#Software development

OpenMined: an example of ‘decentralized AI’

The era of the algorithm and the frontiers of digital “trusting” The full implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) means the end of the transitory period before the sanction regime is applied. It has brought both small and large transformations that practically effect the behaviour of all of the keepers of information, and ... OpenMined: an example of ‘decentralized AI’

Alessandro Scoscia

Memory and Responsibility

Last month, with the support of the Bassetti Foundation, more than 60 people met at the Internet Archive in San Francisco to discuss the future of personal digital archives and the implications of innovations and new technologies related to personal and collective memory. Enhancing responsibility in innovation by applying new technologies of memory and personal ... Memory and Responsibility

Participatory design: an Interview with Dr. Michael Twidale (part 3)

(…continues from the previous entry) Ubois: So any other final thoughts on how to promote the concept of responsibility and innovation, you know, in public opinion and with practitioners? I’m also looking for pointers of other people to talk to institutions that are or might be pursuing this line of inquiry. Twidale: I think that ... Participatory design: an Interview with Dr. Michael Twidale (part 3)

An Interview with Dr.Marc Smith

Dr. Marc Smith is a Senior Research Sociologist leading the Community Technologies Group at Microsoft Research in Redmond, WA. His group focuses on computer-mediated collective action, and he studies and design enhancements for social cyberspaces. In particular, he is interested in the emergence of social organizations like communities in online conversation and annotation environments. The ... An Interview with Dr.Marc Smith

Transparency, Privacy, and Responsibility: An Interview with Jeff Jonas

More directly and obviously than many forms of innovation, software embodies the values of those who create it. This is particularly true of software used to monitor and direct human activity: in the extreme, it can be a tool that saves lives, or one that enables political repression. Software development therefore provides many examples of ... Transparency, Privacy, and Responsibility: An Interview with Jeff Jonas