The discussion about artificial intelligence (AI) moves between the desire for smart machines that support us in various fields and the angst that we will lose...
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Caring of the Machines: Gender and Machines
This week’s blog post is a response to a comment left on my blogpost from last week; Fear of the Machines. Which mentioned another way in...
Continue reading...“Mind-reading” technology
Just have a look at the following picture: What do you think is happening here? One might think that the pictures depicted show how an Artificial...
Continue reading...2+2=4 -1=3 Quick Maths…
What Gets Measured Gets Managed
Nowadays more and more young people become conscious of their health. Health is wealth and it is hard to maintain it in a good condition in...
Continue reading...We are all cyborgs (video + blogpost)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9nRolGa42w The video titled ‘We Are All Cyborgs’ is a short introduction and artistic interpretation of Donna Haraway’s ‘Cyborg Manifesto’ (1985). What is a cyborg you...
Continue reading...Fear of the Machines: Hollywood’s portrayal of A.Is
Last Friday I went to the cinema in the first time in forever, for a viewing of the most recent Terminator movie. As you probably know,...
Continue reading...Video: “Big Brother is us”
Crowdsourcing of Surveillance through Gamification Inspired by the virtual watchers project Burkhard Schafer – Crowdsourcing and cloudsourcing CCTV surveillance https://www.voanews.com/world-news/middle-east-dont-use/facebook-becomes-divisive-bahrain
Continue reading...Virtual love and affection
DIY Hacks or Die Hacks
Recently, I’ve stumbled upon a heated discussion online on whether YouTube should be involved in monitoring content that the users of the platform are posting. In...
Continue reading...reCAPTCHA: Google’s spy
The Rebellious Chatbot
Digital Media – Can you trust your senses?
Technological Advancements These times of exponential technological advancements, in both soft- and hardware, allow us to create AI’s (Artificial Intelligence) that have not been thought possible...
Continue reading...Part II: Facing AI ethics
Last week I promised a Part II on Faces and the Digital based on an interesting podcast: The Digital Human: Visage, but this has morphed into...
Continue reading...Part I: What’s in a Face?
High-Tech Faces The World’s first AI news presenter developed by Xinhua (China state news agency) and Sogou (Chinese search engine company) was recently unveiled ‘during China’s...
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