How to create a government that considers future generations
What the world can learn from Wales, the first place where sustainability is the organising principle of government, as well as what Wales is learning from the world about sustainability.
The past year has brought remarkable changes in the way we live our everyday lives. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, most governments have placed restrictions in order to curb the spread of the virus, forcing billions of people to spend more time online, and less time outside. The pandemic has accelerated many trends in […]
Google told its scientists to 'strike a positive tone' in AI research - documents
Alphabet Inc's Google this year moved to tighten control over its scientists' papers by launching a "sensitive topics" review, and in at least three cases requested authors refrain from casting its technology in a negative light, according to internal communications and...
“According to a detailed database of car crashes that Volvo has been keeping since the 1970s, who gets hurt in car crashes is changing [more pedestrians, people on bikes & kids in strollers] —and it’s forcing the company to rethink what car safety means.” https://t.co/S87XoB7OoP— Brent Toderian (@BrentToderian) December 21, 2020
The worship of data tries to eliminate friction: an ideology of the lesser resistance. However, friction is the key to dismantle this new wave of postivism.
How can we build machines that act rational, if the human, computing the machine, is boundedly rational?#Foucault pic.twitter.com/iXq9y8MVBm— Ajla Nesimovic🧑🏼🎄 (@EilerNemo) November 4, 2020
If Your iPhone Has a Green Dot in iOS 14, Your Camera May Be Spying On You
If you've upgraded your iPhone to iOS 14 already, you may have noticed a little green dot at the top of your screen when using certain apps. It's a new
If the only answer to abusive people is successfully persuading them not to be abusive...Then the abuse becomes everyone else’s fault, for not catering to the abuser sufficiently enough to persuade him.Which is exactly the way an abusive person wants you to think.So, don’t.— A.R. Moxon (@JuliusGoat) December 5, 2020
The Shitty Tech Adoption Curve describes the process by which oppressive technology is normalized and distributed through all levels of society. The more privilege someone has, the harder it is to coerce them to use dehumanizing tech, so it starts with marginalized people.1/ pic.twitter.com/9saW0H95OI— Cory Doctorow #BLM (@doctorow) November 25, 2020
E-waste becoming a massive issue for businesses, so what can be done?
E-waste is a global concern, and is quickly becoming a crisis of its own, the researchers state. In fact, more than 53 million metric tons of e-waste was produced in 2019.
Can deepfake tech be used for good? Artist creates 'imaginary reckoning' for public figures | CBC Radio
Deepfake technology can make it seem like people are saying and doing things they aren't. Can it be used for good? Deep Reckonings, a series created by artist Stephanie Lepp, imagines controversial public figures having reckonings using synthetic videos.
Foxglove is supporting social media content moderators in their fights for fair treatment from the platforms they work for, and for safe working conditions during the pandemic. Here is the full text of an open letter which over 200 Facebook content moderators from across the world have just addres
Bots Grade Your Kids’ Schoolwork—and They’re Often Wrong
Auto-grading systems adopted in many districts were supposed to save time by using bots to score tests. But parents and teachers say the software leads to grading errors and requires them to double-check the bots’ work.
I kid you not! They don't even pretend not to do phrenology anymore (ht @vinayprabhu) pic.twitter.com/zSmZZKDt5M— Abeba Birhane (@Abebab) November 8, 2020
Drivers spooked by ‘ghost in the machine’ dashboard updates
When you get in your car in the morning, you might expect it to be the car that you left the night before.Not any more. James May, the television presenter, and Grant Shapps, the transport secretary