Category: Expert Insights
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An Artificial Revolution: On Power, Politics and AI
An Artificial Revolution: On Power, Politics and AI by Ivana Bartoletti, Technical Director, Privacy at Deloitte and Co-founder of Women Leading in AI The COVID-19 pandemic is the largest health crisis to have happened in a new technological and data driven era – one which can still amaze us with news of wonderful creations we can get…
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The Luddite fallacy: Is it time to reconsider it?
The Luddite fallacy: Is it time to reconsider it? by Vihang Jumle, Project Officer, TRAFFIC India, World Wildlife Fund 20 December, 1922 marked an important transition in the history of employment. As the winter mist settled on the dawn-lit streets of Brooklyn Heights in New York, the city and its many residents stood wide awake to…
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What does Transparent AI mean?
What does Transparent AI mean? by Fenna Woudstra, affiliated with Filosofie in actie (an organization based in Arnhem, the Netherlands advising technology companies and projects on the ethical use of data) Over the last couple of years many companies, institutions, governments, and ethicists have proposed their own principles for the development of Artificial Intelligence (or AI)…
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Political campaigns on social media subvert political autonomy of citizens
Political campaigns on social media subvert political autonomy of citizens by Bailey Alexander May, a recent graduate with a BA in Social and Political Sciences from University of York, United Kingdom The conception and practice of democracies across the world are arguably becoming increasingly blurred. Why? Because the big data processing capabilities of artificial intelligence (or…
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A data-driven solution to build cycle paths — Making urban mobility efficient and sustainable
A data-driven solution to build cycle paths — Making urban mobility efficient and sustainable In this article, Vittoria Pauri, Giulio Consiglio, and Michele Nasini from Bocconi University, Italy explain how the use of big data can help make our urban mobility planning efficient and paradigms environmentally sustainable. The global demographic trends show that every year more…
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How the COVID-19 pandemic will boost digitalization
How the COVID-19 pandemic will boost digitalization by Thieß Petersen, Senior Advisor, Global Economic Dynamics Project, Bertelsmann Stiftung, Germany and Lecturer, European University Viadrina The corona crisis has the world in its grip. The extent of the social upheavals and the long-term consequences of this pandemic are not yet foreseeable. However, there is some evidence that…
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Automated Facial Recognition Systems and the Mosaic Theory of Privacy: The Way Forward
Automated Facial Recognition Systems and the Mosaic Theory of Privacy: The Way Forward Arindrajit Basu of the Centre for Internet & Society (Bangalore) and Siddharth Sonkar of the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (Kolkata) have co-written this blog as part of their three-part blog series on AI Policy Exchange under the parent title…
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Automated Facial Recognition Systems (AFRS): Responding to Related Privacy Concerns
Automated Facial Recognition Systems (AFRS): Responding to Related Privacy Concerns Arindrajit Basu of the Centre for Internet & Society (Bangalore) and Siddharth Sonkar of the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (Kolkata) have co-written this blog as part of their three-part blog series on AI Policy Exchange under the parent title — Is there…
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Decrypting Automated Facial Recognition Systems (AFRS) and Delineating Related Privacy Concerns
Decrypting Automated Facial Recognition Systems (AFRS) and Delineating Related Privacy Concerns Arindrajit Basu of the Centre for Internet & Society (Bangalore) and Siddharth Sonkar of the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (Kolkata) have co-written this blog as part of their three-part blog series on AI Policy Exchange under the parent title — Is there…
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Creating Social Impact With AI
Creating Social Impact With AI by Ashish Srivastava, Sector Head, Artificial Intelligence and Digital Lab, Centre for Study of Science, Technology and Policy, Bengaluru Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a transformational technology with the potential to arrive at solutions to the most complex problems. The use of AI in sectors such as genetic modelling and drug discovery…
