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Ex-Googler Meredith Whittaker on Political Power in Tech, the Flaws of ‘The Social Dilemma,’ and More | by Alex Kantrowitz | Oct, 2020 | OneZero
by J.C. DE MARTIN Oct. 23, 2020

Oct. 23, 2020

https://onezero.medium.com/ex-googler-meredith-whittaker-on-political-power… (Sent from my wireless device; please excuse brevity and typos (if any))

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Errata Corrige | Presentazione del libro di Antonio A. Casilli "Schiavi del clic - Perchè lavoriamo tutti per il nuovo capitalismo?" | Nuovo Link per partecipare all'incontro
by Nexa Media Oct. 23, 2020

Oct. 23, 2020

Gentilissimi, vi informiamo che il *nuovo link per partecipare all'incontro* dedicato alla presentazione del libro: /*"Schiavi del clic - Perchè lavoriamo tutti per il nuovo capitalismo?"*/ (Antonio A. Casilli, Feltrinelli, Milano, 2020) con ospite/Antonio A. Casilli (Faculty Fellow Centro Nexa) /è/: / https://webinaire.ehess.fr/b/cas-wyq-fqk // Cordiali saluti,   -- Anita Botta Communication Manager Nexa Center for Internet & Society Politecnico di Torino – DAUIN Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24 - 10129 Torino _web:_ https://nexa.polito.it/ _mail:_anita.botta@polito.it <mailto:anita.botta@polito.it> tel: 011 090 7219

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Presentazione del libro di Antonio A. Casilli "Schiavi del clic - Perchè lavoriamo tutti per il nuovo capitalismo?" | Nuovo Link per partecipare all'incontro
by Nexa Media Oct. 23, 2020

Oct. 23, 2020

Gentilissimi, vi informiamo che il nuovo link per partecipare all'incontro dedicato alla presentazione del libro: /*"Schiavi del clic - Perchè lavoriamo tutti per il nuovo capitalismo?"*/ (Antonio A. Casilli, Feltrinelli, Milano, 2020) con ospite/Antonio A. Casilli (Faculty Fellow Centro Nexa) /è//https://webinaire.ehess.fr/html5client/join?sessionToken=pchqwa6m6vlxxp4 <https://webinaire.ehess.fr/html5client/join?sessionToken=pchqwa6m6vlxxp4z>/ / Cordiali saluti,   -- Anita Botta Communication Manager Nexa Center for Internet & Society Politecnico di Torino – DAUIN Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24 - 10129 Torino _web:_ https://nexa.polito.it/ _mail:_anita.botta@polito.it <mailto:anita.botta@polito.it> tel: 011 090 7219

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Seven principles for AI: BMW Group sets out code of ethics for the use of artificial intelligence.
by don Luca Peyron Oct. 23, 2020

Oct. 23, 2020

+++ AI already widely used within the company +++ Over 400 use cases throughout the value chain +++ Code of ethics underpins the increased use of AI technologies +++ Un caso di studio interessante... Buona lettura dl https://www.press.bmwgroup.com/global/article/detail/T0318411EN/seven-princ… _________________________ 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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How classroom technology is holding students back – MIT Technology Review
by J.C. DE MARTIN Oct. 22, 2020

Oct. 22, 2020

How classroom technology is holding students back Educators love digital devices, but there’s little evidence they help children—especially those who most need help. by Natalie Wexler December 19, 2019 https://www.technologyreview.com/2019/12/19/131155/classroom-technology-hol… (Sent from my wireless device; please excuse brevity and typos (if any))

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Ricchi e buoni? Le trame oscure del filantrocapitalismo
by Antonio Iacono Oct. 22, 2020

Oct. 22, 2020

Un documentatissimo libro-inchiesta di Nicoletta Dentico sul perché Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, Bill Clinton e Mark Zuckerberg sono i protagonisti della nuova mega filantropia. Il ruolo ambiguo di Bill Gates sul vaccino anti-Covid19 Perché l’élite dell’1% del pianeta, la classe più predatoria della storia umana, è anche la più socialmente impegnata a sostenere cause nobili come salute, educazione, lotta alla fame, con la scusa di cambiare il mondo? Che cosa si nasconde dietro la rinascita della filantropia a vocazione globale? L’impegno sempre più pervasivo dei filantropi è davvero la soluzione alle sfide della contemporaneità o non è piuttosto un ambiguo e problematico effetto delle disuguaglianze strutturali che rendono la nostra epoca la più ingiusta di tutti i tempi? E che cosa è il «filantrocapitalismo», la versione più sofisticata della filantropia che da due decenni domina la scena internazionale e che si consolida oggi nel tempo di Covid19? ... http://www.vita.it/it/article/2020/10/19/ricchi-e-buoni-le-trame-oscure-del… Negli anni Settanta, il filosofo Gregory Bateson aveva intuito che non esistono soluzioni tecnologiche rapide che non siano destinate a produrre una moltitudine di nuovi problemi. Ne sanno qualcosa le comunità locali di Asia e America Latina, da decenni ormai intrappolate nella contaminazione ambientale e nella dipendenza da giganti come Monsanto o Syngenta per la fornitura di sementi e prodotti petrolchimici. ... http://www.vita.it/it/article/2020/10/20/fondazione-gates-e-fame-in-africa-…

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Ten Commandments of the Small Internet
by Antonio Iacono Oct. 22, 2020

Oct. 22, 2020

In un recente intervento ho citato il movimento del Fediverso [1]. Torno sull'argomento "minimalismo" approfittando della presenza, in questa lista, di persone sensibili al tema. Stavolta vorrei segnalare un altro movimento, ancora più recente, che si è creato attorno ad un progetto "Small Internet" [2] e ad un nuovo protocollo internet, Gemini [3], una via di mezzo tra 'gopher' e 'http'. Antonio [1] https://server-nexa.polito.it/pipermail/nexa/2020-October/019112.html [2] https://cheapskatesguide.org/articles/small-internet.html/ [3] https://gemini.circumlunar.space/

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PayPal allows Bitcoin and crypto spending
by gianlucaquaglia＠gmail.com Oct. 22, 2020

Oct. 22, 2020

PayPal allows Bitcoin and crypto spending PayPal has entered the cryptocurrency market, announcing that its customers will be able to buy and sell Bitcoin and other virtual currencies using their PayPal accounts. Those virtual coins could then be used to buy things from the 26 million sellers which accept PayPal, it said. PayPal plans to roll out buying options in the US over the next few weeks, with the full rollout due early next year. Bitcoin prices rose alongside the news, breaking the $12,000 (£9,170) mark. The other cryptocurrencies to be added first will be Ethereum, Litecoin, and Bitcoin Cash (a spin-off from Bitcoin). All could be stored "directly within the PayPal digital wallet", the company said. [...] continua qui https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-54630283

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European Commission Open source software strategy 2020-2023
by Fabio Pietrosanti (naif) Oct. 22, 2020

Oct. 22, 2020

E’ stata pubblicata la European Commission Open source software strategy 2020-2023 https://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/informatics/open-source-software-stra… Sarebbe certamente interessante per gli interessati e appassionati: 1. Effettuarne una traduzione in Italiano 2. Effettuare una riflessione comparata rispetto agli elementi equivalenti nel piano triennale Agid Fabio

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Flamethrowers and Fire Extinguishers – a review of “The Social Dilemma”
by Antonio Iacono Oct. 22, 2020

Oct. 22, 2020

Torno sull'argomento per segnalarvi un articolo (sotto le conclusioni) e un incontro online di un gruppo di lavoro che stasera dialogherà sul documentario. - https://librarianshipwreck.wordpress.com/2020/09/17/flamethrowers-and-fire-… - https://twc-italia.org/events/12 Antonio ... The Social Dilemma responds to the question of “what kind of technology do we really need?” by saying “humane technology.” After all, the organization The Center for Humane Technology is at the core of the film, and Harris speaks repeatedly of “humane technology.” At the surface level it is hard to imagine anyone saying that they disapprove of the idea of “humane technology,” but what the film means by this (and what the organization means by this) is fairly vacuous. When the Center for Humane Technology launched in 2018, to a decent amount of praise and fanfare, it was clear from the outset that its goal had more to do with rehabilitating Silicon Valley’s image than truly pushing for a significant shift in technological forms. Insofar as “humane technology” means anything, it stands for platforms and devices that are designed to be a little less intrusive, that are designed to try to help you be your best self (whatever that means), that try to inform you instead of misinform you, and that make it so that you can think nice thoughts about the people who designed these products. The purpose of “humane technology” isn’t to stop you from being “the product,” it’s to make sure that you’re a happy product. “Humane technology” isn’t about deleting Facebook, it’s about renewing your faith in Facebook so that you keep clicking on the “like” button. And, of course, “humane technology” doesn’t seem to be particularly concerned with all of the inhumanity that goes into making these gadgets possible (from mining, to conditions in assembly plants, to e-waste). “Humane technology” isn’t about getting Ben or Isla off their phones, it’s about making them feel happy when they click on them instead of anxious. In a world of empowered arsonists, “humane technology” seeks to give everyone a pair of asbestos socks. Many past critics also argued that what was needed was to place a new word before technology – they argued for “democratic” technologies, or “holistic” technologies, or “convivial” technologies, or “appropriate” technologies, and this list could go on. Yet at the core of those critiques was not an attempt to salvage the status quo but a recognition that what was necessary in order to obtain a different sort of technology was to have a different sort of society. Or, to put it another way, the matter at hand is not to ask “what kind of computers do we want?” but to ask “what kind of society do we want?” and to then have the bravery to ask how (or if) computers really fit into that world—and if they do fit, how ubiquitous they will be, and who will be responsible for the mining/assembling/disposing that are part of those devices’ lifecycles. Certainly, these are not easy questions to ask, and they are not pleasant questions to mull over, which is why it is so tempting to just trust that the Center for Humane Technology will fix everything, or to just say that the problem is Silicon Valley. Thus as the film ends we are left squirming unhappily as Netflix (which has, of course, noted the fact that we watched The Social Dilemma) asks us to give the film a thumbs up or a thumbs down – before it begins auto-playing something else. The Social Dilemma is right in at least one regard, we are facing a social dilemma. But as far as the film is concerned, your role in resolving this dilemma is to sit patiently on the couch and stare at the screen until a remorseful tech insider tells you what to do.

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