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"Does America Want a CHIPS for Buybacks Act?"
by J.C. DE MARTIN Oct. 5, 2021

Oct. 5, 2021

*Does America Want a CHIPS for Buybacks Act?** * By William Lazonick and Matt Hopkins Oct 4, 2021 /To strengthen the American semiconductor industry, Congress should condition additional funds on suspending stock buybacks // / https://www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives/blog/does-america-want-a-chips-f…

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LIBRO: "AI for Everyone? Critical Perspectives" (open access)
by J.C. DE MARTIN Oct. 5, 2021

Oct. 5, 2021

Nuovo libro in open access. jc *AI for Everyone?****Critical Perspectives* Pieter Verdegem (ed.) https://www.uwestminsterpress.co.uk/site/books/e/10.16997/book55/ We are entering a new era of technological determinism and solutionism in which governments and business actors are seeking data-driven change, assuming that Artificial Intelligence is now inevitable and ubiquitous. But we have not even started asking the right questions, let alone developed an understanding of the consequences. Urgently needed is debate that asks and answers fundamental questions about power. This book brings together critical interrogations of what constitutes AI, its impact and its inequalities in order to offer an analysis of what it means for AI to deliver benefits for everyone. The book is structured in three parts: Part 1, AI: Humans vs. Machines, presents critical perspectives on human-machine dualism. Part 2, Discourses and Myths About AI, excavates metaphors and policies to ask normative questions about what is ‘desirable’ AI and what conditions make this possible. Part 3, AI Power and Inequalities, discusses how the implementation of AI creates important challenges that urgently need to be addressed. Bringing together scholars from diverse disciplinary backgrounds and regional contexts, this book offers a vital intervention on one of the most hyped concepts of our times. * Introduction: Why We Need Critical Perspectives on AI <https://www.uwestminsterpress.co.uk/site/chapters/10.16997/book55.a> Pieter Verdegem * Artificial Intelligence (AI): When Humans and Machines Might Have to Coexist <https://www.uwestminsterpress.co.uk/site/chapters/10.16997/book55.b> Andreas Kaplan * Digital Humanism: Epistemological, Ontological and Praxiological Foundations <https://www.uwestminsterpress.co.uk/site/chapters/10.16997/book55.c> Wolfgang Hofkirchner * An Alternative Rationalisation of Creative AI by De-Familiarising Creativity: Towards an Intelligibility of Its Own Terms <https://www.uwestminsterpress.co.uk/site/chapters/10.16997/book55.d> Jenna Ng * Post-Humanism, Mutual Aid <https://www.uwestminsterpress.co.uk/site/chapters/10.16997/book55.e> Dan McQuillan * The Language Labyrinth: Constructive Critique on the Terminology Used in the AI Discourse <https://www.uwestminsterpress.co.uk/site/chapters/10.16997/book55.f> Rainer Rehak * AI Ethics Needs Good Data <https://www.uwestminsterpress.co.uk/site/chapters/10.16997/book55.g> Angela Daly /et al/. * The Social Reconfiguration of Artificial Intelligence: Utility and Feasibility <https://www.uwestminsterpress.co.uk/site/chapters/10.16997/book55.h> James Steinhoff * Creating the Technological Saviour: Discourses on AI in Europe and the Legitimation of Super Capitalism <https://www.uwestminsterpress.co.uk/site/chapters/10.16997/book55.i> Benedetta Brevini * AI Bugs and Failures: How and Why to Render AI-Algorithms More Human? <https://www.uwestminsterpress.co.uk/site/chapters/10.16997/book55.j> Alkim Almila Akdag Salah * Primed Prediction: A Critical Examination of the Consequences of Exclusion of the Ontological Now in AI Protocol <https://www.uwestminsterpress.co.uk/site/chapters/10.16997/book55.k> Carrie O’Connell & Chad Van de Wiele * Algorithmic Logic in Digital Capitalism <https://www.uwestminsterpress.co.uk/site/chapters/10.16997/book55.l> Jernej A. Prodnik * 'Not Ready for Prime Time': Biometrics and Biopolitics in the (Un)Making of California’s Facial Recognition Ban <https://www.uwestminsterpress.co.uk/site/chapters/10.16997/book55.m> Asvatha Babu & Saif Shahin * Beyond Mechanical Turk: The Work of Brazilians on Global AI Platforms <https://www.uwestminsterpress.co.uk/site/chapters/10.16997/book55.n> Rafael Grohmann & Willian Fernandes Araújo * Towards Data Justice Unionism? A Labour Perspective on AI Governance <https://www.uwestminsterpress.co.uk/site/chapters/10.16997/book55.o> Lina Dencik

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FORBES: "Exclusive: Government Secretly Orders Google To Identify Anyone Who Has Searched A Name, Address And Telephone Number"
by J.C. DE MARTIN Oct. 5, 2021

Oct. 5, 2021

*Exclusive: Government Secretly Orders Google To Identify Anyone Who Has Searched A Name, Address And Telephone Number* Thomas Brewster Forbes Staff /The U.S. government is secretly ordering Google to provide data on anyone typing in certain search terms, an accidentally unsealed court document shows. There are fears such “keyword warrants” threaten to implicate innocent Web users in serious crimes and are more common than previously thought. // / https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2021/10/04/google-keyword-warra…

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Fwd: Invitation to register: Stockholm Security Conference 2021
by Diego.Latella Oct. 5, 2021

Oct. 5, 2021

Segnalo in particolare le sequenti sessioni: 8 novembre, 15:30-16:45: The AI conundrum: Algorithms and human responsibility in armed conflicts 9 novembre, 14:00-15:15: Hacking nuclear deterrence: Cyber threats to nuclear systems Diego -------- Original Message -------- SUBJECT: Invitation to register: Stockholm Security Conference 2021 DATE: 2021-10-05 10:02 FROM: SIPRI <update(a)sipri.org> TO: diego.latella(a)isti.cnr.it View the online version <https://list.sipri.org/lt.php?tid=oarGsNBRiMu0td2EtHyPodnYgj62sd6vuD4dvGIAB…> <https://list.sipri.org/lt.php?tid=phUZQGstPcicaurD5e5Oy9nYgj62sd6vuD4dvGIAB…> STOCKHOLM INTERNATIONAL PEACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE <https://list.sipri.org/lt.php?tid=8Syb9thFRAKs7jkDg7GIq9nYgj62sQ6vuD4dvGIAB…> <https://list.sipri.org/lt.php?tid=yC/6OjosC56pEHRBc2vUZ9nYgj62sV6vuD4dvGIAB…> <https://list.sipri.org/lt.php?tid=Nlx8vxds9+y5ojI4vatZotnYgj62sW6vuD4dvGIAB…> <https://list.sipri.org/lt.php?tid=FdFtJ0WKIKqE8Bi/+o77XdnYgj62sY6vuD4dvGIAB…> <https://list.sipri.org/lt.php?tid=rnUzX12U84+rkaC//S8hU9nYgj62sd6vuD4dvGIAB…> Invitation to register: Stockholm Security Conference 2021 On 8-11 November 2021, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) will host the sixth annual Stockholm Security Conference (SSC 21). The theme of this year's conference is 'Battlefields of the Future: Trends of Conflict and Warfare in the 21st Century'. The conference will explore how current developments in technology have opened potential new battlefields of the future and the means to prevent and mitigate associated risks. Additionally, the conference will examine to what extent the more traditional types of warfare are adapting to newly available means or providing non-traditional actors with new opportunities to have a bigger role. SSC 21 will connect the battlefields of the future to the ones of the past through a live stream of the Ypres Peace Prize ceremony. This ceremony will close the conference on Thursday 11 November. Please register today for the online sessions. Browse the conference programme and register for individual sessions by clicking here <https://list.sipri.org/lt.php?tid=oarGsNBRiMu0td2EtHyPodnYgj62sd6vuD4dvGIAB…> . **Monday 8 November** 12:30-13:45 Opening panel: Battlefields of the future Read more <https://list.sipri.org/lt.php?tid=pINPGWuQcMaoLyaF211mi9nYgj62sU6vuD4dvGIAB…> 14:00-15:15 Space warfare: Applying international humanitarian law to the final frontier Read more <https://list.sipri.org/lt.php?tid=le2dckR71aavQ1YwmwCAhNnYgj62se6vuD4dvGIAB…> 15:30-16:45 The AI conundrum: Algorithms and human responsibility in armed conflicts Read more <https://list.sipri.org/lt.php?tid=jCSGKfDc0R24kipP/Bq1i9nYgj62sZ6vuD4dvGIAB…> **Tuesday 9 November** 12:30-13:15 Quantum technologies, their potential impact on the battlefield and future control Read more <https://list.sipri.org/lt.php?tid=xtoWkCU8aPGCJBkYfBP419nYgj62sb6vuD4dvGIAB…> 14:00-15:15 Hacking nuclear deterrence: Cyber threats to nuclear systems Read more <https://list.sipri.org/lt.php?tid=u0l5y1bzxI2uHAbx9LFzt9nYgj62sf6vuD4dvGIAB…> 15:30-16:45 Offence-defence race in space: Missile defence, anti-satellite weapons and nuclear arms control Read more <https://list.sipri.org/lt.php?tid=4YggU1KN+Xu/uZZSMqLdaNnYgj62sZ6vuD4dvGIAB…> 15:30-16:45 The human mind as a battlefield Read more <https://list.sipri.org/lt.php?tid=6yHxs4/JPoWVp42AcbGWUdnYgj62sY6vuD4dvGIAB…> 16:30-17:45 Current trends in missile technology and proliferation: Are current governance instruments fit for purpose? Read more <https://list.sipri.org/lt.php?tid=GHlwmS2stmiLnDHM6zl4PtnYgj62sU6vuD4dvGIAB…> **Wednesday 10 November** 12:30-13:45 Gray zone conflicts and the absence of institutional mechanisms <https://list.sipri.org/lt.php?tid=xS5H/z+t8Eyg50DjZTiHrtnYgj62sc6vuD4dvGIAB…> Read more <https://list.sipri.org/lt.php?tid=iPkk0BndBteN6tKZ51ADKdnYgj62sd6vuD4dvGIAB…> 14:00-15:15 Tactical or strategic? Low-yield nuclear weapons and the Indo-Pacific region Read more <https://list.sipri.org/lt.php?tid=EqXKbOkSuG6Gf+z596/7TNnYgj62sZ6vuD4dvGIAB…> 14:00-15:15 Preparing for future urban warfare: Balancing operational needs with humanitarian concerns Read more <https://list.sipri.org/lt.php?tid=35LaMbYsob2olKP9XJyYAtnYgj62sQ6vuD4dvGIAB…> 15:30-16:45 Escalation thresholds in an era of 'muscular competition' Read more <https://list.sipri.org/lt.php?tid=ttvhANRCCty8ggfltDw3iNnYgj62sb6vuD4dvGIAB…> **Thursday 11 November** 12:30-13:45 Civilians under attack: The Liptako-Gourma region of the Western Sahel Read more <https://list.sipri.org/lt.php?tid=l5FJ5cPLa2Sa0oJyBJYIQ9nYgj62sW6vuD4dvGIAB…> 14:00-15:15 Urban warfare and the protection of civilians: Mosul, a case study Read more <https://list.sipri.org/lt.php?tid=ZCcVW5D1VTqTIQzZEwaD7NnYgj62sb6vuD4dvGIAB…> 15:30-16:45 UN peacekeeping operations and parallel operations: Protection of civilians in a crowded field Read more <https://list.sipri.org/lt.php?tid=2bYb4fDeczyNEHEpwSJvXtnYgj62sT6vuD4dvGIAB…> 17:00-18:15 Sustainable strategies for the protection of civilians in conflict locations Read more <https://list.sipri.org/lt.php?tid=HEnAykSzy+284slRBUJF3dnYgj62sd6vuD4dvGIAB…> 20:30 Ypres Peace Prize ceremony More information coming soon. For additional inquiries, contact Noel Kelly, SIPRI Programme Coordinator; and Johanna Eliasson, SIPRI Communication Officer at sthlmseccon(a)sipri.org <mailto:sthlmseccon@sipri.org> . *Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)* SIPRI is an independent international institute dedicated to research into conflict, armaments, arms control and disarmament. Established in 1966, SIPRI provides data, analysis and recommendations, based on open sources, to policymakers, researchers, media and the interested public. -- This message was sent to diego.latella(a)isti.cnr.it by update(a)sipri.org To forward this message, please do not use the forward button of your email application, because this message was made specifically for you only. Instead use the forward page <https://list.sipri.org/lt.php?tid=+8Y18TkI3aC3qLyEv9mVb9nYgj62sV6vuD4dvGIAB… our newsletter system. To change your details and to choose which lists to be subscribed to, visit your personal preferences page <https://list.sipri.org/lt.php?tid=xtclRKMwWEW2ZsDZ17e6ntnYgj62sS6vuD4dvGIAB…> Or you can opt-out completely <https://list.sipri.org/lt.php?tid=hLwlgR4zsZCI7hW2i+sPQNnYgj62sU6vuD4dvGIAB…> from all future mailings. -- powered by phpList, www.phplist.com [1] -- -- Dott. Diego Latella - Senior Researcher CNR/ISTI, Via Moruzzi 1, 56124 Pisa, Italy (http:www.isti.cnr.it [2]) FM&&T Lab. (http://fmt.isti.cnr.it) CNR/GI-STS (http://gists.pi.cnr.it) https://www.isti.cnr.it/People/D.Latella - ph: +390506212982, fax: +390506212040 =================== I don't quite know whether it is especially computer science or its subdiscipline Artificial Intelligence that has such an enormous affection for euphemism. We speak so spectacularly and so readily of computer systems that understand, that see, decide, make judgments, and so on, without ourselves recognizing our own superficiality and immeasurable naivete with respect to these concepts. And, in the process of so speaking, we anesthetise our ability to evaluate the quality of our work and, what is more important, to identify and become conscious of its end use. […] One can't escape this state without asking, again and again: "What do I actually do? What is the final application and use of the products of my work?" and ultimately, "am I content or ashamed to have contributed to this use?" -- Prof. Joseph Weizenbaum ["Not without us", ACM SIGCAS 16(2-3) 2--7 - Aug. 1986] Links: ------ [1] http://www.phplist.com [2] http://www.isti.cnr.it

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How losing a friend to misinformation drove Facebook whistleblower | Facebook | The Guardian
by Alberto Cammozzo Oct. 4, 2021

Oct. 4, 2021

<https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/oct/04/how-friend-lost-to-misin…> Frances Haugen, the whistleblower behind a series of damaging revelations <https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/oct/03/former-facebook-employee…> about Facebook, is adamant that she wants to help the social media company and not foment hatred of it. The 37-year-old leaked tens of thousands of internal company documents <https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/oct/04/facebook-tearing-our-soc…> after becoming frustrated that Facebook was not publicly acknowledging the harm its platforms could cause. “If people just hate Facebook <https://www.theguardian.com/technology/facebook> more because of what I’ve done, then I’ve failed. I believe in truth and reconciliation – we need to admit reality. The first step of that is documentation,” she told the Wall Street Journal, which revealed the documents in its Facebook Files series. In her final message on Facebook’s internal system, posted when she left in May, she wrote: “I don’t hate Facebook. I love Facebook. I want to save it.” Haugen, born and raised in Iowa by a doctor father and a mother who gave up an academic career to become an episcopalian priest, said it was a lost friendship that changed her view of social media. Haugen was a successful tech professional with a CV that included stints at Pinterest and Google but a decade ago she was diagnosed with celiac disease, an autoimmune condition, and in 2014 entered an intensive care unit with a blood clot in her thigh. A family friend was hired to help her with daily tasks such as shopping but their relationship deteriorated as he became obsessed with online forums touting conspiracy theories about dark forces manipulating politics. “It was a really important friendship, and then I lost him,” she told the WSJ. The former friend has since abandoned his conspiratorial beliefs, which had dragged him into a world of the occult and white nationalism. But it changed Haugen’s career. “It’s one thing to study misinformation, it’s another to lose someone to it,” she said. “A lot of people who work on these products only see the positive side of things.” So when a Facebook recruiter approached Haugen in 2018, she said she wanted a job that related to democracy and the spread of false information. That led to a role in 2019 as a product manager in Facebook’s civic integrity team, which looks at election interference around the world. The group was disbanded after the 2020 US presidential poll and Haugen contacted the WSJ soon after, her dismay deepening after the 6 January riot in Washington <https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/us-capitol-breach>. Facebook has said it “invested heavily” in people and technology to make its platform safe, but Haugen believed the company was not doing enough to combat misinformation. “Facebook acted like it was powerless to staff these teams,” she said. Reacting to Haugen’s comment, Facebook said: “Hosting hateful or harmful content is bad for our community, bad for advertisers, and ultimately, bad for our business.” On Tuesday, Haugen will appear in front of US lawmakers to reiterate her argument that Facebook did not do enough to stop the hate and harm.

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TechSonar - nuova iniziativa del Garante Privacy Europeo in ambito foresight
by Stefano Leucci Oct. 4, 2021

Oct. 4, 2021

Car* tutt*, condivido in anteprima il progetto che abbiamo lanciato proprio ieri in EDPS dedicato al monitoraggio dei trend tecnologici a più alto impatto sulla protezione dei dati - TechSonar. Tramite l'utilizzo di metodologie di foresight, TechSonar è un processo di monitoraggio e aggiornamento continuo che mira a costruire un "mindset anticipante" in ambito data protection, come già sta succedendo in varie altre discipline. Qui il link all'iniziativa, con i primi TechReport: https://edps.europa.eu/press-publications/publications/techsonar_en Qui il blogpost che spiega meglio l'iniziativa: https://edps.europa.eu/press-publications/press-news/blog/techsonar-technol… Ogni idea, suggerimento, feedback è più che benvenuto. Stefano

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Tim punta al cloud nazionale con l'aiutino di Cassa depositi e prestiti. L'azienda smentisce l'ipotesi di un piano esuberi da 15mila persone
by Marco Ciurcina Oct. 4, 2021

Oct. 4, 2021

https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2021/09/30/tim-punta-al-cloud-nazionale-co… ...Meno entusiaste saranno invece le società informatiche inhouse delle Regioni che pure impiegano circa 15mila dipendenti a livello nazionale. Aziende pubbliche come Lepida, Liguria digitale, Insiel o Csi Piemonte che negli anni hanno sviluppato un proprio cloud offrendo spazio anche ai dati di enti pubblici, municipalizzate ed aziende sanitarie delle diverse regioni di riferimento. Anche loro, come Fincantieri o Poligrafico dello Stato, ambivano legittimamente a far parte del progetto del cloud pubblico nazionale mettendo a disposizione peraltro competenze sviluppate negli anni. E, invece, non solo rischiano di essere tagliate fuori dalla partita, ma anche di dover gestire personale in esubero per via del venir meno di uno dei driver di crescita più importanti per il futuro aziendale. Una disdetta per le regioni che, forti delle competenze cumulate negli anni, contavano di divenire un riferimento nazionale. Per non parlare dell’Inail che pure vanta un cloud di tutto rispetto.

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Re: [nexa] Tim punta al cloud nazionale con l'aiutino di Cassa depositi e prestiti. L'azienda smentisce l'ipotesi di un piano esuberi da 15mila persone
by Giuseppe Attardi Oct. 4, 2021

Oct. 4, 2021

> On 1 Oct 2021, at 11:49, nexa-request(a)server-nexa.polito.it wrote: > > From: Damiano Verzulli <damiano(a)verzulli.it> > To: nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it > Subject: Re: [nexa] Tim punta al cloud nazionale con l'aiutino di > Cassa depositi e prestiti. L'azienda smentisce l'ipotesi di un piano > esuberi da 15mila persone > Message-ID: <3c419d99-ba8c-bce5-a29c-45d0cafdfcc9(a)verzulli.it> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; Format="flowed" > > … > Ed ancora piu' su, in Europa, attorno a GAIA-X si sta iniziando a fare un po' la voce grossa [5]. Magari, dall’intervista [5] emergono alcune contraddizioni, tra cui l’affermazione che si dovrà realizzare un’infrastruttura cloud europea ma al contempo la soluzione deve essere inclusiva: ossia i fornitori americani sono ammessi, purché offrano il livello basico di interoperabilità indicato da Gaia-x. Non solo, ma GAM fanno parte dell’associazione stessa e con i loro numerosi esperti guidano il gioco anche internamente. Senza contare ad altre questioni, come ad esempio i costi di egress dei dati che applica AWS. È bello poter dire che puoi migrare ad un altro provider, basta che paghi. — Beppe PS. Grazie per non aver citato GARR, che ha costruito la prima piattaforma nazionale cloud, interamente Open Source, e che ha spiegato come costruire la propria a DCX, Politecnico di Torino e CSI Piemonte.

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EDRI: "A losing game: moderating online content fuels Big Tech power"
by J.C. DE MARTIN Oct. 4, 2021

Oct. 4, 2021

*A losing game: moderating online content fuels Big Tech power** * /While online platforms have a role to play in dealing with systemic risks, holistic - not techno-centric - approaches are needed to guarantee our safety and free expression, argues Claire Fernandez// / By Claire Fernandez Claire Fernandez is Executive Director of European Digital Rights (EDRi) 29 Sep 2021 https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/news/article/a-losing-game-moderating-…

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des quotas technologiques pour la souveraineté numérique
by Stefano Zacchiroli Oct. 4, 2021

Oct. 4, 2021

Quella delle "quote" è una proposta originale (nonché molto francese, nel bene e nel male) all'interno del dibattito sulla sovranità digitale nel cloud europeo, che molto abbiamo discusso su questa lista. Da leggere qua: https://www.solutions-numeriques.com/tribune-des-quotas-technologiques-pour… Ciao -- Stefano Zacchiroli . zack(a)upsilon.cc . upsilon.cc/zack . . o . . . o . o Computer Science Professor . CTO Software Heritage . . . . . o . . . o o Former Debian Project Leader & OSI Board Director . . . o o o . . . o . « the first rule of tautology club is the first rule of tautology club »

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