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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…
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Wired for Bias: How AI is Keeping the Patriarchy Alive
Welcome to the overwhelming world of technology! Where everything seems shiny, smart and oh-so-predictably biased! As we are witnesses to the ever-growing evolution of tech, that seems to take over all aspects of our lives (social, personal, professional and lately even creative), we’re faced with a curious paradox: while all of this is expected to…
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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…
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All is fair in AI Development(?)
Who is marginalized in this new AI (Artificial Intelligence) era? Why are their voices so often unheard? To what extent do the economy and politics shape our very existence? At first, these questions might seem distant, mere abstractions—until you move closer to the realities they uncover. In the post-pandemic era, I heavily rely…
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Reflections on qualitative interviews about digital technologies in social projects
For these two semi-structured interviews with professionals involved in social projects, I was interested in how they use, view, and feel the impact of digital technology in their work. I kept the scope broad enough to include any digital technology that they use as a tool, that they develop/create/implement, or that they communicate with, educate…