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AI for a Fair, Just, and Equitable World
Improving, Situating, Expanding
April 13, 2021
AUTHOR: Clint Andrews
FILED UNDER: Magazine Articles, President's Message, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact
FILED UNDER: Magazine Articles, President's Message, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact
In 2020, our flagship ISTAS conference and the cosponsored conferences were huge successes, with record attendance, partly because going virtual allowed wider participation.
Governing in Bad Faith: Suppressing Democracy in Pretense of “Saving Democracy”
April 2, 2021
AUTHOR: Jeremy Pitt
FILED UNDER: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Editorial & Opinion, Ethics, Magazine Articles, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact
FILED UNDER: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Editorial & Opinion, Ethics, Magazine Articles, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact
Understanding the societal trajectory induced by AI, and anticipating its directions so that we might apply it for achieving equity, is a sociological, ethical, legal, cultural, generational, educational, and political problem.
ISTAS 2021 to be Held October 28-31 – Submission portals are open!
ISTAS 2021 will be jointly hosted by the University of Waterloo and the University of Guelph (Ontario, Canada) in October 28-31, 2021. Special session proposal deadline has been extended to April 12th!
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Call for Board of Governors (BoG) Candidates
April 13, 2021
AUTHOR: Robert Dent
FILED UNDER: SSIT Announcements
FILED UNDER: SSIT Announcements
SSIT is seeking candidates for President-Elect (2022) and 3 Board of Governors Members-at-Large (2022-2024). All positions are voting members of the… Read More
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