Democracy
Poor AI literacy : A real threat to democracy
The term literacy originally refered to the ability to read and communicate using written language. In the past decades, literacy has been used with increasing flexibility to encompass a variety of skills and knowledge within many disciplines, from scientific literacy to digital literacy, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) literacy. This article focuses on AI literacy, which […]
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Selling personal data should not be allowed
Who should own personal data? Is it the users? Is it the company harvesting it? While we wrestle with our answers to this, data collected by companies is being sold to third parties. It is available to anyone willing to pay. Should companies be allowed to sell users’ personal data? The meteoric rise in the […]
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Hey Advertisers, Let’s Be Honest
It finally happened; we’re living the data nightmare. In a world where money buys the means to influence the beliefs of individuals via personalized ads curated by powerful algorithms, John Stuart Mill’s idealized marketplace of ideas is no longer a free market. Specifically, in the digital marketplace of ideas, online behavioral advertisement (OBA)—using behavioral targeting […]
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How can we avoid the AI apocalypse?
When it comes to artificial intelligence, there are many different viewpoints and interpretations of what AI is and what it entails. AI encompasses a wide spectrum of technologies. This has had a transformative effect on what we can do with computers today. AI is used widely in many sectors namely, Healthcare, Banking and Finance, Entertainment, […]
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Artificial Intelligence And The End Of Freedom
Introduction Our society has arrived at one of the most important points in human history. The point where it is estimated that supercomputers will soon surpass human capabilities in almost all areas. Also at this point, the amount of data we produce doubles every year. This means that the amount of data we used in […]
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Existence of Big four tech giants threatens Democracy
Democracy has been around since ancient Greek civilization, where it first appeared in Athens during the classical antiquity period. The main idea of democracy was to involve all members of state in the process of governing the society. Nowadays, elective representatives are more common in democratic societies, as countries are so huge that it is […]
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AI vs AI: the Risks of Deepfakes and the Need of Regulations
Imagine you are going about your day as usual and suddenly a friend sends you a very realistic video of you (with your full name present) in a pornographic film you did not take part in or gave consent to. How would you feel? Shocked, embarrassed, scared, angry, and in disbelief? There may not be […]
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Your Data is your fingerprint – Protecting Data is a matter of Urgency！
“If you are doing something that you don’t want other people to know, maybe you shouldn’t be doing it in the first place.” Said by Google ex-CEO Eric Schmidt. In his opinion, Google was merely a conduit and was not responsible for the invasion of people’s privacy. His attitude shows that he doesn’t seem to […]
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AI is being used to manipulate the public
Introduction Humans have always manipulated each other to a certain extent, whether they were aware or unaware of it in retrospect. Interestingly, people are convinced that they cannot be manipulated in any shape or form (Amer et. al. 2019). However, the past has proven that it is possible. Artificial Intelligence, AI, has recently been introduced […]
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The ‘dystopian’ future: How facial-recognition AI cameras are turning public spaces into ‘open air prisons’
“Fundamental rights are unconditional. For the first time ever, we are calling for a moratorium on the deployment of facial recognition systems for law enforcement purposes, as the technology has proven to be ineffective and often leads to discriminatory results. We are clearly opposed to predictive policing based on the use of AI as well […]
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