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‘Safe City Malta’: Is Privacy the Real Crux of the Matter?

January 16, 2019 · Francois Zammit ·

Apart from privacy, the Safe City Malta project raises a number of issues that must be addressed by the Maltese authorities: Who will be storing the data? What will be done with the data? Who will be monitoring the data?

Tagged With: AI, algorithms, facial recognition, mass surveillance, technology

Malta & Artificial Intelligence: Challenges and Ways Forward

November 30, 2018 · Daniel Desira ·

The duty of the state is to ensure that wellbeing of people and the environment are always prioritised before the profits of a handful—and the AI industry should be no exception.

Tagged With: AI, blockchain, democracy, digital rights

Earn Money Online: the Politics of Microwork and Machines

August 7, 2018 · Lorenzo Marsili & Antonio Casilli ·

Understanding how the world of work is changing, and in whose interest, is the key political question of the future. 

Tagged With: AI, algorithms, machine learning, microwork, technology, technopolitics

Social Empowerment in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

May 17, 2018 · João Janeiro ·

Data collected from users feeds algorithms that are shaping our perceptions about the world and the way we engage with the information by selecting what we can see, read and listen on the web, most of the time with a hidden agenda.

Tagged With: AI, democracy, technology

Robots Aren’t Coming for Our Jobs, Capitalists Are

April 24, 2018 · Grace Blakeley ·

It’s politics, not technology, that is pushing us towards dystopia.

Tagged With: AI, automation, neoliberalism, worker's rights

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