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Is AI Good for the Planet?
Cambridge; Medford, MA: Polity Press (2022), vii, 128 pp.
"Artificial intelligence (AI) is presented as a solution to the greatest challenges of our time, from global pandemics and chronic diseases to cybersecurity threats and the climate crisis. But AI also contributes to the climate crisis by running on technology that depletes scarce resources and by re
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Designing a Rights-Based Global Index on Responsible AI
Cape Town: Research ICT Africa (2022), 14 pp.
"As we move forward in deepening our collective understanding of how AI is reshaping our societies, and what policy models are required to best manage its effects in service of human and planetary wellbeing, information is needed on the global state of implementation of the UNESCO principles and the
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Artificial Intelligence and Disinformation: State-Aligned Information Operations and the Distortion of the Public Sphere
Vienna: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (2022), 28 pp.
"In light of the role played by state-aligned actors, the private sector and lawmakers in countries with strong democratic institutions should adopt policies that mitigate the ability of state actors to manipulate AI and weaponize communication platforms. Efforts to combat disinformation must recogn
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Pivots, Perseverances & Pleasures
Pollicy (2022), iii, 26 pp.
"This is the final report in Pollicy's three-part series on African Women in AI. Launched in 2021, this project frames analysis of the state of artificial intelligence (AI) in Africa through a gender lens by exploring the impact of AI on women. This project emerged out of the need to fill the visibl
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Mapping the Public Voice for Development: Natural Language Processing of Social Media Text Data
Manila: Asian Development Bank (ADB) (2022), xi, 114 pp.
"This report aims to introduce techniques and procedures of NLP (Natural Language Processing), the computational preparation and analysis of text data, to map the public voice and aid development. First, the report introduces essential concepts of communication and elaborates on the theoretical foun
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A Systematic Literature Review on Fake News in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Can AI Propose a Solution?
Applied Sciences (MDPI), volume 12, issue 12727 (2022), 19 pp.
"This paper aims to unpack a structured overview of previous research topics and findings and identify gaps. Our goal in this systematic review is to (a) synthesize the selected earlier studies, (b) offer researchers a structural framework for future COVID-19 and fake news research, and (c) recommen
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"Künstliche Intelligenz ist auf Smartphones unser ständiger Begleiter, in sozialen Netzwerken verbreitet sie Desinformation, sie wird zur Überwachung und beim Militär eingesetzt. Welche Regeln braucht es, damit uns KI mehr nützt als schadet? Welche billigen Arbeitskräfte liefern die Daten für
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Encoded Biases & Future Imaginaries
Kampala: Pollicy (2022), iv, 37 pp.
"This paper is the second in a series of three papers that explore the relationship between women in Africa today and Artificial Intelligence. In it, the authors explore the threats and benefits Artificial Intelligence brings to African women in different sectors; what it means to be an African woma
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Inteligencia artificial y política: Los desafíos de una tecnología acelerada en las instituciones contemporáneas
Buenos Aires: Teseo (2022), 111 pp.
Economies of virtue: The circulation of 'ethics' in AI
Amsterdam: Institute of Network Cultures (2022), 171 pp.
Künstliche Intelligenz: So lässt sie sich nachhaltiger gestalten
Berlin: Algorithm Watch; Institut für ökologische Wirtschaftsforschung (iöw); DAI-Labor (2022), 58 pp.
"Eine Zahl taucht immer wieder in der Diskussion zur Nachhaltigkeit von KI auf: Die Emissionen, die in der Forschungs- und Entwicklungsphase großer Sprachmodelle anfallen, entsprechen den Emissionen von fünf Autos während ihrer gesamten Laufzeit. Diese Zahl stammt aus einer wegweisenden Analyse v
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Towards a Normative Perspective on Journalistic AI: Embracing the Messy Reality of Normative Ideals
Digital Journalism, volume 10, issue 10 (2022), pp. 1605-1626
"Few would disagree that AI systems and applications need to be “responsible,” but what is “responsible” and how to answer that question? Answering that question requires a normative perspective on the role of journalistic AI and the values it shall serve. Such a perspective needs to be grou
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(Dis)Obedience in Digital Societies: Perspectives on the Power of Algorithms and Data
Bielefeld: transcript Verlag (2022), 377 pp.
"Algorithms are not to be regarded as a technical structure but as a social phenomenon - they embed themselves, currently still very subtle, into our political and social system. Algorithms shape human behavior on various levels: they influence not only the aesthetic reception of the world but also
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Landscape Study of AI Policies and Use in Southern Africa: Research Report
Harare: UNESCO Office in Harare (2022), 89 pp.
"This report is intended to provide a broad review of the use and emerging governance of AI technology in Southern Africa. It aims at initiating public discussions and policy dialogue not only on the technological implications of the use of AI, but also on the social, political, and ethical signific
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AI Ethics and Higher Education: Good Practice and Guidance for Educators, Learners, and Institutions
Geneva: Globethics.net (2022), 318 pp.
"Artificial intelligence (AI) is exerting unprecedented pressure on the global higher educational landscape in transforming recruitment processes, subverting traditional pedagogy, and creating new research and institutional opportunities. These technologies require contextual and global ethical anal
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Artificial Communication: How Algorithms Produce Social Intelligence
Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press (2022), xiv, 184 pp.
"Argues that what makes AI socially relevant and useful is not intelligence at all but something even more human: communication. If machines are going to improve their ability to address ever more important human issues, it will not be because they have learned to think like people, but because we h
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