And just like that, it’s June. Tomorrow, Social Responsibility of Algorithms 2022 begins. This is a project I’ve been working on (with many amazing colleagues) since before this pandemic was a thing. It’s almost unreal to see it get to this point — thanks to covid, the project has been delayed, shifted to online, transformed…
Category: technology
Truth, trust and autonomous systems
We have a new episode of the Algorithmic Futures Podcast out, and it has me thinking back to my earlier post on objectivity, and the challenges of figuring out what we know — and how we know it. In the podcast episode, our guest, Lyndon Llewellyn from AIMS, presents the kind of scenario that keeps…
The Algorithmic Futures Podcast is now live!
I am so excited to make this announcement. Zena and I have been working on the podcast for months now, turning an idea into something we could send out into the world. I’m proud of the work we’ve done together here, and of what we’ve learned so far. The podcast broadly focuses on how we…
Apps, kids, and addiction: A parent’s view
I’m supposed to work on creating better technology, but mostly I find myself banishing it from our house. Not all of it — I clearly benefit from access to knowledge via the internet, and have a fascination with wellness tech (and what it does and doesn’t help me achieve), but the rest? I more often…