal. Work as much or as little as you want — make your own schedule!” (see the full message below).…
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Scrolling in Cellular Capitalism. The responsibility of the consumer/user in the face of big tech
For many of us, it’s difficult not to develop a sense of cynicism when faced with the dark side of the industries we participate in as consumers. Whether it’s clothing, food, technology, cars – most of the things we purchase, use, and participate in can only exist through human rights violations, unimaginable cruelty, and irreversible…
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Learning from AI incidents
I recently joined and listened to OECD’s International Conference on AI in Work, Innovation, Productivity and Skills that took place on December 12 and 13. The conference brought in many voices in a multi-disciplinary manner and tackled the topic of AI from various angles. You can check out the conference’s agenda and the recording of…
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The Growing Gap in the Age of Tech Giants and AI
Lately, I’ve found myself thinking about the incredible promise of technology and how it often contrasts sharply with its real-world impact. As a communication student diving into global political economy and digital labor, I’ve come across some striking examples of how AI and tech giants are reshaping inequality and how this gap keeps growing. Artificial…
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The muddy waters of AI regulation
In my previous post I touched on some of the problems AI and social media algorithms cause ranging from rather small problems to outright existential ones. I argued that our free-for-all capitalism does not provide safeguards from AI derailments, and I argued for regulatory frameworks for our common future to coexist with artificial intelligence. …
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Women 4 Ethical Artificial Intelligence
The Women 4 Ethical Artificial Intelligence conference was held on October 30th at UNESCO HQ in Paris, France. The event was held in presence, but luckily for me (who found out about it only after it had happened), I was able to find the video recording of the event online. The event aimed at exploring…
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The Dual Face of AI: A force for empowerment or a factor in hegemony?
Welcome to my concluding blog! As hinted in my earlier post, this blog is to share my thoughts about two YouTube broadcasts, nearly a decade apart, featuring Professor Geoffrey Hinton.The Code That Runs Our Lives(2016) ;‘Godfather of AI’ on AI “exceeding human intelligence” and it “trying to take over”(2024). I will analyse the key insights…
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AI: Ethics, Policies, and Social Change
By Elia and Andrei. On October 23, 2024, the event AI: Ethics, Policies, and Social Change took place at Pompeu Fabra University (UPF) in Barcelona. The organizers of the event are the Political Theory Research Group of UPF, the host university, the John Hopkins University (JHU) Public Policy Center, and the Barcelona School of…