ISTOCK/Nanostockk

March 2021

Artificial Intelligence for a Fair, Just, and Equitable World

The rise of AI has fueled the debate on the potential contribution of new technologies to the creation of a prosperous and equitable world, as against the countless ethical, moral, legal, humanitarian, and political–social risks, as well as physical and mental health risks.

The ethical debate on this topic is taking place mostly in high-income countries so that much of it is of little relevance to the more than 700 million people living in extreme poverty. Reciprocally, ethical questions that greatly affect marginalized populations are not treated with the importance they deserve in this debate.

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• From Artificial Intelligence Bias to Inequality in the Time of COVID-19 by Miguel Luengo-Oroz Posted in: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Editorial & Opinion, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact - The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed and exacerbated existing global inequalities. Whether at the local, national, or international scale, the gap… ...  Read More
• Champions of AI4Eq: Equity as an Adaptive Challenge by Christine Perakslis Posted in: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Human Impacts, Last Word, Magazine Articles, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact - We celebrated AI for mental health equity when access is augmented for marginalized populations. We applauded AI as a complement… ...  Read More
• Book Review: Techno-Fixers: Origins and Implications of Technological Faith by A. David Wunsch Posted in: Book Reviews, Environment, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact - The public’s faith in science and technology has never been higher. Computer “apps” that explore things such as the frequency… ...  Read More
• Book Review: Hacking Diversity: The Politics of Inclusion in Open Technology Cultures by Jenna P. Carpenter Posted in: Book Reviews, Ethics, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact - Open technology communities are loosely organized, volunteer, online groups, focused on development and distribution of open or free software and… ...  Read More
• Toward a More Equal World: The Human Rights Approach to Extending the Benefits of Artificial Intelligence by Elizabeth D. Gibbons Posted in: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Editorial & Opinion, Environment, Ethics, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact - There is huge potential for artificial intelligence (AI) to bring massive benefits to under-served populations, advancing equal access to public… ...  Read More
• Artificial Intelligence for a Fair, Just, and Equitable World by Angeles Manjarrés Posted in: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Editorial & Opinion, Ethics, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact - From the 1970s onward, we started to dream of the leisure society in which, thanks to technological progress and consequent… ...  Read More
• Governing in Bad Faith: Suppressing Democracy in Pretense of “Saving Democracy” by Jeremy Pitt Posted in: 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,… ...  Read More
• Improving, Situating, Expanding by Clint Andrews Posted in: 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… ...  Read More

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