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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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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…
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Tronto: “AI solutions don’t substitute care”
Can AI really help fix the healthcare and caregiving crisis? Is AI revolutionising child care? Questions like these are making headlines and sparking debates worldwide, as the care crisis and AI solutions emerge as one of today’s most pressing topics. Amid a moment of both techno-optimism and uncertainty, I have delved into care by interviewing…
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Data activism against feminicide
Every 10 minutes, a woman is killed. Violence against women and girls remains one of the most widespread human rights violations, impacting half of the global population. No country is safe, although in some places, “it is more dangerous to be a woman than a soldier”, as NATO Colonel Dr. J.A. Olsen noted in an…