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Re: [nexa] NYT: "Cambridge, Cabs and Copenhagen: My Route to Existential Risk"

by David Orban

Nella tradizionale competizione tra Oxford e Cambridge, questo centro riprende i temi che già da qualche anno vengono analizzati dall'istituto fondato da Nick Bostrom, la Future of Humanity Institute della Oxford University. http://www.fhi.ox.ac.uk/home Trovo molto rilevante e interessante che i rischi esistenziali, associati non solo a influenze esterne come l'eventuale caduta di una meteora di grandi dimensioni, ma anche quelli di origine tecnologica assieme ai temi del transumanismo, sono sempre più frequentemente discussi sia in ambito accademico che anche politico/economico. L'ultimo rapporto del World Economic Forum, Globarl Risks 2013, contiene un'intera sezione sugli "X-Risks", con miglioramento cognitivo, scoperta della vita aliena e altri elementi ancora di recente propri della fantascienza. http://reports.weforum.org/global-risks-2013/section-five/x-factors/ Sono stato molto positivamente colpito che nel liceo scientifico Natta di Bergamo, frequentato da uno dei miei figli nel percorso di filosofia l'anno scorso hanno dedicato parecchio tempo alla retorica, l'interpretazione della comunicazione scientifica e allo studio dei problemi della bioetica. Quest'anno invece affronteranno la roboetica! http://nattabg.it/Documenti/news/files/POF2010_2011.pdf (Vedi sezione: "Laboratorio della comunicazione scientifica e delle etiche applicate.") David Orban skype, twitter, linkedin, sl, etc: davidorban On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 2:55 PM, J.C. DE MARTIN <demartin(a)polito.it> wrote: > Interessanti riflessioni sui rischi connessi allo sviluppo del digitale > (e corrispondente nuovo centro crossdisciplinare a Cambridge). > > juan carlos > > [image: Opinionator - A Gathering of Opinion From Around the Web]<http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/> > ** > The Stone <http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/category/the-stone/> **January 27, 2013, 5:00 pm > **211 Comments<http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/27/cambridge-cabs-and-copenhag…> > Cambridge, Cabs and Copenhagen: My Route to Existential Risk By HUW PRICE<http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/author/huw-price/> > ** > > In Copenhagen the summer before last, I shared a taxi with a man who > thought his chance of dying in an artificial intelligence-related accident > was as high as that of heart disease or cancer. No surprise if he’d been > the driver, perhaps (never tell a taxi driver that you’re a philosopher!), > but this was a man who has spent his career with computers. > > Indeed, he’s so talented in that field that he is one of the team who made > this century so, well, 21st – who got us talking to one another on video > screens, the way we knew we’d be doing in the 21st century, back when I was > a boy, half a century ago. For this was Jaan Tallinn, one of the team who > gave us Skype. (Since then, taking him to dinner in Trinity College here in > Cambridge, I’ve had colleagues queuing up to shake his hand, thanking him > for keeping them in touch with distant grandchildren.) > > There could be trouble when intelligence escapes the constraints of > biology. > > I knew of the suggestion that A.I. might be dangerous, of course. I had > heard of the “singularity,” or “intelligence explosion”– roughly, the idea, > originally due to the statistician I J Good (a Cambridge-trained former > colleague of Alan Turing’s), that once machine intelligence reaches a > certain point, it could take over its own process of improvement, perhaps > exponentially, so that we humans would soon be left far behind. But I’d > never met anyone who regarded it as such a pressing cause for concern – let > alone anyone with their feet so firmly on the ground in the software > business. > > [...] > > Continua qui: > http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/27/cambridge-cabs-and-copenhag… > > > > _______________________________________________ > nexa mailing list > nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it > https://server-nexa.polito.it/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa > >

Jan. 30, 2013

Breve interruzione dei servizi di rete domani (31/1/2013)

by Luca Leschiutta

Buongiorno, si segnala che domani verranno effettuate delle prove sugli impianti elettrici delle sale server del Politecnico. Durante tali attività, che inizieranno alle ore 14:00 e termineranno, salvo imprevisti, alle ore 17:00, si potranno verificare delle brevi interruzioni di connettività verso i nostri server. Cordiali saluti Luca Leschiutta ====================================== Dr. Luca Leschiutta, Ph.D. IT manager @ NEXA Center for Internet & Society Politecnico di Torino - DAUIN C.so Duca degli Abruzzi, 24 10129 Torino - Italy Tel. +39 011 090 7218 Fax +39 011 090 7216 web: http://nexa.polito.it/people/lleschiutta =======================================

Jan. 30, 2013

R:Lombardia Digitale

by Fiorello Cortiana

Lunedì 4 Febbraio alle 17, all' ATAHOTEL EXECUTIVE di via Don Luigi Sturzo 45 - Metropolitana Garibaldi - Le Fondazioni THINK! e RCM organizzano un incontro con la cittadinanza sul tema " Lombardia Digitale: Un'agenda digitale per l'innovazione e lo sviluppo della nostra Regione". Intervengono: Fiorello Cortiana Fiorella De Cindio Giorgio De Michelis Roberto Masiero Maria Grazia Mattei Davide Tosi .. e molti altri Le tecnologie dell'informazione devono servire per ampliare la partecipazione, generare sviluppo e nuova occupazione, migliorare la sanità, l'educazione e l'assistenza: per cittadini più forti perché più liberi.

Jan. 30, 2013

NYT: "Cambridge, Cabs and Copenhagen: My Route to Existential Risk"

by J.C. DE MARTIN

Interessanti riflessioni sui rischi connessi allo sviluppo del digitale (e corrispondente nuovo centro crossdisciplinare a Cambridge). juan carlos Opinionator - A Gathering of Opinion From Around the Web <http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/> The Stone <http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/category/the-stone/> January 27, 2013, 5:00 pm211 Comments <http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/27/cambridge-cabs-and-copenhag…> Cambridge, Cabs and Copenhagen: My Route to Existential Risk By HUW PRICE <http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/author/huw-price/> In Copenhagen the summer before last, I shared a taxi with a man who thought his chance of dying in an artificial intelligence-related accident was as high as that of heart disease or cancer. No surprise if he'd been the driver, perhaps (never tell a taxi driver that you're a philosopher!), but this was a man who has spent his career with computers. Indeed, he's so talented in that field that he is one of the team who made this century so, well, 21st -- who got us talking to one another on video screens, the way we knew we'd be doing in the 21st century, back when I was a boy, half a century ago. For this was Jaan Tallinn, one of the team who gave us Skype. (Since then, taking him to dinner in Trinity College here in Cambridge, I've had colleagues queuing up to shake his hand, thanking him for keeping them in touch with distant grandchildren.) There could be trouble when intelligence escapes the constraints of biology. I knew of the suggestion that A.I. might be dangerous, of course. I had heard of the "singularity," or "intelligence explosion"-- roughly, the idea, originally due to the statistician I J Good (a Cambridge-trained former colleague of Alan Turing's), that once machine intelligence reaches a certain point, it could take over its own process of improvement, perhaps exponentially, so that we humans would soon be left far behind. But I'd never met anyone who regarded it as such a pressing cause for concern -- let alone anyone with their feet so firmly on the ground in the software business. [...] Continua qui: http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/27/cambridge-cabs-and-copenhag…

Jan. 30, 2013

big data/long data

by gianluca quaglia

Our species can’t seem to escape big data. We have more data inputs, storage, and computing resources than ever, so Homo sapiens naturally does what it has always done when given new tools: It goes even bigger, higher, and bolder.We did it in buildings and now we’re doing it in data. Sure, big data is a powerful lens — some would even argue a liberating one — for looking at our world. Despite its limitations and requirements, crunching big numbers can help us learn a lot about ourselves.But no matter how big that data is or what insights we glean from it, it is still just a snapshot: a moment in time. That’s why I think we need to stop getting stuck only on big data and start thinking about long data.By “long” data, I mean datasets that have massive historical sweep — taking you from the dawn of civilization to the present day. The kinds of datasets you see in Michael Kremer’s “Population growth and technological change: one million BC to 1990,” which provides an economic model tied to the world’s population data for a million years; or in Tertius Chandler’s Four Thousand Years of Urban Growth, which contains an exhaustive dataset of city populations over millennia. These datasets can humble us and inspire wonder, but they also hold tremendous potential for learning about ourselves.Because as beautiful as a snapshot is, how much richer is a moving picture, one that allows us to see how processes and interactions unfold over time? continues http://www.wired.com/opinion/2013/01/forget-big-data-think-long-data/ qgl

Jan. 30, 2013

NY Times: "As Music Streaming Grows, Royalties Slow to a Trickle"

by J.C. DE MARTIN

January 28, 2013 As Music Streaming Grows, Royalties Slow to a Trickle By BEN SISARIO <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/s/ben_sisario/in…> Like plenty of music fans, Sam Broe jumped at the chance to join Spotify two summers ago, and he hasn't looked back. Spotify, which began streaming music in Sweden in 2008, lets users choose from millions of songs over the Internet free or by subscription, and is increasingly seen as representing the future of music consumption. Mr. Broe, a 26-year-old from Brooklyn, said that having all that music at his fingertips helped him trim his monthly music budget from $30 to the $10 fee he pays for Spotify's premium service. "The only time I download anything on iTunes is in the rare case that I can't find it on Spotify," he said. A decade after Apple revolutionized the music world with its iTunes store, the music industry is undergoing another, even more radical, digital transformation as listeners begin to move from CDs and downloads to streaming services like Spotify, Pandora <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/companies/pandora-media-inc/ind…> and YouTube <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/companies/youtube/index.html?in…>. As purveyors of legally licensed music, they have been largely welcomed by an industry still buffeted by piracy. But as the companies behind these digital services swell into multibillion-dollar enterprises, the relative trickle of money that has made its way to artists is causing anxiety at every level of the business. Late last year, Zoe Keating, an independent musician from Northern California, provided an unusually detailed case in point. In voluminous spreadsheets posted to her Tumblr blog, she revealed the royalties she gets from various services, down to the ten-thousandth of a cent. Even for an under-the-radar artist like Ms. Keating, who describes her style as "avant cello," the numbers painted a stark picture of what it is like to be a working musician these days. After her songs had been played more than 1.5 million times on Pandora over six months, she earned $1,652.74. On Spotify, 131,000 plays last year netted just $547.71, or an average of 0.42 cent a play. [...] Continua qui: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/29/business/media/streaming-shakes-up-music-…

Jan. 30, 2013

Re: [nexa] R: diffamazione via facebook

by Carlo Blengino

Interessante il profilo dell'aggravante del mezzo di pubblicità. La sentenza di Gela non è così peregrina come appare prima facie. Vi è differenza tra pubblicità, diffusione, comunicazione...e dunque tra facebook (amici-amici degli amici) e twitter... Grazie C. Inviato da iPad2 Il giorno 29/gen/2013, alle ore 10:26, Carlo Melzi d'Eril <carlo.melzi(a)accms.it> ha scritto: > Volendo, un mio pezzo su un recente caso di diffamazione “via facebook”: > http://www.penalecontemporaneo.it/materia/-/-/-/2032-in_tema_di_diffamazion… > > avv. Carlo Melzi d'Eril > ACCMS STUDIO LEGALE > > via Podgora 13 > 20122 Milano > t. +39 02 54107715 > f. +39 02 54114827 > carlo.melzi(a)accms.it > carlo.melzideril(a)cert.ordineavvocatimilano.it > > …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… > > Nota di riservatezza : Il presente messaggio e gli eventuali allegati contengono informazioni strettamente riservate. > Esso è riservato esclusivamente al destinatario sopra indicato, il quale è l'unico autorizzato ad usarlo, copiarlo e, > sotto la propria responsabilità, diffonderlo. Si segnala, a chiunque ricevesse questo messaggio per errore o comunque > ne avesse conoscenza senza averne titolo, che trattenerlo o divulgarlo a persone diverse dal destinatario è proibito. Grazie. > > > _______________________________________________ > nexa mailing list > nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it > https://server-nexa.polito.it/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa

Jan. 29, 2013

R: diffamazione via facebook

by Carlo Melzi d'Eril

Volendo, un mio pezzo su un recente caso di diffamazione “via facebook”: http://www.penalecontemporaneo.it/materia/-/-/-/2032-in_tema_di_diffamazion… avv. Carlo Melzi d'Eril ACCMS STUDIO LEGALE via Podgora 13 20122 Milano t. +39 02 54107715 f. +39 02 54114827 <mailto:carlo.melzi@accms.it> carlo.melzi(a)accms.it carlo.melzideril(a)cert.ordineavvocatimilano.it …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Nota di riservatezza : Il presente messaggio e gli eventuali allegati contengono informazioni strettamente riservate. Esso è riservato esclusivamente al destinatario sopra indicato, il quale è l'unico autorizzato ad usarlo, copiarlo e, sotto la propria responsabilità, diffonderlo. Si segnala, a chiunque ricevesse questo messaggio per errore o comunque ne avesse conoscenza senza averne titolo, che trattenerlo o divulgarlo a persone diverse dal destinatario è proibito. Grazie.

Jan. 29, 2013

Berkman Center Webcast live oggi ore 18.30 - “LOIC Will Tear Us Apart”: The Impact of Tool Design and Media Portrayals in the Success of Activist DDOS Actions

by Giuseppe Futia

“LOIC Will Tear Us Apart”: The Impact of Tool Design and Media Portrayals in the Success of Activist DDOS Actions http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2013/01/sauter <http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2013/01/wertime> *Molly Sauter, Berkman Center for Internet & Society* Today, 6.30 pm Webcast live: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/interactive/webcast http://nexa.polito.it/berkman-webcast-live This talk explores the role of tool design and media coverage in the relative success of Operation Payback and earlier activist Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) actions. Through a close reading of changes in the tool’s interface and functionality over several iterations, the talk considers the evolution of the Low Orbit Ion Cannon (LOIC) DDOS tool from one which appealed to a small, inwardly-focused community to one which engaged with a larger population. The talk further considers Anonymous’s contribution to the reframing of DDOS actions from a tool of direct action to a tool of media manipulation and identity construction, as well as the news media’s role in encouraging individuals to participate in the Operation PayBack actions. About Molly Molly Sauter is a Berkman Center fellow in addition to being a graduate student in Comparative Media Studies at MIT, and a research assistant at the Center for Civic Media at the Media Lab. Her research is broadly focused on hacker culture, transgressive digital activism, and depictions of technology in the media. Her research is situated in socio-political analyses of technology and technological culture. As a fellow at the Berkman Center, she will be examining conflicts of anonymity and pseudonymity in different modes of digital activism. She previously worked as a full-time research assistant to Professor Jonathan Zittrain at Harvard Law School, and received her BA in the History and Philosophy of Science from the University of Pittsburgh. She blogs at oddletters.com <http://oddletters.com/> and tweets @oddletters <https://twitter.com/OddLetters>.

Jan. 29, 2013

EUObserver: "US free to grab EU data on American clouds"

by J.C. DE MARTIN

US free to grab EU data on American clouds Today @ 09:18 1. By Nikolaj Nielsen <http://euobserver.com/search/author/238> 2. Nikolaj email <mailto:nn@euobserver.com> 3. Nikolaj Twitter <http://twitter.com/#%21/NikolajNielsen> BRUSSELS - An obscure section in a US law is said to entitle authorities to access, without a warrant, data stored by any EU citizen on clouds run by American companies. Although highly controversial for its indirect effects on Americans, the impact of the law appears to have been overlooked by its intended target - everyone else. Rather than case-by-case snooping, the law authorises mass-surveillance of non-Americans, for purely political purposes, said Caspar Bowden who is the former chief privacy adviser to Microsoft, at a panel on cyber security organised by the CPDP conference in Brussels on Friday (25 January). "It intentionally targets only non-US persons located outside the US and provides for a blanket authorisation to this for one year at a time. There is no individual warrantry," said Bowden, who is now an independent advocate for information rights. [...] Continua qui: http://euobserver.com/justice/118857

Jan. 28, 2013