Tag: digitalethics

Google and Apple’s diktat to governments on coronavirus contact-tracing apps is a troubling display of unaccountable power

Google and Apple’s diktat to governments on coronavirus contact-tracing apps is a troubling display of unaccountable power

On 10 April, in the midst of the largest public health crisis in over 100 years, Apple and Google quietly revealed the true extent of their political power. The way they did so has left me questioning some long-held beliefs. Here’s why. Read full Article

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Doomscrolling: Why We Just Can’t Look Away

Doomscrolling: Why We Just Can’t Look Away

Primal instincts often drive our obsession with stressful news, and social-media platforms are designed to keep us hooked Read full Article

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Petervan’s Delicacies – Issue #133

Petervan’s Delicacies – Issue #133

Only 2 weeks since previous edition, but it feels like the harvest of a full month. Enjoy! A fantastic well research set of premonitions on Culture, Brands, Space, Entertainment, Tools, Politics, Death. Very good, tout court. Read full Article

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San Francisco was right to ban facial recognition. Surveillance is a real danger

San Francisco was right to ban facial recognition. Surveillance is a real danger

San Francisco’s recent municipal ordinance banning the use of facial recognition technology by city and county agencies has received international attention. Read full Article

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Are brain implants the future of thinking?

Are brain implants the future of thinking?

Almost two years ago, Dennis Degray sent an unusual text message to his friend. “You are holding in your hand the very first text message ever sent from the neurons of one mind to the mobile device of another,” he recalls it read. “U just made history.” Read full Article

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How to Create a Thriving Global Commons Economy

How to Create a Thriving Global Commons Economy

Not since Marx identified Manchester’s manufacturing plants as blueprints for the new capitalist society have our political economy’s fundamentals faced a more profound transformation. As structural crises beset capitalism, a new mode of production is emerging: commons-based peer production. Read full Article

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Why Blackstone Cofounder Steve Schwarzman Donated $188 Million To Support The Humanities And AI Ethics

Why Blackstone Cofounder Steve Schwarzman Donated $188 Million To Support The Humanities And AI Ethics

Blackstone cofounder Stephen Schwarzman is no stranger to big gestures. In 2013, he gave $100 million to start Schwarzman Scholars, a Rhodes-like scholarship that partners with Beijing’s Tsinghua University. Read full Article

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‘Bias deep inside the code’: the problem with AI ‘ethics’ in Silicon Valley

‘Bias deep inside the code’: the problem with AI ‘ethics’ in Silicon Valley

When Stanford announced a new artificial intelligence institute, the university said the “designers of AI must be broadly representative of humanity” and unveiled 120 faculty and tech leaders partnering on the initiative. Read full Article

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The new elite’s phoney crusade to save the world – without changing anything

The new elite’s phoney crusade to save the world – without changing anything

Today’s titans of tech and finance want to solve the world’s problems, as long as the solutions never, ever threaten their own wealth and power. By A successful society is a progress machine. It takes in the raw material of innovations and produces broad human advancement. Read full Article

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Senior Google Scientist Resigns Over “Forfeiture of Our Values” in China

Senior Google Scientist Resigns Over “Forfeiture of Our Values” in China

Jack Pouson worked for Google’s lresearch and machine intelligence department, where he was focused on improving the accuracy of the company’s search systems. Read full Article

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