Here it is – the hard copy of my AI chapter has arrived!

AI ‘scrapes’, or, gathers data. In that spirit, here’s a picture of the book with some of the tools that help in the human version of data-gathering (pens, sticky notes, pencils), and a photo of the chapter itself on a bookstand. Because one thing that really helps navigate the digital sphere in which AI is now so pervasive is ‘affect’: the senses, including sight & touch.

https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-99101-1_10

#AI #Creativity #CreativeWriting

AI-driven policing, problematic - who'd have thought it ...

'Predictive policing involves computer programmes that use data and algorithmic models to estimate where crimes are most likely to happen. It was once the stuff of dystopian fiction ... but is an increasingly popular tool for law enforcement. ... In its report, Automated Racism, to be released on Thursday, Amnesty [International] says: “These systems are, in effect, a modern method of racial profiling,"'

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/feb/19/uk-use-of-predictive-policing-is-racist-and-should-be-banned-says-amnesty

Onus is increasingly on the consumer to find out what everyday items are tracking them.

'Air fryers that gather your personal data and audio speakers “stuffed with trackers” are among examples of smart devices engaged in “excessive” surveillance, according to the consumer group Which?' - @guardian article on 'smart' consumer goods that are preloaded with trackers for e.g. Facebook / TikTok / Google ad networks.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/nov/05/air-fryer-excessive-surveillance-smart-devices-which-watches-speakers-trackers

#AI #Tracking