November 2023 - nexa - server-nexa.polito.it

cory doctorow
by Stefano Quintarelli Nov. 7, 2023

Nov. 7, 2023

Stasera ore 21:00 discussione su – The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation – Cory Doctorow L’incontro sulla “truffa di Internet”, in lingua inglese, previsto per lo scorso 11 ottobre che non ha avuto luogo per motivi tecnici. su youtube o via zoom https://copernicani.it/the-internet-con-how-to-seize-the-means-of-computati… https://www.youtube.com/@Copernicani vi aspetto numerosi! :-)

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Malgieri e Pasquale, "Licensing high-risk artificial intelligence: Toward ex ante justification for a disruptive technology"
by J.C. DE MARTIN Nov. 7, 2023

Nov. 7, 2023

*Licensing high-risk artificial intelligence: Toward ex ante justification for a disruptive technology * Gianclaudio Malgieri, Frank Pasquale https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clsr.2023.105899 /Under a Creative Commons license/ The regulation of artificial intelligence (AI) has heavily relied on ex post, reactive tools. This approach has proven inadequate, as numerous foreseeable problems arising out of commercial development and applications of AI have harmed vulnerable persons and communities, with few (and sometimes no) opportunities for recourse. Worse problems are highly likely in the future. By requiring quality control measures before AI is deployed, an ex ante approach would often mitigate and sometimes entirely prevent injuries that AI causes or contributes to. Licensing is an important tool of ex ante regulation, and should be applied in many high-risk domains of AI. Indeed, policymakers and even some leading AI developers and vendors are calling for licensure in the area. To substantiate licensing proposals, this article specifies optimal terms of licensure for AI necessary to justify its use. Given both documented and potential harms arising out of high-risk AI systems, licensing agencies should require firms to demonstrate that their AI meets clear requirements for security, non-discrimination, accuracy, appropriateness, and correctability before being deployed. Under this ex ante model of regulation, AI developers would bear the burden of proof to demonstrate that their technology is not discriminatory, not manipulative, not unfair, not inaccurate, and not illegitimate in its lawful bases and purposes. While the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) can provide key benchmarks here for ex post regulation, the proposed AI Act (AIA) offers a first regulatory attempt towards an ex ante licensure regime in high-risk areas, but it should be strengthened through an expansion of its scope and substantive content and through greater transparency of the ex ante justification process. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0267364923001097

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Quei robocani che si chiamano "lodicevoio..."
by M. Fioretti Nov. 7, 2023

Nov. 7, 2023

Sviluppi robotici assolutamente ovvi, forse il solo problema e' non averne parlato abbastanza allora: https://stop.zona-m.net/2022/02/police-robodogs-are-all-called-toldya/ Marco -- Help me write my NEXT MILLION WORDS for digital awareness: https://stop.zona-m.net/2021/10/funding-2021-2022/

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Fwd: seminario Paolo Ciuccarelli @ OGR
by J.C. DE MARTIN Nov. 6, 2023

Nov. 6, 2023

Ricevo e volentieri diffondo. jc DATE/VENUE ========== Wednesday *8th November*, *12.00 p.m.* OGR Tech,***Sala Mezzanino *Corso Castelfidardo 22, 10128 Torino SPEAKER ======== *Prof. Paolo Ciuccarelli*, Northeastern University (Boston, USA) and Politecnico di Milano TITLE ====== *Designing with Data, Data for Design * ABSTRACT ========= For an architect, and a designer, data could be seen as a new (!), very peculiar, material; one that opens up to new form-giving processes and outcomes, driven by its set of underlying technologies. A material that the design process itself may use to work (better) and produce through its operations, thus leading to a potential (needed?) reframing of design as a practice and as a discipline. The talk will delve into this reciprocal relationship: how can design optimize data-intensive processes to enhance their effectiveness and significance? In what ways can data and algorithms be leveraged to improve (?) the design process? Potential impact and consequences of this two-folded relationship will be discussed. SPEAKER ======== Architect and Communication Designer, Paolo Ciuccarelli joined Northeastern University in 2019 as founding director of the Center for Design and Professor of Design. At Politecnico he coordinated the Communication Design program (BSc and MSc), has been a member of the board at the PhD in Design and co-directs the DensityDesign Research Lab: an award-winning laboratory doing research on data visualization and information design he founded in 2010. Paolo’s research focuses on the design transformations that help make sense of data and information to improve decision making processes, especially with non-expert stakeholders and for controversial complex social issues. He also works in developing tools and methods to understand and orient the evolution of design as a discipline and a practice, in the frame of a meta-design approach and with a focus on emerging technologies, including AI. Paolo Ciuccarelli is author of best-paper awarded publications, lectured at Royal College of Arts, ENSCI Les Ateliers, Glasgow School of Arts, king’s College and Stanford Humanities Centre and has been invited to talk at conferences such as Eyeo, TEDx, Visualized, NetSci, Congreso Futuro. He's partner at The Visual Agency, Senior Affiliate at Harvard metaLAB and co-editor at Big Data & Society – SAGE Journals.

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Fidarsi o non fidarsi della IA che parla il linguaggio degli umani?
by de petra giulio Nov. 6, 2023

Nov. 6, 2023

Scusandomi per le parole antropoformizzanti del titolo, segnalo tuttavia, in particolare per i nexiani di passaggio a Roma, un nuovo incontro organizzato dalla Scuola critica del digitale del CRS dal titolo * "Fidarsi o non fidarsi della IA generativa che parla il linguaggio degli umani?" * A parlarne sarà *Carlo Batini*. A questo indirizzo si può trovare la descrizione dei contenuti dell'incontro. https://centroriformastato.it/iniziativa/fidarsi-o-non-fidarsi-della-ia-gen… L'incontro si svolgerà a *Roma mercoledì 15 novembre in via della Dogana Vecchia 5 a partire dalle 17,30* Sarà possibile partecipare sia di persona che a distanza, collegandosi tramite il link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85468061334 A presto Giulio

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MEMENTO | 166° Mercoledì di Nexa | 8 novembre 2023, ore 17.00
by Valeria Bergantino Nov. 6, 2023

Nov. 6, 2023

Gentilissime, gentilissimi, Vi ricordiamo che *mercoledì 8 novembre*, alle ore 17.00, si terrà il *166° Mercoledì di Nexa* con un incontro dal titolo /*"Etica del digitale ed euristiche mentali"*/. Ospite dell'incontro: *Guglielmo Tamburrini* (Università di Napoli Federico II)/*.*/ _L'incontro si terrà IN PRESENZA e ONLINE._ _SEDE FISICA_ dell'incontro: Centro Nexa su Internet e Società, Politecnico di Torino, Via Boggio 65/a, Torino (1° piano). Per accedere alla sala si raccomanda di suonare al citofono *Portineria* e di seguire le indicazioni segnalate lungo il percorso. QUI <https://nexa.polito.it/contatti> maggiori informazioni su come raggiungerci. _STANZA VIRTUALE_ dell'incontro: https://didattica.polito.it/VClass/NexaEvent Maggiori informazioni alla pagina: https://nexa.polito.it/mercoledi-166 Cordiali saluti, -- Valeria Bergantino Communication Officer Nexa Center for Internet & Society Politecnico di Torino - DAUIN Via Pier Carlo Boggio, 65/A - 10138 Torino web: https://nexa.polito.it/ <https://nexa.polito.it/> mail: valeria.bergantino(a)polito.it <mailto:valeria.bergantino@polito.it> tel: 3473443585

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How zero-knowledge technology can enhance digital public infrastructure
by Enrico Nardelli Nov. 5, 2023

Nov. 5, 2023

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2023/09/zero-knowledge-technology-digital-pu… ... What is digital public infrastructure? ... The growing consensus is that it is a shared set of digital systems, based on open source technology standards that enable governance and innovative players across both the public and private spheres. Importantly, it helps deliver innovations at scale. Thao Hong, a programme officer for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, adds that “strong digital public infrastructure” typically includes digital infrastructure in three crucial areas: identity, payments and data exchange. ... Ah, ovviamente il tutto viene fatto nell'interesse dei bambini... https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2023/09/how-digital-public-infrastructure-ca… Ciao, Enrico -- -- EN https://www.hoepli.it/libro/la-rivoluzione-informatica/9788896069516.html ====================================================== Prof. Enrico Nardelli Presidente di "Informatics Europe" Direttore del Laboratorio Nazionale "Informatica e Scuola" del CINI Dipartimento di Matematica - Università di Roma "Tor Vergata" Via della Ricerca Scientifica snc - 00133 Roma home page: https://www.mat.uniroma2.it/~nardelli blog: https://link-and-think.blogspot.it/ tel: +39 06 7259.4204 fax: +39 06 7259.4699 mobile: +39 335 590.2331 e-mail: nardelli(a)mat.uniroma2.it online meeting: https://blue.meet.garr.it/b/enr-y7f-t0q-ont ====================================================== --

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Turco meccanico a guida autonoma
by Daniela Tafani Nov. 5, 2023

Nov. 5, 2023

Il NYT riporta che i presunti veicoli a guida autonoma Cruise richiedono costanti controlli a distanza (3 lavoratori impiegati ogni 2 auto): "Half of Cruise’s 400 cars were in San Francisco when the driverless operations were stopped. Those vehicles were supported by a vast operations staff, with 1.5 workers per vehicle. The workers intervened to assist the company’s vehicles every 2.5 to five miles, according to two people familiar with is operations. In other words, they frequently had to do something to remotely control a car after receiving a cellular signal that it was having problems." https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/03/technology/cruise-general-motors-self-dr…

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Soskice, "The second digital revolution and the contested transformations of advanced democratic capitalism"
by J.C. DE MARTIN Nov. 4, 2023

Nov. 4, 2023

*The second digital revolution and the contested transformations of advanced democratic capitalism * David Soskice, Ciampi Visiting Scholar, London School of Economics Chair Donatella Della Porta - Scuola Normale Superiore Discussants Mario Pianta - Scuola Normale Superiore Hans-Jörg Trenz - Scuola Normale Superiore Video (1 ora e 45'): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKPV88Wv2LM https://www.sns.it/it/evento/second-digital-revolution-and-contested-transf…

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Researchers and NGOs are up in arms against a European law that would make it possible to “monitor the Internet traffic of any European citizen”
by Stefano Traverso Nov. 3, 2023

Nov. 3, 2023

CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL Carissimi, non mi sembra che questo tema sia atterrato sulla lista: https://www.gearrice.com/update/researchers-and-ngos-are-up-in-arms-against… Buona lettura, Stefano CONFIDENTIAL [cid:d2114052-e01c-4017-b868-6c24a4cf2bfa.jpg] Stefano Traverso Head of Research RES | Ermes - Browser Security [orange line.png] [phone icon.png] +39 011 1980 3711<tel:+39%20011%201980%203711> | M: +39 331 455 9794<tel:+39%20331%20455%209794> [mail icon.png] s.traverso(a)ermes.company<mailto:s.traverso@ermes.company> | ermes.company<https://www.ermes.company/> [addess icon.png] Corso Telesio 29, 10146, Torino [ERMES_E Orange.png] Here at Ermes Cyber Security S.p.A. we care for your privacy. That is why we have taken appropriate measures to ensure that the data you have provided to us is always secure. If you have any questions related to GDPR compliance or data protection, please contact us CONFIDENTIAL

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