Big Data - Challenges or Chances in Development?

ICT, Datafication, Covid-19, Social Listening and AI Technology in Development
Big Data - Challenges or Chances in Development?

Big Data – Challenges or Chances in Development?

Artificial vs Natural…. which intelligence will you prefer?

Image courtesy: https://www.project-sherpa.eu/understanding-ethics-and-human-rights-in-smart-information-systems/  Imagine a day in today’s world without the usage of google search engine… doctor diagnosing critically ill patients without any machines… stuck on a road and you don’t have navigation map app; how easy or difficult your life would …

Facebook and YouTube delete accounts – Germany’s democracy strengthened or endangered?

Freedom of expression, Transparency and Accountability On SEPTEMBER 23, 2020, the press reports, that YouTube deleted accounts of the ‘Querdenker’ (Lateral Thinkers). With the onset of the pandemic ‘Querdenken’ had been spreading conspiracy myths about Covid-19 by accusing the media and politicians of lying about …

How can algorithms, big data and AI cause biases and unfairness?

Part 02 of the learning curve about Big Data for dummys (like myself) How can algorithms, big data and AI cause biases and unfairness? Data reflects existing biases, unbalanced classes in training data, data that doesn’t capture the right value, data that …

Strawberry Pop Tarts and Big Data – Why does it matter for development?

Part 01 of the learning curve about Big Data for dummys (like myself) Strawberry Pop Tarts and Big Data – Why does it matter for development? In this blog, I want to explore my own learning in a simple, more fun and …

How private is your privacy – you are surveilled!

  How private is your privacy – you are surveilled!   image courtesy: Unsplash   Working in the office, doing your house chores, walking with your pet outside or picking up our kids from the school; imagine being watched and spied at every …

Big Data for Development – What Magic Box can do to help reduce people’s suffering?

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 …