Power & Democracy

AI’s role in economic inequality: benefitting some, potentially harming millions
- Taylor Doughty & Eva van der Heide
- July 17, 2022
Since its emergence, artificial intelligence (AI) has continued to play a key role in the labor markets in almost every country on the planet. New and exciting innovations in technology have been projected to greatly improve labor through the automation of tasks, with online sources claiming AI will help make the workplace easier for nearly […]
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“Is AI making military harmful and overpowered?”
- epr770
- June 23, 2022
Introduction The rising demand in the defense sector of any government in the world is the incorporation and deployment of Intelligent Systems in the battlefield and in general surveillance. This is to reduce manual involvement and empty battlefields of human combatants. Although Artificial Intelligence has a wide range of algorithms to adapt to the specific […]
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Cancelling Robbogeddon – Why AI Won’t Make Human Labor Obsolete
- Paola Feil & Mitchell Dior
- February 7, 2022
“The changes are so profound that, from the perspective of human history, there has never been a time of greater promise or potential peril” Klaus Schwab, author of The Fourth Industrial Revolution Humanity is experiencing a time of rapid technological development. Advances in Artificial intelligence (AI) and its ability to augment automation are seen as […]
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The game of life, obey the rules or be banned from society
- anonymous one
- February 5, 2022
Game over. You have run out of life points (or credit score points). Envision, receiving a notification warning that states that you will be banned from society. Just as in a board game. One wrong move, you receive a card, and you end up landing on the Jail Space. It certainly seems science fiction as […]
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AI will save humanity, but maybe in a sandbox.
- Chitresh Sharma
- February 5, 2022
Artificial Intelligence has got a growing lot of traction in recent years and it has proved its efficiency and usefulness in most sectors our there in the world. As we can expect with most things, there are trade-off and some risks associated with the use of AI in every sector. There are some serious genuine […]
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How autonomous cars will create vulnerabilities and risks
- Lara Cumali & Valerie Eberhard
- February 5, 2022
Data Privacy It’s not without reason that everything has its costs. This also applies to the comfort and safety benefits that autonomous cars bring with them. However, in this case, you don’t just pay with your money. The technical possibilities to adjust the driving experience to you as an individual and take over tasks are […]
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Targeted ads, untargeted harm
- Robert Ioiart & Jan Postma
- February 5, 2022
In popular culture, the dangers posed by AI are associated with a conscious super-intelligence that becomes hostile to humanity. There is often talk of a technological singularity, a point where an artificially intelligent consciousness has the ability to make itself smarter and more capable without human intervention. Such speculative discussions, while captivating, are distracting from […]
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Robots of the world, unite!
- Nils Ole Breuer & Gabriel Hoogerwerf
- February 5, 2022
AI will lead us towards extreme inequality under the current economic system Right now more than ever we see how AI technology changes our lives. During the pandemic, we started to spend more time at home. We see our colleagues, friends, and loved ones via Zoom, have our groceries delivered directly to our doorstep, and […]
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Advancement in Human Capabilities using AI :Technological Singularity
- epr770
- February 5, 2022
Law and Order / Decision Making Biological Sector Personal Assistance Introduction Exacerbating trend of Artificial intelligence in the modern day society has opened up the ways for a Cyber Punk universe .In our everyday lifestyle AI plays a vital part in industries like Biology, Law, Finance, Manufacturing, Transportation , Advertising and soo many others rely […]
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Why AI Will Not Immediately Improve Our Lives If Our Societal System Does Not Change
- Marit Lutjehuis & Ira Adiprasito
- February 5, 2022
As a society, we have become dependent on Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies in our everyday life. Some view AI as the way forward, branding it as the solution that will save humanity and the Earth. AI indeed has had some extremely beneficial developments, for example in the medical field with detection of different kinds of […]
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