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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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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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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…
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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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Your cloud dries up my river
Writing a post as long as this one requires four bottles of water for ChatGPT. The popular generative AI chatbot consumes 519 millilitres per every 100 words, according to a recent collaborative research by the Washington Post and the University of California. As thousands of people enter prompts into ChatGPT and other similar AI chatbots,…
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Welcome
Have you ever questioned the true cost of convenience when ordering a ride or food delivery with just a tap on your phone? Or thought of the consequences on human labour every time you interact with Artificial Intelligence? Have you wondered how your everyday interactions with technology are shaped by global power structures? In an…