Category: Artificial Intelligence (AI)

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

Videogames and the Middle Ages

By on July 28th, 2025 in Articles, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Commentary, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact

While the Middle Ages is an important point of reference for virtually all aspects of modern “civilization,” the culture of computing stands out for how enthusiastically it has embraced its memories of medieval European culture.

Real Is Beautiful: Selfies, Social Media, and Self-Determination

By on July 15th, 2025 in Articles, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Case Studies, Commentary, Environment, Ethics, Health & Medical, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Privacy & Security, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact

We examine social media’s profound influence, delving into its effects on self-esteem, media consumption habits, and exposure to targeted marketing.

IEEE ETHICS 2025 Explores “Emerging Technologies, Ethics, and Social Justice” in Evanston, IL, USA, June 6-8, 2025

By on June 11th, 2025 in Articles, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Blog Posts, Conferences, Ethics, Human Impacts, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact, SSIT Announcements

Over 150 scholars and practitioners from industry, academia, government, and civil society gathered at IEEE ETHICS 2025 to examine questions of ethics and social justice in artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies.

Smart AI, Private Lives: Can We Have Both?

By on June 10th, 2025 in Articles, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Ethics, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, President's Message, Privacy & Security, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact

SSIT is participating in the IEEE Digital Privacy Initiative, a program under IEEE Future Directions that “focuses on a user-centric perspective—looking at the digital privacy needs of the individuals rather than the security of data, products, and organizations—such as providing individuals with user-enabled privacy controls and promoting privacy at the outset of product and service lifecycles.”

Research to Reality: Scholars as Agents of Change

By on March 10th, 2025 in Articles, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Editorial & Opinion, Environment, Ethics, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Social Implications of Technology

Given the urgency of the climate crisis, wealth and income inequality and affordability, and ongoing global conflicts and genocide, along with the erosion of centuries of democratic norms, it is imperative that academics stand up for their research and its practical applications.

What AI Owners Can Learn From Journalism

By on January 30th, 2025 in Articles, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Case Studies, Commentary, Communication Technology, Ethics, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Privacy & Security, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact

The process of advancing AI technology and making AI-generated content attractive to and available to the general public is comparable to that of the printing press and its pivotal influence on newspapers and journalism.

2025 IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS25) Set for Sept 10-12, 2025

By on January 15th, 2025 in Announcements, Articles, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Blog Posts, Call for Papers, Conferences, Ethics, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact, SSIT Announcements

The ISTAS 2025 theme is “Al Evolution and Revolution” and it is focused on the upheaval Al is causing in the world.

Technology and Analytics for Global Development: Transforming Agriculture, Empowering Sustainable Livelihoods, and Ensuring Planetary Well-Being

By on November 30th, 2024 in Articles, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Case Studies, Editorial & Opinion, Environment, Ethics, Health & Medical, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact

We initiated this special issue to highlight innovative and essential work underway on technology and analytics for global development. The panoply of important Adaptation and sustainability are essential, enabled by technologies that optimize crop production, improve quality, and protect the environment. topics discussed at ISTAS23 presented a difficult, but welcome challenge of deciding the theme for this special issue.

Food Security and Agriculture: Technology, Policy, Choices

By on October 1st, 2024 in Articles, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Case Studies, Editorial & Opinion, Environment, Ethics, Health & Medical, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact

Food security and agriculture are complex systems that interconnect with many other issues, including poverty and environmental sustainability. These urgent issues inspire proposals for technological solutions. Emerging technologies are often proposed as ways to increase food supply to end hunger. Other proposals target agricultural practice, grounded in the knowledge that agriculture has a large carbon footprint, and the fear that the negative climate impacts of agriculture would worsen as the population increases.