The discourse around ICT for development offers diverse and contradicting opinions about its role in development and in bridging the gaps between developed and developing worlds. On the one hand, some believe that ICT has a magical power to empower people and …
Children are already interacting with AI technologies in many different ways: toys, video games, tick tok, YouTube, Instagram and adaptive learning software. All the time, algorithms provide recommendations to children on what videos to watch next, what news to read, what music …
“When your technology changes the world, your bear a responsibility to help address the world you have helped create.” Brad Smith, Microsoft former CEO. This introductory phrase summarizes Brad Smith and Carol Ann Browne 2019 book’s position and arguments regarding to the …
When Twitter and Facebook blocked the accounts of former US President Donald Trump no one felt alarmed. One reason for this is the widespread satisfaction, globally, of blocking the racist rhetoric of a power-obsessed dictator. But the incident also exposed the growing …
Hi everyone, welcome to the first week of this blog. In this short post I am going to talk about how big data can be used to reduce human suffering by predicting the disaster’s trends. Unfortunately, people rarely thinking about big data …