The age of the digital railroad tycoons (Connection Problem S09E03)
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Tag: policy
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…
Connection Problem S09E02: An overdue Check-in
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Is standardization the new frontier for civil society?
A topic that has been comic up a lot in conversation is a trend towards pushing regulation work to standards bodies. More concretely, for regulation in the context…
UN Habitat Playbook “Centering People in Smart Cities”
UN Habitat launched a new series of playbooks as part of its People Centered Smart Cities flagship program. I was happy to be a peer reviewer last year…
AI as a forcing function for societal debate
We see that the spread of AI systems is effectively a forcing function for societal debates: Underlying conflicts are forced to the foreground because these systems will have…
Web3 Is Going Great, or Is It?
web3isgoinggreat.com is a pretty funny overview of the mishaps and shenanigans of the web3 / crypto scene and products. It shows just how much is going wrong in the…