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Muster: Theorie der digitalen Gesellschaft
Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb), Sonderausg. (2020), 352 pp.
"Techniken etablieren sich nur dann, wenn sie ein Problem lösen. Auch digitale Technik setzt einen Bedarf voraus. Von diesem Grundgedanken ausgehend, beschäftigt sich der Soziologie Armin Nassehi mit der Frage, welches gesellschaftliche Problem Digitalisierung löst. Seine Antwort verweist darauf,
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Digital Technologies and War
International Review of the Red Cross, volume 102, issue 913 (2020), pp. 1-444
Artificial Intelligence: Media and Information Literacy, Human Rights and Freedom of Expression
Moscow; Hove (UK): UNESCO; Next Minds (2020), 117 pp.
"This guide has explored some of the key considerations that should inform the conceptualization and implementation of Machine Learning (ML) and artifical intelligence (AI) components within a development project. New, automated decision systems can offer considerable and rapid efficiency gains, but
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Spotlight on Artificial Intelligence and Freedom of Expression
Vienna: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (2020), 72 pp.
"Artificial intelligence (AI) has become an increasingly important tool for shaping and arbitrating online information. It is increasingly, and often invisibly, used by both public authorities and private companies, and greatly impacts the way people seek, receive, impart and access information. Cou
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Steering AI and Advanced ICTs for Knowledge Societies: A Rights, Openness, Access, and Multi-Stakeholder Perspective
Paris: UNESCO (2019), 197 pp.
"This report recognizes artificial intelligence (AI) as an opportunity to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), through its contribution to building inclusive knowledge societies. Based on UNESCO’s Internet Universality ROAM framework agreed by UNESCO’s Member States i
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The Democratization of Artificial Intelligence: Net Politics in the Era of Learning Algorithms
Bielefeld: transcript Verlag (2019), 331 pp.
"After a long time of neglect, Artificial Intelligence is once again at the center of most of our political, economic, and socio-cultural debates. Recent advances in the field of Artifical Neural Networks have led to a renaissance of dystopian and utopian speculations on an AI-rendered future. Algor
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Ethics Guidelines for Trustworthy AI
European Commission (2019), 39 pp.
Implications of AI-Driven Tools in the Media for Freedom of Expression
Institute for Information Law (2019), 39 pp.
"Based on an analysis of the use of AI-driven tools in the light of Article 10 EHCR, this report highlights a number of points for attention and the need for further initiatives. In particular, we signal that:
- There is an important role for member States to ensure that access to innovative technol
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Die 50 wichtigsten Themen der Digitalisierung: Künstliche Intelligenz, Blockchain, Bitcoin, Virtual Reality und vieles mehr verständlich erklärt
München: Redline Verlag, 4. Aufl. (2019), 381 pp.
"Könnten Sie in wenigen Sätzen erklären, was Augmented Reality bedeutet? Was digitale Disruption oder Smart Health ausmacht? Wer der vielzitierte Homo Deus ist? Falls nicht, gehören Sie zu der großen Mehrheit derer, die zwar in und mit der Digitalisierung leben und arbeiten, die aber meist pass
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Global Information Society Watch 2019. Artificial Intelligence: Human Rights, Social Justice and Development
Deep Insights
"Artificial intelligence (AI) is now receiving unprecedented global attention as it finds widespread practical application in multiple spheres of activity. But what are the human rights, social justice and development implications of AI when used in areas such as health, education and social service
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The Big Nine: How the Tech Titans and Their Thinking Machines Could Warp Humanity
New York: PublicAffairs (2019), 320 pp.
"The Big Nine who will determine the future of artifical intelligence (AI) - Google, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, IBM, and Facebook in America; and Baidu, Alibaba, and Tencent in China - serve masters with conflicting interests. Wall Street wants profit now without regard to consequences. The Chinese g
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Digitale Ethik: Leben in vernetzten Welten
Ditzingen: Reclam (2019), 252 pp.
"Fake News, Kriegsroboter, Cyber-Mobbing – unsere zunehmend digitalisierte Lebenswelt stellt uns vor neue ethische Herausforderungen. Wie verhalten wir uns angemessen und legitim gegenüber all diesen Veränderungen? Nötig sind Regeln und Wertmaßstäbe, für die es vor kurzem noch keinen Bedarf
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"The Elements of AI is a series of free online courses created by MinnaLearn and the University of Helsinki. We want to encourage as broad a group of people as possible to learn what AI is, what can (and can’t) be done with AI, and how to start creating AI methods. The courses combine theory with
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Reflecting the Past, Shaping the Future: Making AI Work for International Development
USAID (2018), 97 pp.
"This document aims to inform and empower those who may have limited technical experience as they navigate an emerging ML/AI landscape in developing countries. Donors, implementers, and other development partners should expect to come away with a basic grasp of common ML techniques and the problems
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Digital Humanitarians: How Big Data is Changing the Face of Humanitarian Response
Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press (2015), xxv, 233 pp.
"The overflow of information generated during disasters can be as paralyzing to humanitarian response as the lack of information. This flash flood of information'social media, satellite imagery and more is often referred to as Big Data. Making sense of this data deluge during disasters is proving an
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Leveraging AI for Democracy: Civic Innovation on the New Digital Playing Field
Washington, DC: National Endowment for Democracy (NED) (2014), 26 pp.
"An overview essay by Beth Kerley based on insights from the International Forum for Democratic Studies’ expert workshops reflects on the challenging landscape that confronts organizations seeking to deploy AI tools. Fernanda Campagnucci, spotlighting the work of Open Knowledge Brasil (OKBR), expl
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