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Papa Fracesco
by don Luca Peyron Nov. 5, 2020

Nov. 5, 2020

Cari tutti, ogni mese Papa Francesco pubblica sul web un video che rappresenta l'intenzione di preghiera che lui ha nel cuore in quel mese e che, dunque, propone a tutti i cattolici del mondo. Quella di questo mese ci riguarda e la potete vedere qui https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvX8drljfGs&feature=youtu.be Poi che per combinazione sia il mese della BIennale Tecnologia al Poli è un caso, Provvidenza o.... Buona visione! dl _________________________ don Luca Peyron Direttore Ufficio per la Pastorale Universitaria Arcidiocesi di Torino www.universitari.to.it via XX settembre 83, Torino tel. 011 5156239

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Facebook and Twitter take emergency steps against Trump false victory claims | US news | The Guardian
by Alberto Cammozzo Nov. 4, 2020

Nov. 4, 2020

<https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/nov/04/facebook-and-twitter-emerge…> Facebook <https://www.theguardian.com/technology/facebook> and Twitter have deployed emergency measures to counter Donald Trump’s false claims of victory on their social networks, bringing them more directly into conflict with the US president than ever before. The two tech platforms had announced plans in the run-up to the election to counter misinformation about the vote, as well as premature claims of victory, and on the night both companies mostly stuck to the plan. Facebook notably dropped the euphemistic phrasing that had previously accompanied its announcements, which discussed the risk that “candidates” may falsely claim a win. A company spokesperson cited Trump by name in explaining its decision, saying: “Once President Trump began making premature claims of victory, we started running notifications on Facebook and Instagram that votes are still being counted and a winner is not projected. We’re also automatically applying labels to both candidates’ posts with this information.” When it came to reacting to individual posts, both platforms faced criticism for their responses. In late-night posts cross-posted to both Twitter <https://www.theguardian.com/technology/twitter> and Facebook, Trump declared: “We are up BIG, but they are trying to STEAL the Election. We will never let them do it. Votes cannot be cast after the Polls are closed!” That post was followed by a second that read: “I will be making a statement tonight. A big WIN!” Facebook initially labelled the first post with a simple box advising readers to “see the latest updates on the 2020 US election”. More than 30 minutes after it was posted, the company updated its warning to note that “final results may be different from initial vote counts, as ballot counting will continue for days or weeks”. By that time the post had well over 100,000 reactions. Twitter restricted distribution on the first post, blocking it from being retweeted or replied to, and appended a note saying the content “is disputed and might be misleading about an election or other civic process”. A spokesperson said the warning was “for making a potentially misleading claim about an election. This action is in line with our civic integrity policy.” But neither platform took action against the second post claiming “a big WIN!”. Twitter said the lack of action was because it was unclear what, specifically, was being referenced. While the post could have constituted a premature claim of victory in the national race, it could just as easily be construed as a legitimate expression of pleasure at winning a state such as Florida, which had declared several hours earlier. The tech platforms are remaining in an election mode while counts continue. Political adverts are now suspended indefinitely at Facebook and Google <https://www.theguardian.com/technology/google>, while Twitter has not allowed them since October 2019. Google has blocked all adverts “referencing candidates, the election, or its outcome, given that an unprecedented amount of votes will be counted after election day this year”. According to Axios, the ban should be expected to last at least the next week, and possibly longer if the results remain contentious.

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New SIPRI report: Responsible Military Use of Artificial Intelligence: Can the European Union Lead the Way in Developing Best Practice? [notsp]
by Diego.Latella Nov. 4, 2020

Nov. 4, 2020

Dear All. You might be interested in the following SIPRI report Responsible Military Use of Artificial Intelligence: Can the European Union Lead the Way in Developing Best Practice? [1] Vincent Boulanin, Netta Goussac , Laura Bruun and Luke Richards SIPRI [2] November 2020 accessible also from the USPID (www.uspid.org [3] ) in the page on _Computers: National Security, War, and Civil Rights_ (https://www.uspid.org/compwa.html ) All the Best Diego -- Dott. Diego Latella - Senior Researcher CNR-ISTI, Via Moruzzi 1, 56124 Pisa, Italy (http:www.isti.cnr.it [4]) FM&&T Lab. (http://fmt.isti.cnr.it) http://www.isti.cnr.it/People/D.Latella - ph: +390506212982, mob: +39 348 8283101, fax: +390506212040 =================== The quest for a war-free world has a basic purpose: survival. But if in the process we learn how to achieve it by love rather than by fear, by kindness rather than compulsion; if in the process we learn how to combine the essential with the enjoyable, the expedient with the benevolent, the practical with the beautiful, this will be an extra incentive to embark on this great task. Above all, remember your humanity. -- Sir Joseph Rotblat Links: ------ [1] https://www.sipri.org/publications/2020/other-publications/responsible-mili… [2] https://www.sipri.org/ [3] http://www.uspid.org [4] http://www.isti.cnr.it

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[Reminder] Unboxing AI (November 5-6-7, 2020, 3PM-7PM CET)
by Antonio Casilli Nov. 4, 2020

Nov. 4, 2020

Dear All, This is just a quick reminder concerning our online conference Unboxing AI, organized in collaboration with Nexa Center for Internet & Society and INDL (International Network on Digital Labour), and hosted by Fondazione Giangiacomo Feltrinelli. These three afternoons will focus on the social, economic and material dimensions underlying the current development of artificial intelligence. The first two days of the conference (November 5 and 6, 3pm-7pm CET) will bring together world-renown experts from a range of disciplines, while the third day (November 7, 3pm-7pm CET), will feature a doctoral colloquium where a selection of works by very promising young researchers will be presented. Participation is free of charge but registration is required. Just scroll down to discover the program. If you haven't registered yet, you can do it here: https://fondazionefeltrinelli.it/eventi/unboxing-ai-understanding-artificia… (NB: there is a separate link for each of the three dates of the conference). Please feel free to forward this announcement widely, and see you at Unboxing AI. Cheers, Antonio Program All times are in European Standard Time, or UTC+01:00 Thursday, November 5th, 2020 Day 1: Registration Link Chair: Ivana Pais (Università Cattolica, Milan) 3.00 pm – Opening keynote Janine Berg (ILO) – Automation and Artificial Intelligence at work 4.00 pm Andrea Miconi (IULM) – Digital Surplus. From Marx to the web 5.00 pm Nick Couldry (LSE) & Ulises A. Mejias (SUNY) – Data colonialism. Big data and contemporary subjectivity 6.00 pm Phoebe Moore (Leicester) – Who makes Artificial Intelligence: AI trainers behind the dream Friday, November 6th, 2020 Day 2: Registration Link Chair: Antonio Santangelo (University of Turin) 3.00 pm Leopoldina Fortunati (University of Udine) – Mediating the human body in AI creation 4.00 pm Alessandro Delfanti (University of Toronto) – Boxing AI at Amazon fulfillment centres 5.00 pm Baruch Gottlieb (University of Arts, Berlin) – Digital materialism. A materialist understanding of digital technologies 6.00 pm – Closing keynote Jeremias Adams-Prassl (Oxford) – Automating HR: new liabilities, new worker protections Saturday, November 7th, 2020 Day 3: Registration Link 3.00 pm PhD Symposium Session 1 Vicky Kluzik (Goethe University Frankfurt) – Seeing like a platform Kai-Hsin Hung (HEC Montreal) – Data workers in India Idil Galip (U.niversity of Edinburgh) – Digital patronage Discussant: Juan Carlos De Martin (Polytechnic University of Turin) 4.30 pm – In conversation with... Sarah T. Roberts (UCLA) – Moderating Internet in a Pandemic 5.30 pm – PhD Symposium Session 2 Lou Brandner (University of Rome La Sapienza) – Freelance Creative Labour Saverio Minardi (University of Trento) – Labor replacing technologies and labor market inequalities Jonathan Gruber (University of Zurich) – Algorithmic skills for digital labour Discussant: Andrea Fumagalli (University of Pavia) -- Antonio A. Casilli Professor, Telecom Paris, Institut Polytechnique de Paris Member, Interdisciplinary Institute for Innovation (i3 UMR 9217 CNRS) Associate Member, LACI-IIAC (EHESS) Faculty Fellow, Nexa Center for Internet & Society *We respect your right to disconnect. This email send time is due to my own workflow efficiency. You are in no obligation to take action or reply to it outside your office hours.*

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Tecnologie della speranza
by Antonio Iacono Nov. 4, 2020

Nov. 4, 2020

Lectio Magistralis di Luciano Floridi al Festival della Filosofia "Mimesis" (24/10/2020) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuxTVtthrxA -- Antonio Iacono

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Mio libro sull Open Education
by Fabio Nascimbeni Nov. 4, 2020

Nov. 4, 2020

Cari Nexiani, E’ appena uscito il mio libro "OPEN EDUCATION. OER, MOOC E PRATICHE DIDATTICHE APERTE VERSO L'INCLUSIONE DIGITALE EDUCATIVA”, pubblicato in Open Access con FrancoAngeli. Il libro, che ho iniziato a pensare a partire da una presentazione che feci alla Conferenza EMEM nel 2019 in cui mi resi conto che in Italia (forse anche piu che in Spagna dove lavoro abitualmente) l’Open Education e’ una “temibile sconosciuta”, si struttura in: - un discussione generale sul concetto di Open Education, le sue ragioni e il suo potenziale - una descrizione dei concetti chiave: OER, licenze aperte, Open Educational Practices, MOOCs - una rassegna storica del movimento internazionale dell'Open Education e un’analisi delle sfide aperte - un focus sui docenti in quanto possibili Open Educators (che e’ il mio tema principale di ricerca) - una parte sul'Open Education in Italia, in cui provo a descrivere cosa succede da noi e come potrebbero evolvere le cose in termini di piu o meno openness Come dicevo sono riuscito a pubblicarlo in Open Access (anche se con una licenza Non Derivative), per cui se siete interessati scaricatelo pure qui: https://www.francoangeli.it/Ricerca/scheda_libro.aspx?id=26734 <https://www.francoangeli.it/Ricerca/scheda_libro.aspx?id=26734>. Saluti Fabio Fabio Nascimbeni fabio.nascimbeni(a)gmail.com <mailto:fabio.nascimbeni@gmail.com> http://linkedin.com/in/fabionascimbeni/ <http://linkedin.com/in/fabionascimbeni/>

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Documento triennale di programmazione della Difesa
by don Luca Peyron Nov. 3, 2020

Nov. 3, 2020

Un comparto importante e che per molti aspetti intercetta i nostri temi, buona lettura dl https://www.difesa.it/Content/Documents/DPP/DPP%202020-2022.pdf _________________________ don Luca Peyron Direttore Ufficio per la Pastorale Universitaria Arcidiocesi di Torino www.universitari.to.it via XX settembre 83, Torino tel. 011 5156239

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Sorridere in tempo di dramma
by don Luca Peyron Nov. 3, 2020

Nov. 3, 2020

Una notizia curiosa relativa agli interessi di questa lista, per sorridere un momento in tempi complessi Buona lettura dl https://www.key4biz.it/le-telecamere-ai-scambiano-la-testa-di-un-guardaline… _________________________ don Luca Peyron Direttore Ufficio per la Pastorale Universitaria Arcidiocesi di Torino www.universitari.to.it via XX settembre 83, Torino tel. 011 5156239

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GPT-3: Its Nature, Scope, Limits, and Consequences
by don Luca Peyron Nov. 3, 2020

Nov. 3, 2020

Buona lettura dl https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11023-020-09548-1 _________________________ don Luca Peyron Direttore Ufficio per la Pastorale Universitaria Arcidiocesi di Torino www.universitari.to.it via XX settembre 83, Torino tel. 011 5156239

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F-35 'Overwhelmed' By Pilot Attempts To Save It /Corrected/ (AVweb)
by Diego Latella Nov. 2, 2020

Nov. 2, 2020

The following text has been reused without explicit authorization under blanket permission granted for all Risks-Forum Digest materials. The author(s), the RISKS moderator, and the ACM have no connection with this reuse. Diego FROM RISKS DIGEST 32.34 > ------------------------------ > > Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2020 18:30:43 -0400 > From: [… OMISSIS …] > Subject: F-35 'Overwhelmed' By Pilot Attempts To Save It /Corrected/ (AVweb) > > An unstable approach, a misaligned helmet and an ``overwhelmed'' flight > control system led to the crash of an Air Force F-35 at Eglin Air Force Base > in Florida last May. An Air Force accident report > <https://www.afjag.af.mil/Portals/77/AIB-Reports/2020/May/Eglin%20AFB%20F35A…> > released a few weeks ago found plenty of fault with the pilot's > actions but it was ultimately the airplane that wouldn't allow > itself to be saved. The plane's overworked processor set the > horizontal stabilizers to the ``default'' position of trailing edge down > just as the pilot initiated a go-around to try his landing again. When the > aircraft didn't respond to firewalled throttle and full back > pressure on the stick, the pilot ejected and the plane rolled, caught fire > and disintegrated. The pilot suffered minor injuries and the aircraft, worth > $175,983,949, became a debris field. > > https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/f-35-overwhelmed-by-pilot-attempts-to-s… > > Gotta love quoting nine-digit airplane cost down to the dollar. I guess it > include fuel in the tank. > > ------------------------------ Dott. Diego Latella - Senior Researcher CNR-ISTI, Via Moruzzi 1, 56124 Pisa, Italy (http:www.isti.cnr.it) FM&&T Lab. (http://fmt.isti.cnr.it) http://www.isti.cnr.it/People/D.Latella - ph: +390506212982, mob: +39 348 8283101, 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 sospeaking, 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]

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