Two threat models for algorithmic decision-making systems
There are two major threat models to consider when discussing algorithmic decision-making systems (ADM) — which I’ll get to in a moment. The other day, when I spoke to…
Category: politics
A first glimpse at the new German government roadmap
Germany has a new governing coalition—and with this 3 party combination of Social Democrats (SPD), Greens (B90/Grüne) and Liberals (FDP), it’s a first. I was skeptical about the…
Digital Transformation, German Government Edition
Note: This expands on a longer Twitter thread of mine. It’s utterly fascinating to hear German politics discover digital transformation as a key priority now. For literally 2…
Research Project: Helping public & third sector better understand the societal impact of tech
I’m working on an independent project with the goal to empower public & third sector decision-makers to make better informed decisions about the societal role and impact of…
A few suggestions for Year 2 of Covid-19
Note: Usually I have a policy not to get too political here on the company blog. But it seems like right now, it’s somewhat of a duty to…
Un-Fracking Futures
In this post, I’d like to explore the idea that we’ve been fracking the future at great expense to future generations. A note on the context of this…
Interview: IG BCE Kompakt “Technologie darf Menschen nicht diskriminieren”
The IG BCE’s magazine Kompakt interviewed me about IoT, AI and why simple solutions so often are inappropriate for complex issues: The interview is in German, available as…