Category: Articles

On the Abolition of All Big Tech Organizations

By on October 22nd, 2025 in Articles, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Commentary, Communication Technology, Environment, Ethics, Health & Medical, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact

Digital enterprises have become increasingly monopolistic, individualistic beyond narcissistic to the point of lamentably solipsistic, devastatingly careless of human potential, and environmentally wasteful.

Two Years “in the Wild”: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Teaching Generative AI

By on October 6th, 2025 in Articles, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Case Studies, Commentary, Ethics, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact

One of the biggest challenges of teaching such a course is the remarkable pace of change in technology and the societal response. The curriculum is in near constant evolution and must explicitly address how students should develop their continuous learning skills.

ISTAS25: Exploring the Atmosphere of the AI Era, and IEEE’s Influence

By on September 18th, 2025 in Articles, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Blog Posts, Conferences, Environment, Ethics, Health & Medical, Human Impacts, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact

The 2025 IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS25) themed “AI Evolution and Revolution” was held September 10-12 at Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA, U.S.A..

Coming Soon! 2025 IEEE Symposium on Technology and Society – September 10-12 – Santa Clara, CA USA

By on August 25th, 2025 in Articles, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Blog Posts, Conferences, Ethics, Human Impacts, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact, SSIT Announcements

IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society
“Al Evolution and Revolution”
September 10-12, 2025
Hosted by Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California

Things and Theories: The “Novelty Imperative” and Its Discontents

By on August 14th, 2025 in Articles, Case Studies, Commentary, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact

“The apparent indifference of rank-and-file musicians to the invention of the fortepiano may well be because it was principally identified as an invention [novelty] of rather than importance. To all but those most closely associated with its actual construction, the fortepiano was in the first instance an invention for its own sake. There was no practical mandate for it use.”