Micah Allen: Zombies or Cyborgs: Is Facebook eating your brain?Seismonaut
Micah Allen er hjerneforsker og PhD studerende på Århus Universitet. Her fortæller han om sociale mediers indflydelse på hjernen til Headstart Morgenseminar d. 17. marts 2010.
Slides from a series of talks for the IET's IoT India Congress and some associated events - SRM Chennai, PES Bengaluru, Srishti Bengaluru. I used different subsets of the slides in each talk - this is the whole deck.
A Thinking Person's Guide to Using Big Data for Development: Myths, Opportuni...Junaid Qadir
A Thinking Person's Guide to Using Big Data for Development: Myths, Opportunities, and Pitfalls
Accompanying Paper Available at:
Caveat Emptor: The Risks of Using Big Data for Human Development
IEEE Technology and Society Magazine 38(3):82-90
DOI: 10.1109/MTS.2019.2930273
September 2019
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/335745617_Caveat_Emptor_The_Risks_of_Using_Big_Data_for_Human_Development
Thinking in networks: what it means for policy makersAlberto Cottica
Networks are a general tool for modeling a great many things. I look at how to use them in policy making and how they will transform your way of thinking. My talk at Policy Making 2.0, June 2013
WHAT’S TRENDING AND HOW? PERSPECTIVES ON SOCIAL AND SPIRITUAL IMPLICATIONS OF...IAEME Publication
From ancient cave paintings ,Asoka’s Pillar Inscriptions to Cicero’s web of ancient Rome and
now to Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook the basic theme of mass communication has remained pretty
much the same , what’s changed however is the speed, the way and hence the impact. This brings
us to a paradox, its simpler because somewhere it’s all complex. So it’s increasingly becoming
difficult to distinguish between news from propaganda, subtle manipulation from brainwashing,
and information from advertising, ideologies from hate crimes.
So, who decides what’s trending and how that impacts life and perspectives about human life?
What’s real and what’s not??
And Why That Matters?!!
Micah Allen: Zombies or Cyborgs: Is Facebook eating your brain?Seismonaut
Micah Allen er hjerneforsker og PhD studerende på Århus Universitet. Her fortæller han om sociale mediers indflydelse på hjernen til Headstart Morgenseminar d. 17. marts 2010.
Slides from a series of talks for the IET's IoT India Congress and some associated events - SRM Chennai, PES Bengaluru, Srishti Bengaluru. I used different subsets of the slides in each talk - this is the whole deck.
A Thinking Person's Guide to Using Big Data for Development: Myths, Opportuni...Junaid Qadir
A Thinking Person's Guide to Using Big Data for Development: Myths, Opportunities, and Pitfalls
Accompanying Paper Available at:
Caveat Emptor: The Risks of Using Big Data for Human Development
IEEE Technology and Society Magazine 38(3):82-90
DOI: 10.1109/MTS.2019.2930273
September 2019
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/335745617_Caveat_Emptor_The_Risks_of_Using_Big_Data_for_Human_Development
Thinking in networks: what it means for policy makersAlberto Cottica
Networks are a general tool for modeling a great many things. I look at how to use them in policy making and how they will transform your way of thinking. My talk at Policy Making 2.0, June 2013
WHAT’S TRENDING AND HOW? PERSPECTIVES ON SOCIAL AND SPIRITUAL IMPLICATIONS OF...IAEME Publication
From ancient cave paintings ,Asoka’s Pillar Inscriptions to Cicero’s web of ancient Rome and
now to Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook the basic theme of mass communication has remained pretty
much the same , what’s changed however is the speed, the way and hence the impact. This brings
us to a paradox, its simpler because somewhere it’s all complex. So it’s increasingly becoming
difficult to distinguish between news from propaganda, subtle manipulation from brainwashing,
and information from advertising, ideologies from hate crimes.
So, who decides what’s trending and how that impacts life and perspectives about human life?
What’s real and what’s not??
And Why That Matters?!!
The ethics of perception will be concretized in machine ethics interfaces. A core upcoming realization could be the notion that ethics and perception become explicitly a matter of choice. An ethics interface is envisioned as a module with selectable parameters, a user interface, just like any other drop-down menu for technology feature selection. An ethics buffer or a perceptual interface could be selected in the same way that brightness, font, or other parameters are set now in our technology gadgetry. An interesting issue arises as to the ethics of reality - it may likely be more humane not to perceive reality directly.
Transhumanism is the belief or theory that the human race can evolve beyond its current physical and mental limitations by means of science and technology. The more we explored this subject, the more we got fascinated to see how people are riding on the current era technologies to surpass the capabilities of human body. If the current explorations in transhumanism are anything to go by, then, we believe the future will be very exciting!
In this report we explore the various technologies, people involved and the advancements made in the field of Transhumanism. We would love to hear your feedback, comments and suggestions. Please mail us at ice@humanfactors.com
On Network Capitalism, Ernesto van Peborgh, ISSS Keynote, George Washington U...Ernesto Peborgh
Keynote "Learning Across Boundaries: Exploring the Diversity of Systemic Theory and Practice". Presented at the 58th Conference of the ISSS at GWU School of Business at George Washington University, Washington, DC., from the 27th of July to the 1st of August, 2014.
Orientation of IT towards Human Being - the Paradigm (2016)Research Impulses
At the beginning of our Age of Information, the 21th century, the influence of IT (Information Technology) got so important that all parts of human live and society where involved. Especially Media Industry started a great hype which is not finished till now. Mobile Media have got a really up to date part of especially young society.
On the level of serious science it has been up to date to use the word Information in all reports and publishing papers. A lot of semantics have been used and some scientists (Prof. FLEISSNER, Prof HOFKIRCHNER, Prof. CAPURRO and the author) tried to abstract this word to a constant scientific term. So for first time the author tried a worldwide unifying definition of the terms Information and Data. It’s importance is documented by the topic “Information Scientific Axioms”.
In second part – based on it – Clues for generally evidence of Information are written down. They are a set of informationscientific terms - excerpted out of real nature and society. The way of Information between Object and Subject or involving Human Being in big and complex machine systems (aeroplanes, ships and industrial productions) made it necessary to think additionally about the general usage of Information. As a useful result many relationships to other sciences are possible. They bring the benefit to be unifying and scientifically worldwide structuring.
As next research object general forms of actual Information are investigated.
As final result for future the author asks: „How can we make Information – in all forms – more positive and precious for Human Being? “. This is a new, scientific topic for the future of IT and human society.
Konica Minolta - Artificial Intelligence White PaperEyal Benedek
The evolution of artificial intelligence in the workplace
Since the first appearance of the words “artificial intelligence” more than 60 years ago, our imaginations have been sparked. Imagine creating computers that simulate human intelligence.
AI has the potential to profoundly influence our lives, perhaps to the point when our world can be better understood and even predicted. In workplaces we can develop systems through which AI may evolve. And Konica Minolta is progressing with the concept of intelligent hubs which will provide businesses with insight, support and greater collaboration.
By combining our core technologies with transformative solutions in the digital workplace, we’re evolving to become a problem-solving digital company creating new value for people and society.
The paper must have the following subheadings which is not include.docxoreo10
The paper must have the following subheadings which is not included in word count:
Introduction
Analysis
Rationale to support the response [1 and 2 separately]
Description of key job types
Conclusions
Week 11 Discussion 1
"The Future of Training" Please respond to the following:
From the first e-Activity, analyze the views of Cross and Jarche about the “Golden Age of Training” and its future. Then, assess the claims Miller makes about training in the article “Training is Not an Option.” Take a position on which views you agree with most. Provide a rationale to support your response.
From the second e-Activity, describe three key job types and competencies that professional organizations such as ISPI and ASTD claim that professionals in the field of organizational training and development should possess. Provide a rationale to support your response.
e-Activity Bottom of Form
Read the article by Cross and Jarche titled “The Future of the Training Department” published in Training Magazine (June 2009). Then, read the article titled, “Training is Not an Option,” by Adrian Miller. Be prepared to discuss.
Search the Internet for a professional organization (e.g., ISPI, ASTD) and review the primary job types and job competencies listed. Be prepared to discuss.
Article: “The Future of the Training Department”
URL: https://www.polleverywhere. com/blog/the-future-of-the- training-department/
Article: “Training is Not an Option,”
URL: http://ezinearticles.com/? Training-is-Not-an-Option&id= 157604
Post 1 AW
Referencing the Learning Resources for this module, choose any question in the research project list and answer it in relation to posthumanism. In other words treat posthumanism as a new technology or technological way of being.
Posthumanism is essentially the interlinking of humans and technology. This could range from artificial intelligence to a human that has prosthetics or technological enhancements fused into their bodies. But how did this term even come about? What is so wrong with humans and their ability to function that we need to incorporate such technology into our lives? What is the problem for which posthumanism is the solution?
The answer is everything. All aspects of our lives involve problems and solutions. This technology that is being referred to as posthumanism has the ability to solve a vast majority of the problems humans encounter and create. Steven Poole, although a strong supporter against posthumanism, discusses a few of these problems as well as new problems that could be created in his article “Slaves to the algorithm”. First referring to a chess match between world champions, then to vehicle automation, crime algorithms and psychotherapy applications, Poole is able to illustrate the involvement posthumanism already has in our present day. Before he argues that humans are quickly rationing off our conscious thoughts and judgements he recognizes the need for imp ...
The ethics of perception will be concretized in machine ethics interfaces. A core upcoming realization could be the notion that ethics and perception become explicitly a matter of choice. An ethics interface is envisioned as a module with selectable parameters, a user interface, just like any other drop-down menu for technology feature selection. An ethics buffer or a perceptual interface could be selected in the same way that brightness, font, or other parameters are set now in our technology gadgetry. An interesting issue arises as to the ethics of reality - it may likely be more humane not to perceive reality directly.
Transhumanism is the belief or theory that the human race can evolve beyond its current physical and mental limitations by means of science and technology. The more we explored this subject, the more we got fascinated to see how people are riding on the current era technologies to surpass the capabilities of human body. If the current explorations in transhumanism are anything to go by, then, we believe the future will be very exciting!
In this report we explore the various technologies, people involved and the advancements made in the field of Transhumanism. We would love to hear your feedback, comments and suggestions. Please mail us at ice@humanfactors.com
On Network Capitalism, Ernesto van Peborgh, ISSS Keynote, George Washington U...Ernesto Peborgh
Keynote "Learning Across Boundaries: Exploring the Diversity of Systemic Theory and Practice". Presented at the 58th Conference of the ISSS at GWU School of Business at George Washington University, Washington, DC., from the 27th of July to the 1st of August, 2014.
Orientation of IT towards Human Being - the Paradigm (2016)Research Impulses
At the beginning of our Age of Information, the 21th century, the influence of IT (Information Technology) got so important that all parts of human live and society where involved. Especially Media Industry started a great hype which is not finished till now. Mobile Media have got a really up to date part of especially young society.
On the level of serious science it has been up to date to use the word Information in all reports and publishing papers. A lot of semantics have been used and some scientists (Prof. FLEISSNER, Prof HOFKIRCHNER, Prof. CAPURRO and the author) tried to abstract this word to a constant scientific term. So for first time the author tried a worldwide unifying definition of the terms Information and Data. It’s importance is documented by the topic “Information Scientific Axioms”.
In second part – based on it – Clues for generally evidence of Information are written down. They are a set of informationscientific terms - excerpted out of real nature and society. The way of Information between Object and Subject or involving Human Being in big and complex machine systems (aeroplanes, ships and industrial productions) made it necessary to think additionally about the general usage of Information. As a useful result many relationships to other sciences are possible. They bring the benefit to be unifying and scientifically worldwide structuring.
As next research object general forms of actual Information are investigated.
As final result for future the author asks: „How can we make Information – in all forms – more positive and precious for Human Being? “. This is a new, scientific topic for the future of IT and human society.
Konica Minolta - Artificial Intelligence White PaperEyal Benedek
The evolution of artificial intelligence in the workplace
Since the first appearance of the words “artificial intelligence” more than 60 years ago, our imaginations have been sparked. Imagine creating computers that simulate human intelligence.
AI has the potential to profoundly influence our lives, perhaps to the point when our world can be better understood and even predicted. In workplaces we can develop systems through which AI may evolve. And Konica Minolta is progressing with the concept of intelligent hubs which will provide businesses with insight, support and greater collaboration.
By combining our core technologies with transformative solutions in the digital workplace, we’re evolving to become a problem-solving digital company creating new value for people and society.
The paper must have the following subheadings which is not include.docxoreo10
The paper must have the following subheadings which is not included in word count:
Introduction
Analysis
Rationale to support the response [1 and 2 separately]
Description of key job types
Conclusions
Week 11 Discussion 1
"The Future of Training" Please respond to the following:
From the first e-Activity, analyze the views of Cross and Jarche about the “Golden Age of Training” and its future. Then, assess the claims Miller makes about training in the article “Training is Not an Option.” Take a position on which views you agree with most. Provide a rationale to support your response.
From the second e-Activity, describe three key job types and competencies that professional organizations such as ISPI and ASTD claim that professionals in the field of organizational training and development should possess. Provide a rationale to support your response.
e-Activity Bottom of Form
Read the article by Cross and Jarche titled “The Future of the Training Department” published in Training Magazine (June 2009). Then, read the article titled, “Training is Not an Option,” by Adrian Miller. Be prepared to discuss.
Search the Internet for a professional organization (e.g., ISPI, ASTD) and review the primary job types and job competencies listed. Be prepared to discuss.
Article: “The Future of the Training Department”
URL: https://www.polleverywhere. com/blog/the-future-of-the- training-department/
Article: “Training is Not an Option,”
URL: http://ezinearticles.com/? Training-is-Not-an-Option&id= 157604
Post 1 AW
Referencing the Learning Resources for this module, choose any question in the research project list and answer it in relation to posthumanism. In other words treat posthumanism as a new technology or technological way of being.
Posthumanism is essentially the interlinking of humans and technology. This could range from artificial intelligence to a human that has prosthetics or technological enhancements fused into their bodies. But how did this term even come about? What is so wrong with humans and their ability to function that we need to incorporate such technology into our lives? What is the problem for which posthumanism is the solution?
The answer is everything. All aspects of our lives involve problems and solutions. This technology that is being referred to as posthumanism has the ability to solve a vast majority of the problems humans encounter and create. Steven Poole, although a strong supporter against posthumanism, discusses a few of these problems as well as new problems that could be created in his article “Slaves to the algorithm”. First referring to a chess match between world champions, then to vehicle automation, crime algorithms and psychotherapy applications, Poole is able to illustrate the involvement posthumanism already has in our present day. Before he argues that humans are quickly rationing off our conscious thoughts and judgements he recognizes the need for imp ...
What is the ultimate goal of artificial intelligence yogesh malikYogesh Malik
Can artificial intelligence solve world hunger and bring eternal peace? We will see that when the time comes but the inevitability of artificial intelligence becoming smarter than human has raised many questions about the long-term survival of the human race
More on ArtificialIntelligence ,Singularity ,Transhumanism ,Automation ,AGI ,AITakeover ,Algocracy ,MachineLearning ,DeepLearning
Slides from International Journalism Festival 2023, AI and Disinformation panel. Here the video https://www.journalismfestival.com/programme/2023/ai-and-disinformation
In the last decade, workplaces have started to evolve towards digitalisation. In the future people will work in digitally connected environments where personalisation is enabled, collaboration is improved and data sharing and information management are automated. Ultimately, these future workplaces will provide context-aware artificial intelligence (AI) and decision support that leverage both localised information and broader community knowledge whenever needed.
A fun think piece on possible futures for AI and its potential range of relationships with humanity - written in response to a request by editors at Critical Muslim to provide an AI-focussed version of their regular feature, "The List." Thanks to Zia Sardar.
24 April 2016, Volume 53, Number 4We Feel a Change Comin’ .docxtamicawaysmith
24 April 2016, Volume 53, Number 4
We Feel a Change Comin’ On:
I-O’s Rôle in the Future of Work
We in I-O are fairly sporting when it comes to discussing the
ambiguities and contradictions and inconsistencies associated
with the nuances of human behavior in the workplace—cheers
to us. We seem to falter, though, when it comes to talking
about the future: the future of work, of organizations, of SIOP,
of our own jobs. Our narratives become jumbled; we start
talking past each other, focusing on different criteria, making
different assumptions. Our background in science doesn’t
prepare us to have meaningful conversations about specula-
tion, prophecy, conjecture. This may be a point to our credit
on most days, but it will not serve us if and when the world
changes and we are caught off guard and unprepared.
Hence the focus for this edition of the I-Opener: Where is the
world of work going and where will we fit in it? The discussion
below is imperfect: It represents a single narrative among
many possible narratives, a few perspectives among a myriad,
many questionable assumptions. We simplified and filtered
the prophecies; we asked leading and targeted questions; we,
to some extent, knew what we were going to write before we
began interviewing experts.
But this serves our purpose adequately. We want to start
SIOP’s membership down this path of thought—and the more
varied the conclusions at which members arrive, the better.
We want to reveal the changes that are being anticipated.
Instead of simply wondering at the forward march of technol-
ogy, let’s start thinking (and talking) about what this means for
us, not in the narrow sense of job security and personal leisure
time but in terms of how I-O psychology will adapt to continue
to serve humanity in the coming decades.1
What: The (Possible) Brave New World
A continual influx of new technology has become rather com-
monplace these days, and most of us are comfortable with
and even dependent upon the rôle technology has assumed
in our lives, but what about its rôle in our work? How and to
Olivia Reinecke
Louisiana Tech University
Steven Toaddy
Louisiana Tech University
25 The Industrial-Organizational Psychologist
what extent is technology improving the
human work experience? How and at what
point will technology become dangerous?
Dangerous to whom or to what? Questions
such as these are at the forefront of our
field’s development, and the answers will
transform I-O psychology as we know it.
Upon reading the preceding paragraph,
one is likely to consider one of a few cat-
egories of technologies: telework, collab-
orative cloud services, and automation.
“Telework” captures a variety of (in this
case electronic) technologies that allow
humans to better coördinate with each
other in their work activities—and has sib-
lings in the cloud in the form of electronic
workflow-management suites, collabora-
tive-document services, shared calendar ...
Rise of the Machines” Is Not a Likely FutureEvery new technolog.docxmalbert5
“Rise of the Machines” Is Not a Likely Future
Every new technology brings its own nightmare scenarios. Artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics are no exceptions. Indeed, the word “robot” was coined for a 1920 play that dramatized just such a doomsday for humanity.
Recently, an open letter about the future of AI, signed by a number of high-profile scientists and entrepreneurs, spurred a new round of harrowing headlines like “Top Scientists Have an Ominous Warning about Artificial Intelligence,” and “Artificial Intelligence Experts Sign Open Letter to Protect Mankind from Machines.” The implication is that the machines will one
day displace humanity.
Let’s get one thing straight: a world in which humans are enslaved or destroyed by superintelligent machines of our own creation is purely science fiction. Like every other technology, AI has risks and benefits, but we cannot let fear dominate the conversation or guide AI research. Nevertheless, the idea of dramatically changing the AI research agenda to focus on AI “safety” is the primary message of a group calling itself the Future of Life Institute (FLI). FLI includes a handful of deep thinkers and public figures such as Elon Musk and Stephen Hawking and worries about the day in which humanity is steamrolled by powerful programs run a muck.
As eloquently described in the book Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies by FLI advisory board member and Oxford-based philosopher Nick Bostrom, the plot unfolds in three parts. In the first part—roughly where we are now—computational power and intelligent software develops at an increasing pace through the toil of scientists and engineers. Next, a breakthrough is made: programs are created that possess intelligence on par with humans. These programs, running on increasingly fast computers, improve themselves extremely rapidly, resulting in a runaway “intelligence explosion.” In the third and final act, a singular super-intelligence takes hold—outsmarting, outmaneuvering, and ultimately outcompeting the entirety of humanity and perhaps life itself. End scene.
Let’s take a closer look at this apocalyptic storyline. Of the three parts, the first is indeed happening now and Bostrom provides cogent and illuminating glimpses into current and near-future technology. The third part is a philosophical romp exploring the consequences of supersmart machines. It’s that second part—the intelligence explosion—that demonstrably violates what we know of computer science and natural intelligence.
Runaway Intelligence?
The notion of the intelligence explosion arises from Moore’s Law, the observation that the speed of computers has been increasing exponentially since the 1950s. Project this trend forward and we’ll see computers with the computational power of the entire human race within the next few decades. It’s a leap to go from this idea to unchecked growth of machine intelligence, however.
First, ingenuity is not the sole bottleneck to developing faster com.
In our Age of Information, the new catchword, Artificial Intelligence (AI) gets established more and more. Till now I heard in this context the term Digital Age or fitting for our children the combination Digital Generation. So – how to understand this catchword?
This term Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a very comprehensive one. Journalists or public speakers use it actually very often, because it includes all what sounds up to date and interesting new - in life and work. Most of us know: Information Technology (IT), and Industrial Production by robots are involved. It’s fascinating but not yet exact understandable.
This term is not new; it was created about 1950 in USA but it’s content gets just now in center of actual IT-world.
Scientific thinking people need and create more staying and definitive terms. They want understand connections to the original reasons.
Therefore, I try in the following text a discussion of some headwords in this connection. We need to know, what AI is.
Luba Elliott - AI art - ICCV ConferenceLuba Elliott
This talk was given as part of the ICCV Workshop on Computer Vision for Fashion, Art and Design on the 2nd November in Seoul. See the workshop computer vision art gallery at computervisionart.com.
AI Art Gallery Overview - Luba Elliott - NeurIPS Creativity WorkshopLuba Elliott
This talk on 'AI Art Gallery Overview' was given by Luba Elliott at the NeurIPS Creativity Workshop on the 8th December in Montreal, Canada. The AI art gallery can be found at www.aiartonline.com.
Creativity is Intelligence - Kenneth Stanley - NeurIPS Creativity WorkshopLuba Elliott
This invited talk on 'Creativity is Intelligence' was given by Kenneth Stanley at the 2018 NeurIPS Workshop on Machine Learning for Creativity and Design in Montreal, Canada on the 8th December.
Seen by machine: Computational Spectatorship in the BBC ArchiveLuba Elliott
This talk on 'Seen by machine: Computational Spectatorship in the BBC Archive' was given by Daniel Chávez Heras as part of the Creative AI meetup on the 15th November at the Goethe Institute in London.
Natasha Jaques - Learning via Social Awareness - Creative AI meetupLuba Elliott
This talk by Natasha Jaques from MIT Media Lab on "Learning via Social Awareness: Improving a deep generative sketching model with facial feedback" was presented on 10th September 2018 at IDEA London as part of the Creative AI meetup.
Sander Dieleman - Generating music in the raw audio domain - Creative AI meetupLuba Elliott
This talk by Sander Dieleman from DeepMind on "Generating music in the raw audio domain" was presented on 10th September 2018 at IDEA London as part of the Creative AI meetup.
Marco Marchesi - Practical uses of style transfer in the creative industryLuba Elliott
This talk by Marco Marchesi from Happy Finish on "Can you make this image more neoclassical? Practical uses of Style Transfer in the creative industry" was presented at the Style Transfer event on 18th April at TechHub as part of the Creative AI meetup.
Hooman Shayani - CAD/CAM in the Age of AI: Designers’ Journey from Earth to SkyLuba Elliott
This talk by Hooman Shayani from Autodesk on "CAD/CAM in the Age of AI: Designers’ Journey from Earth to Sky" was presented at the Design and Manufacturing in the Age of AI event on 24th October at UCL as part of the Creative AI meetup.
Lucas Theis - Compressing Images with Neural Networks - Creative AI meetupLuba Elliott
This talk by Lucas Theis from Twitter/Magic Pony on "Compressing Images with Neural Networks" was presented at the Learning Image Representations event on 30th August at Twitter as part of the Creative AI meetup.
Emily Denton - Unsupervised Learning of Disentangled Representations from Vid...Luba Elliott
This talk by Emily Denton from New York University on "Unsupervised Learning of Disentangled Representations from Video" was presented at the Learning Image Representations event on 30th August at Twitter as part of the Creative AI meetup.
Georgia Ward Dyer - O Time thy pyramids - Creative AI meetupLuba Elliott
This talk by Georgia Ward Dyer from Royal College of Art on "O Time thy pyramids" was presented at the Calligraphic Traces event on 31st July at Thoughtworks as part of the Creative AI meetup. The upload consists of slides followed by Georgia's notes from the talk.
Daniel Berio - Graffiti synthesis, a motion centric approach - Creative AI me...Luba Elliott
This talk by Daniel Berio from Goldsmiths University on "Graffiti synthesis, a motion centric approach" was presented at the Calligraphic Traces event on 31st July at Thoughtworks as part of the Creative AI meetup.
Ali Eslami - Artificial Intelligence and Computer Aided Design - Creative AI ...Luba Elliott
This talk by Ali Eslami on "Artificial Intelligence and Computer Aided Design" was presented at the AI & Architecture event on the 21st June held at the Digital Catapult. It was part of the Creative AI meetup series and the London Festival of Architecture.
Daghan Cam - Adaptive Autonomous Manufacturing with AI - Creative AI meetupLuba Elliott
This talk by Daghan Cam from AI Build on "Adaptive Autonomous Manufacturing with AI" was presented at the AI & Architecture event on the 21st June held at the Digital Catapult. It was part of the Creative AI meetup series and the London Festival of Architecture.
Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal's Strategic Approach to Create an Innova...Ramesh Iyer
In today's fast-changing business world, Companies that adapt and embrace new ideas often need help to keep up with the competition. However, fostering a culture of innovation takes much work. It takes vision, leadership and willingness to take risks in the right proportion. Sachin Dev Duggal, co-founder of Builder.ai, has perfected the art of this balance, creating a company culture where creativity and growth are nurtured at each stage.
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
Let's dive deeper into the world of ODC! Ricardo Alves (OutSystems) will join us to tell all about the new Data Fabric. After that, Sezen de Bruijn (OutSystems) will get into the details on how to best design a sturdy architecture within ODC.
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
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Katriona Beales - Intelligence is not enough - Creative AI meetup
1. info@katrionabeales.com
1
"Intelligence
is
not
enough"
Katriona
Beales
Creative
AI
meet-‐up,
The
Photographers
Gallery,
3rd
May
2017
*CIPHER
(2017)
K.
Beales
CIPHER
comes
out
of
my
ongoing
research
in
internet
addiction,
information
overload
and
ideas
of
a
technological
sublime.
I’m
interested
in
webspace
as
a
psychotic
environment,
an
equivalent
to
the
nursery
in
Charlotte
Perkins
Gillman’s
novella
‘The
Yellow
Wallpaper’1
a
site
of
surveillance
and
control.
Webspace
enables
the
virtual
propagation
of
global
inequalities
–
far
removed
from
the
dreams
of
the
early
net
pioneers.
Online,
we
actively
participate
in
our
own
exploitation,
knowingly
complicit
in
algorithmic
systems
of
control,
always
at
work
for
an
Other.
Gillman’s
protagonist
enables
her
own
descent
into
psychosis
by
submitting
to
the
administration
of
the
rest
cure;
despite
knowing
it
is
causing
her
mental
health
problems.
She
is
unable
to
resist
the
cultural
and
social
forces
around
her.
Similarly,
we
are
unable
to
resist
what
Franco
Bifo
Berardi
terms
“the
constant
mental
electrocution
of
the
Infosphere”2
,
as
we
are
increasingly
submerged
within
the
seductive
beauty
and
endless
imagery
of
online
space.
CIPHER
is
an
ephemeral,
haunting
figure
of
a
woman,
a
semi-‐translucent,
impermanent
figure.
CIPHER’s
movements
are
based
on
a
1934
film3
from
the
Wellcome
Collection
moving
image
library
showing
female
acrobats
performing
various
contortions
for
the
male
medical
gaze
–
it’s
a
film
1
https://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/theliteratureofprescription/exhibitionAssets/digitalDocs/The-‐
Yellow-‐Wall-‐Paper.pdf
2
https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/soul-‐work
3
https://archive.org/details/Fourfemaleacrobats-‐wellcome
2. info@katrionabeales.com
2
produced
by
a
professor
of
anatomy.
It
crosses
between
medical
&
voyeristic.
Instead
of
the
sequined
bikini
worn
by
the
acrobats,
the
surface
of
CIPHER’s
body
is
a
morphing
pattern,
generated
by
using
a
variation
of
Google’s
DeepDream
artificial
neural
network.
In
CIPHER
–
the
activity
of
the
DeepDream
programme
can
be
understood
as
another
iteration
of
the
male
gaze
at
work
on
the
female
body.
Technologies
are
not
neutral
–
they
embodied
the
ideologies
and
politics
of
their
makers.
In
this
new
industrial
revolution,
many
of
the
same
inequalities
are
being
further
entrenched.
Women
make
up
just
31%
of
Google’s
overall
workforce
(only
21%
of
leadership
positions
held
by
women
and
only
17%
of
technology-‐specific
jobs
held
by
women)
and
face
extreme
gender
pay
discrimination
according
to
the
US
labour
department4
.
Sillicon
Valley’s
widespread
tech
bro
culture
is
rampantly
misogynist
and
rascist.
Sillicon
Valley
culture
is
now
global
culture
–
facebook
alone
in
the
fourth quarter of 2016 had 1.86 billion monthly active users.
Owen
Williams
writes
“The
order
of
words
in
a
sentence
can
drastically
alter
its
meaning,
but
a
computer
can’t
intuitively
know
why
that’s
the
case.
Neural
networks
address
that
by
allowing
computers
to
make
sense
of
the
world
by
training
themselves
in
what
they
see.”5
BUT
WHAT
DO
COMPUTERS
SEE?
Are
we
a
healthy
data
set?
Already
there
are
so
many
examples
of
AI
recreating
bias
–
particularly
in
areas
like
facial
recognition
or
rascist
bots.
One
of
the
most
infamous
examples
is
Microsoft’s
TAY
bot
which
has
to
be
shut
down
in
16
hours
–
it
went
from
0
to
likening
feminism
to
cancer
and
being
a
Holocaust
denier.
Microsoft’s
only
reply
was
“some
of
its
responses
are
inappropriate
and
indicative
of
the
types
of
interactions
some
people
are
having
with
it.”
Technology
reflects
us.
We
are
living
in
a
shift
in
the
historical
moment
with
the
rise
of
neo-‐
fascism
to
dominate
public
discourse
again.
Do
we
want
to
train
neural
nets
on
this?
Mireille
Hildebrandt
“we
are
now
increasingly
confronted
with
mindless
agents
of
our
own
making,
capable
of
observing
us
and
adapting
their
behaviour
to
the
feedback
they
gain
from
ours.
It
is
not
merely
that
we
use
these
machines,
for
instance
to
help
us
to
learn
faster
or
more
efficiently,
they
also
use
us
to
improve
their
performance.”
6
The
goal
of
much
artificial
intelligence
seems
to
be
to
recreate
human
intelligence
–
but
human
intelligence
seems
to
be
understood
only
as
positives.
Part
of
the
problem
is
the
widespread
preponderance
in
information
theory,
computer
science,
cognitive
neuroscience
etc
that
our
brains
are
essentially
a
computer.
But
the
brain
emphatically
is
not
–
memories
are
not
stored
anywhere
in
the
brain
–
relationships
between
sets
of
neurons
trigger
memories
in
a
way
that
neuroscientists
4
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/apr/07/google-‐pay-‐disparities-‐women-‐labor-‐
department-‐lawsuit
5
https://medium.com/conversational-‐interfaces/how-‐voice-‐assistants-‐seemingly-‐came-‐from-‐
nowhere-‐33747876b91f
space10
IKEA
6
Mireille
Hildebrandt
in
‘Learning
as
a
machine:
crossovers
between
humans
and
machines’
Jan
2017
3. info@katrionabeales.com
3
still
don’t
completely
understand.
When
I
made
CIPHER
I
didn’t
know
what
I
was
doing
–
I
was
feeling
in
the
dark,
that’s
how
much
of
what
I
do
feels
like.
That’s
learning.
It
comes
with
cycles
of
self-‐doubt,
fear,
failure
–
that’s
because
it
involves
risk.
But
what
could
machines
risk?
Hildebrandt
warns
“cyber-‐physical
systems
that
integrate
ML
have
nothing
to
lose;
they
cannot
suffer
or
fear
their
own
death.
They
can
probably
simulate
all
that
and
more,
based
on
synthetic
emotions
and
affective
computing;
but
simulation
is
not
the
same
as
what
is
simulated.”
Putting
this
in
human
terms
–
could
you
trust
someone
who
never
knew
fear?
They
would
be
a
sociopath.
Yet
AI
systems
are
already
involved
in
many
aspects
of
our
lives
–
and
we
are
expected
to
trust
them
implicitly.
Do
we
really
want
an
artificial
intelligence
modelled
on
human
beings?
After
the
chaos
of
2016
surely
we
need
to
rethink
that
assumption.
Christian
Villum
the
Program
Director
at
the
Danish
Design
Centre
argues
that
“the
ideal
should
be
to
create
bots
that
are
distinctly
machine
like,
so
that
even
as
they
become
increasingly
more
advanced
and
skilled,
they
never
let
us
forget
that
there
are
in
fact
artificial.”7
The
problem
is
with
machine
learning
is
that
even
people
with
advance
computer
science
degrees,
people
who
are
advanced
mathematicians
–
don’t
actually
understand
why
or
how
neural
networks
come
to
the
conclusions
they
do.
We
set
the
parameters
and
receive
outcomes
but
the
process
of
decision
making
within
the
neural
network
is
not
understood.
There
is
a
complete
opaqueness
at
the
centre
of
this
technology,
a
total
lack
of
explainability.
How
can
we
intervene
or
contest
a
decision
making
process
that
occurs
so
opaquely?
[That’s
true
of
our
interactions
with
people
–
no
one
–
not
even
those
closest
to
us
are
not
fully
knowable
–
but
we
have
other
indicators
to
go
on
–
body
language
for
example.]
As
a
result
explainability
is
core
to
how
many
companies
are
trying
to
develop
AI…
“Knowing
AI’s
reasoning
is
also
going
to
be
crucial
if
the
technology
is
to
become
a
common
and
useful
part
of
our
daily
lives…
if
you
receive
a
restaurant
recommendation
from
Siri,
you’ll
want
to
know
what
the
reasoning
was.”
Ruslan
Salakhutdinov,
director
of
AI
research
at
Apple…
sees
explainability
as
the
core
of
the
evolving
relationship
between
humans
and
intelligent
machines.
“It’s
going
to
introduce
trust,”
he
says”8
Understanding
how
an
AI
has
come
to
a
certain
outcome
may
not
be
a
problem
if
it’s
just
involved
in
suggesting
restaurants
-‐
but
highly
problematic
I
would
suggest
when
it’s
involved
in
making
judgements
on
credit,
debt,
healthcare…
As
for
“trust”
why
do
companies
such
as
Apple
want
us
to
trust
SIRI?
Or
Amazon
Alexa?
It’s
not
just
a
problem
as
to
who
machines
are
learning
from
but
WHO
ARE
machines
SEEING
FOR?
Far
from
an
impartial
observer
these
systems
are
knowing
us
on
behalf
or
behest
of
generally
a
multinational
corporation
and
or
government.
Corporations
are
obviously
keen
to
develop
trust
with
their
users
as
that
increases
sales.
In
terms
of
government
–
the
argument
is
generally
7
https://medium.com/@villum/biased-‐bots-‐making-‐artificial-‐jerks-‐a643d69a4797
8
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/604087/the-‐dark-‐secret-‐at-‐the-‐heart-‐of-‐
ai/?utm_campaign=add_this&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post
4. info@katrionabeales.com
4
employed
that
you
only
have
a
problem
or
something
to
fear
if
you
have
done
something
criminal.
Unfortunately
the
definition
of
criminal
changes
with
who’s
in
power.
Graphically
represented
by
the
changes
in
the
attitude
to
immigrants
in
the
USA
between
the
Trump
and
Obama
administrations.
AI
WILL
ONLY
ENTRENCH
AND
WIDEN
INEQUALITY.
Who
has
access
to
this
technology?
Who
understands
how
it
is
functioning?
Who
can
build
it?
Closed
systems
demand
compliance
without
sharing
power.
Computers
for
peace
(1971)
“Computers
are
increasingly
being
used
as
a
means
of
oppression.
They
are
at
the
heart
of
every
military
and
police
system.
They
are
at
the
core
of
every
major
corporation
and
are
used
to
maximize
profits
with
little
regard
to
human
needs.”
Kate
Crawdord
and
Hito
Steyerl
–
Data
Streams
in
the
New
Enquiry:
on
the
fundamental
paradox
at
the
moment…
“if
you
are
currently
misrecognized
by
a
system,
it
can
mean
that
you
don’t
get
access
to
housing,
you
don’t
get
access
to
credit,
you
don’t
get
released
from
jail.
So
you
want
this
recognition,
but,
at
the
same
time,
the
more
the
systems
have
accurate
training
data
and
the
more
they
have
deeper
historical
knowledge
of
you,
the
more
you
are
profoundly
captured
within
these
systems….
We
are
being
seen
with
ever
greater
resolution,
but
the
systems
around
us
are
increasingly
disappearing
into
the
background.”
5. info@katrionabeales.com
5
Hito
Steyerl
describes
weak
AI
systems
as
artificial
stupidity
–
and
gives
automation
as
an
example
–
she
talks
about
10
female
cashiers
being
replaced
by
one
male
security
guard
guarding
the
self
serve
checkouts.
How
intelligent
is
this
as
a
decision
making
process?
What
are
the
economic
and
social
costs
of
higher
inequality?
Hito
Steyel
suggests
that
“The
more
“intelligent”
these
programs
become,
the
more
social
fragmentation
will
increase,
and
also
polarization…
a
lot
of
the
political
turmoil
we
are
already
seeing
today
is
due
to
artificial
stupidity.”
A
3-‐month-‐old
baby
was
barred
from
a
flight
from
London
to
Florida
on
suspicion
he
was
a
terrorist.
The
baby
was
summoned
to
the
US
Embassy
in
London
because
his
grandfather
accidentally
checked
the
wrong
box
on
a
visa.
Granddad
Paul
Kenyon
checked
“yes”
next
to
a
box
on
the
form
that
read:
“Do
you
seek
to
engage
in
or
have
you
ever
engaged
in
terrorist
activities,
espionage,
sabotage,
or
genocide?9
This
isn’t
the
grandad
being
stupid
–
this
is
a
stupid
system.
If
you
were
a
terrorist
would
you
tick
a
box
saying
‘yes’
I
am
a
terrorist?
So
what
are
we
left
with?
What
can
we
do?
As
artists
and
makers
and
creatives
we
urgently
need
to
use
emergent
technologies
like
VR,
like
AI,
like
machine
learning.
We
need
to
widen
the
discourse
around
how
these
technologies
are
constructed
and
what
ideologies
they
embody.
9
http://nypost.com/2017/04/16/baby-‐mistaken-‐for-‐tiny-‐terrorist-‐after-‐grandpa-‐botches-‐visa-‐
form/
Image:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-‐35519470
6. info@katrionabeales.com
6
CREATE
DIRTY
DATA!
I
think
we
have
an
urgent
task
to
deliberately
create
streams
of
dirty
data.
Refuse
to
be
totally
known
&
muddy
the
waters
of
clean
data
sets.
Fight
the
correlation
dictatorship.
Invisibility
by
misinformation.
We
do
this
already
–
who
puts
their
real
date
of
birth
on
an
online
form?
But
we
need
to
start
doing
this
actively.
For
example
-‐
I
think
every
FB
user
based
in
the
US
has
a
political
imperative
to
miss-‐
tag
all
their
photos
of
people
–
as
an
act
of
solidarity
-‐
so
that
facial
recognition
algortihms
are
ineffective.
We
need
to
actively
resist
algorithmic
systems
of
control
by
creating
dirty
data
sets.
Footnote:
Facebook
helps
advertisers
target
teens
who
feel
worthless
Facebook's
algorithms
can
determine,
and
allow
advertisers
to
pinpoint,
"moments
when
young
people
need
a
confidence
boost."
If
that
phrase
isn't
clear
enough,
Facebook's
document
offers
a
litany
of
teen
emotional
states
that
the
company
claims
it
can
estimate
based
on
how
teens
use
the
service,
including
"worthless,"
"insecure,"
"defeated,"
"anxious,"
"silly,"
"useless,"
"stupid,"
"overwhelmed,"
"stressed,"
and
"a
failure."10
Katriona
Beales
2017
10
https://arstechnica.co.uk/business/2017/05/facebook-‐helped-‐advertisers-‐target-‐teens-‐who-‐feel-‐
worthless/