Discrimination is “embedded in computer code and, increasingly, in artificial intelligence technologies that we are reliant on, by choice or not.”
Tag: March 2019
Post Tenebras, Lux: An Awakening
By terribookman on May 9th, 2019 in Last Word, Magazine Articles, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact
Transition phases are often arduous and chaotic. When we read about positive outcomes, we can fail to recognize the formidable gap between the initial disruption, and eventual transformation.
Smart Cities through Smart Regulation
By Gustavo Gil Gasiola on April 26th, 2019 in Editorial & Opinion, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact
Smart Cities demand new strategies and forms of control. The traditional model of public regulation is challenged by a renewed relationship between technology, government, and society. We highlight the difficulties and possible solutions for regulation in the context of a Smart City, provided by the largest city in Brazil: São Paulo.
Call for Papers — Special Issue of IEEE Technology and Society Magazine
By Roba Abbas on April 20th, 2019 in Announcements, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact
The key question for the future is that with all the investment in new technologies, by both governments and business organizations, can regulation keep up with developments?
Efficiency Versus Creativity as Organizing Principles of Socio-Technical Systems
By Ada Diaconescu on April 10th, 2019 in Commentary, Ethics, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact
What sense of worth and dignity can a person have when their daily activities are confined within systemic contraptions where personal input, originality, and initiative are either undesirable, or quantified as targets to be maximized?
The Democracy Lag
By Caroline Lucas on March 28th, 2019 in Editorial & Opinion, Magazine Articles, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact
U.K. democracy is out of date. It isn’t built to deal with digital tools that have unprecedented potential to manipulate the public.
Past IEEE SSIT President Gerald L. Engel Dies at Age 76
By ieeessit on March 28th, 2019 in Magazine Articles, News and Notes, Social Implications of Technology
Gerald (Jerry) Engel, a past President of IEEE-SSIT, has died.
Technology for Governance, Politics, and Democracy
By Tom Kane and Nick Novellil on March 16th, 2019 in Editorial & Opinion, Ethics, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact
Innovative Information and Communication Technologies play an important role in e-governance and digital democracy. There is unprecedented opportunity for community collective choice, whereby citizens who are affected by a set of governing rules can help to select policy options and rank spending priorities.
President’s Message – Congratulations and Thanks
By Robert Dent on March 16th, 2019 in Magazine Articles, President's Message, Social Implications of Technology
As new SSIT President, I congratulate the three people who were elected to the Member-at-Large positions on the SSIT Board of Governors for three-year terms beginning in 2019.
Facts, Policies, and Values– The Democratic Triad
By Jeremy Pitt on March 15th, 2019 in Editorial & Opinion, Ethics, Magazine Articles, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact
Politics required dialogue, deliberation, negotiation, and compromise. But now there is a dispute over the facts themselves.