Senior Software Engineer at BBC;
Doctor of Human-centric Data Relations;
Senior R&D Engineer & Data Relations Expert
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All views expressed are my own and not that of my employer.
http://research.alexbowyer.com
A familiar and concerning pattern of the #surveillanceeconomy that we explored in the #digipower study too
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If you come with a complex problem to an experienced coder, they will ask you a lot of strange questions.
They don't just want to spit out the code you requested, but to understand the core problem.
Usually those questions will annoy you. It will make your problem uglier and dirtier than you thought and will ruin the beautiful solution you have in mind. But that approach gives you the chance to get you a real solution.
The AI doesn't ask you all those pesky questions. It doesn't want to understand the problem and just spits out code.
I understand the appeal of that ... and the risks.
In the final post in our "Who's holding the remote control?" series, @iainh1 and I look back across the 8 dystopian futures we explored in order to extract dangerous trends and ethical AI / tech guidelines. We also examine the important role personal agents have to play in our society's future, and imagine a better world where technology serves *us*, not big tech.
https://medium.com/@alexbfree/reclaiming-the-remote-control-9-9-b2bf29d9afc9
In our latest post in the "Who's holding the remote control?" series myself and @iainh1 explore the impacts on civic life and society of pervasive personalised AI.
https://medium.com/@alexbfree/whos-holding-the-remote-control-8-9-f4faaa0c1c98
#mydata #empowermenttech #civicparticipation #datafication #humancentreddesign
As a contrast to some of the dystopian views of how we might lose control of our digital lives, here is an article I have written about what a truly ethical digital tech platform looks like, using GeensNPO as an example - this is how the big tech platforms should be building technology that keeps data safe that users can trust.
In my latest 'Who's holding the remote control?' post with @iainh1, we explore how AI is already putting many of us on a slippery slope towards workforce surveillance and a lack of humanity in the way we work.
https://medium.com/@alexbfree/whos-holding-the-remote-control-7-9-312df0a962a1
In this week's "Who's holding the remote control?" post, @iainh1 and I explore how personalised AI apps designed to improve our wellbeing could actually damage our mental health.
https://medium.com/@alexbfree/whos-holding-the-remote-control-6-9-19d350aab0a5
In our latest "Who's holding the remote control?" post, @iainh1 and I explore how AI is already affecting the world of education and learning and what concerning impacts to our children and workforces an unchallenged march towards personalised AI might bring.
https://medium.com/@alexbfree/whos-holding-the-remote-control-5-9-da2b5d50e5b4
In our latest "Who's holding the remote control?" blogpost, @iainh1 and I explore the disastrous impacts that personalised AI could have on managing our personal finances...
https://medium.com/@alexbfree/whos-holding-the-remote-control-4-9-5c1f4da46c71
In this week's "Who's holding the remote control?" post with @iainh1 we explore how personalised AI could ruin our social lives and how we need to choose personal, ethical AI agents for a healthier future.
https://medium.com/@alexbfree/whos-holding-the-remote-control-3-9-3a00c7e7b681
Martin Seeger