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"L'intelligenza artificiale? Non è vera intelligenza"
by Marco Ciurcina April 2, 2019

April 2, 2019

Il filosofo americano: "I computer non hanno una mente perché non hanno una coscienza" Il mistero della realtà (Raffaello Cortina Editore, pagg. 300, euro 26) raccoglie dieci lezioni tenute da John Searle all'Università di Girona, nel 2015. In ciascuna di esse, il filosofo americano, allievo di Austin e «nipote» (intellettualmente parlando) di Frege, si occupa delle questioni ancora aperte per la filosofia del XXI secolo. Lo fa dal suo versante, quello della filosofia della mente e del linguaggio (che ha insegnato all'Università di Berkeley, dove oggi, a 86 anni, è professore emerito); quello della filosofia analitica, di cui è uno degli esponenti più celebri, grazie alla sua teoria degli «atti linguistici». E, in particolare, Searle affronta quella che per lui è «la vera domanda» per la filosofia oggi, ovvero: «Come è possibile conciliare ciò che pensiamo della realtà umana con la realtà più elementare descritta dalle scienze dure?». ... [continua qui] http://www.ilgiornale.it/news/cultura/lintelligenza-artificiale-non-vera-in… Leggendo l'intervista parrebbe un libro interessante. Qualcuno l'ha letto? m.c.

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CfP Workshop on Engineering Accountable Information Systems Stockholm University Stockholm, Sweden, June 10-11, 2019
by Ben Wagner April 2, 2019

April 2, 2019

Dear all, we currently have a call for papers on Accountable Systems for a workshop at ECIS 2019 that might be interesting for many people on this list: https://easychair.org/cfp/ECIS2019-EAIS <https://easychair.org/cfp/ECIS2019-EAIS> Deadline for submissions is 15 March 2019. If you have any questions about it please don’t hesitate to get in touch. Best, Ben -- Dr. Ben Wagner Assistant Professor Institute for Information Systems and Society Vienna University of Economics and Business Director, Privacy & Sustainable Computing Lab Email: ben.wagner(a)wu.ac.at <mailto:ben.wagner@wu.ac.at> | Tel: +43-1-31336-6061 Web: https://www.privacylab.at/ <https://www.privacylab.at/> | Twitter: @benwagne_r ECIS 2019 Workshop: Engineering Accountable Information Systems The function of information systems in society is increasingly in focus of information systems research. One outstanding challenge is how to build information systems which promote accountability, as part of a wider debate on fairness, accountability, and transparency principles (e.g., ACM FAT*). This need for accountability must be reflected on all layers of systems engineering, ranging from process analysis to concrete technical components and primitives employed during implementation. Based on our existing research we believe that three specific areas of information systems research are most relevant in this context: user cognition and human behaviour in relation to the design of interfaces; automated decision-making systems and decision-support systems; critical business processes with a particular need for accountability. In all these and further areas, accountability in complex information systems needs to be addressed through technical mechanisms. Existing high-level considerations on accountability in information systems notwithstanding, however, the concrete engineering and implementation of such mechanisms has so far received only limited attention. Similarly, the challenges arising during such transformations of abstract accountability concepts into concrete technologies as well as the critical evaluation of respective implementations are only rarely covered by existing research. We see this workshop as an opportunity to close these gaps through engaging with the existing debate on accountability while integrating key knowledge from the information systems community. Importantly, our approach to accountable systems is not just focused on high level norms of system development, but indispensably also incorporates practical questions of engineering and designing actual systems. We therefore encourage submissions from the above-mentioned and other areas of accountability engineering as long as they sufficiently incorporate questions of concrete systems engineering and implementation. Submission Guidelines Authors should follow the ECIS 2019 guidelines for research in progress papers, with papers between 4 and 7 pages in length. A poster is not required. Full details are available here: http://ecis2019.eu/information-to-authors <http://ecis2019.eu/information-to-authors> Submissions must be made through the EasyChair system via the following link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ecis2019eais <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ecis2019eais> For questions about the workshop, submissions or review process, contact the chairs via ecis2019eais[at]easychair[dot]org Relevant Dates • Submissions due by March 15 2019 • Replies by April 15 2019 • Final Papers due June 1 2010 • Workshop will be held on June 10 and 11, at Stockholm University’s Kista campus. Organizing & Program Committee Chairs • Ben Wagner, WU Vienna • Frank Pallas, TU Berlin • Florian Cech, TU Vienna • Ancsa Hannak, CSH Vienna Program Committee • Soheil Human, WU Vienna • Till Winkler, WU Vienna • Niels ten Oever, University of Amsterdam • Jörg Pohle, HIIG Berlin • Claudia Müller-Birn, FU Berlin • Juhi Kulshreshta, GESIS, Leibniz • Eliška Pírková, University of Helsinki • Juan Quintero, FAU Erlangen Nürnberg • Eva Zangerle, University of Innsbruck • Abhijnan Chakraborty, MPI Saarbrucken • Piotr Sapiezynski, Northeastern University • Jat Singh, University of Cambridge • Martina Zitterbart, KIT Karlsruhe • Giovanni Sartor, EUI Florence • Abbas Masnavi, CalTech • Golnaz Bidabadi, San Jose State University • Melanie Herschel, IPVS, University of Stuttgart Publication Accepted papers will be published as part of an open-access online collection with CEUR Workshop Proceedings http://ceur-ws.org/ <http://ceur-ws.org/> and an overview of the workshop findings will be published with CAIS (Communications of the Association for Information Systems). Venue The conference will be held in Stockholm University’s Kista campus on June 10 and 11. -- Dr. Ben Wagner Assistant Professor Institute for Information Systems and Society Vienna University of Economics and Business Director, Privacy & Sustainable Computing Lab Email: ben.wagner(a)wu.ac.at | Tel: +43-1-31336-6061 Web: https://www.privacylab.at/ | Twitter: @benwagne_r

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Paper: “The Smart Home on FIRE: Amplifying and Accelerating Domestic Surveillance”
by J.C. DE MARTIN April 2, 2019

April 2, 2019

https://ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/surveillance-and-society/article/v… (Sent from my wireless device; please excuse brevity and typos (if any))

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Exodus: Nuovo Spyware per Android Made in Italy
by Giacomo April 1, 2019

April 1, 2019

https://securitywithoutborders.org/blog/2019/03/29/exodus-ita.html Abbiamo identificato una nuova famiglia di spyware per Android che abbiamo nominato Exodus e che si compone di due stage che identifichiamo in questo rapporto come Exodus One e Exodus Two. [...] Secondo le statistiche pubblicamente disponibili, in aggiunta ad una conferma di Google, la maggior parte di queste applicazioni hanno raccolto qualche decina di installazioni ciascuna, con un caso che superava le 350 unità. Tutte le vittime si trovano in Italia. [...] Riteniamo che questa piattaforma spyware sia stata sviluppata da una società Italiana chiamata eSurv, di Catanzaro, che opera principalmente nel settore della videosorveglianza [...] Exodus è dotato di ampie capacità di raccolta e di intercettazione. È particolarmente preoccupante che alcune delle modifiche effettuate dallo spyware potrebbero esporre i dispositivi infetti a ulteriori compromissioni o a manomissioni dei dati. [...]

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Câbles sous-marins d’Internet : « Les risques de tension sont extrêmement réels »
by J.C. DE MARTIN March 31, 2019

March 31, 2019

Peut-on éteindre Internet ? On a posé la question à Jean-Luc Vuillemin, directeur des Réseaux Internationaux d’Orange, dans le cadre du dossier à la Une du dernier numéro d'Usbek & Rica, qui explore les futurs possibles d'Internet. https://usbeketrica.com/article/cables-sous-marins-internet-risques-tension… (Sent from my wireless device; please excuse brevity and typos (if any))

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Mark Zuckerberg calls for stronger regulation of internet | Media | The Guardian
by Alberto Cammozzo March 31, 2019

March 31, 2019

Dopo Cambridge Analytica è molto difficile monitorare FB. Le analisi già pubblicate non si potrebbero più fare. Qualcuno di indipendente si sta occupando di monitorare le elezioni UE? Che lo facciano i governi come suggerisce lo Zuck ovviamente non è una buona idea. Ciao, Alberto <https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/mar/30/mark-zuckerberg-calls-fo…> The Facebook boss, Mark Zuckerberg, has set out how he believes the social network and the internet should be regulated. The firm’s founder and chief executive said there was a need for governments and regulators to have “a more active role”. Zuckerberg said he believed new regulation was needed in four areas – harmful content, election integrity, privacy and data portability. In an editorial published online in the Washington Post and on his own Facebook page, Zuckerberg said: “Every day we make decisions about what speech is harmful, what constitutes political advertising, and how to prevent sophisticated cyberattacks. “These are important for keeping our community safe. But if we were starting from scratch, we wouldn’t ask companies to make these judgments alone. “I believe we need a more active role for governments and regulators. By updating the rules for the internet, we can preserve what’s best about it – the freedom for people to express themselves and for entrepreneurs to build new things – while also protecting society from broader harms.” Zuckerberg said legislation was important for “protecting elections” and it should be updated, adding that Facebook had already made “significant changes around political ads”. [...]

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Google France et l’évasion fiscale
by Giacomo Tesio March 29, 2019

March 29, 2019

https://tuxicoman.jesuislibre.net/2019/03/google-france-et-levasion-fiscale… Il ne vous aura pas échappé que Google est passé à l’offensive médiatique pour envahir la France. Google a construit des espaces de promotion partout en France (ateliers Google) et s’assure le soutien de l’Etat dans cette démarche en apportant de l’argent et de l’activité là où l’Etat peine faute de moyen à prendre place. Google à quand même réussi à diffuser son discours en monologue depuis le compte Twitter officiel de l’Elysée. Du jamais vu. Pourtant, si Google participait à la société en payant ses impôts, l’Etat ne ferait pas la manche.

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Mommy, Why is There a Server in the House?
by Giacomo Tesio March 29, 2019

March 29, 2019

https://archive.org/details/mommybook Do you know what a serveer is? I bet you do! A servers is a funny looking box. It makes friends with computers. Big people have a server at the "office". The office is a boring place where big people go and do boring things. Offices are why big people get grumpy, and say bad words. But guess what? Some servers aren't boring. They don't go in offices.. they go in houses! Maybe in your house! How does it get there? When a mummy and a daddy love each other very much, the daddy want to give the mummy a special gift. [...] ____ :-D Un libretto di Microsoft del 2007. Una lettura fantastica sotto moltissimi punti di vista, sociologico, storico e informatico. Leggetelo... è spettacolare! ;-) Giacomo

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When protecting the US Constitution means defending accused terrorists
by Alberto Cammozzo March 29, 2019

March 29, 2019

Le tecnologie in questo caso non c'entrano, ma ho trovato questo video toccante, e penso possa interessare questa lista: negli USA si prepara un processo attorno a uno dei più significativi stati di eccezione del nostro tempo. <https://aeon.co/videos/when-protecting-the-us-constitution-means-defending-…> This short documentary follows three US Department of Defense lawyers – Alka Pradhan, James Connell and Sterling Thomas – working on a Guantánamo Bay case fraught with unique challenges and sensitivities. The trio serves as the defence team for Ammar al-Baluchi, one of five men currently facing the death penalty for 9/11-related crimes. To do their job, the lawyers must earn and keep al-Baluchi’s trust, present their defence before the family members of 9/11 victims, and even fend off interference from the very government entity for which they work – and which they accuse of repeatedly violating attorney-client privilege. It might seem an unenviable position, but it’s one they’ve taken on willingly, viewing their work as essential to protecting the US Constitution in a place where the rule of law has been so frequently and brazenly disregarded.

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SAVE THE DATE(s): 13-14 June 2019, INDL two-day conference on micro-work, AI and platform labour in Paris!
by Antonio Casilli March 29, 2019

March 29, 2019

Dear all, I'm extremely happy and thrilled to inform you that our INDL (International Network on Digital Labour, the branch of ENDL bent on world domination :) will take place in Paris on the 13th and 14th of June. Please mark it on your calendar: we count on you to attend the conference to meet, discuss, and have at least a drink and a croissant together. Plus, the conference is free. The registration link will soon be available, as well as the program. Here's a presentation, featuring the confirmed speakers: [ http://endl.network/events/conferences/indl-1-conference/ | http://endl.network/events/conferences/indl-1-conference/ ] . Feel free to forward this message to anyone who may be interested. Cheers, Antonio ---- [ http://endl.network/events/conferences/indl-1-conference/ | INDL-1 Conference "Microwork: Technology, Platforms, and Employment" ] [ http://endl.network/events/conferences/indl-1-conference/ | Two days to discuss micro-work from policy and academic perspectives ] [ http://endl.network/events/conferences/indl-1-conference/ ] [ http://endl.network/events/conferences/indl-1-conference/ | 13-14 June 2019 ] [ http://endl.network/events/conferences/indl-1-conference/ | France Stratégie ] [ http://endl.network/events/conferences/indl-1-conference/ | 20, avenue de Ségur ] [ http://endl.network/events/conferences/indl-1-conference/ | Paris (France) ] The [ http://endl.network/indl/ | International Network on Digital Labour (INDL) ] and [ https://www.strategie.gouv.fr/ | France Stratégie (a service of the French Prime Minister) ] present a two-day conference on micro-work, technology, and employment. Confirmed speakers include: Florian A. Schmidt (HTW Dresden), Vili Lehdonvirta (OII), Anoush Margaryan (University of West London), Odile Chagny (Sharers & Workers), Mariya Aleksynska (ILO), Patricia Vendramin (Université de Louvain), Julian Posada (University of Toronto), Jen Schradie (Sciences Po), Adam Badger (University of London), Paola Tubaro (CNRS), Ulrich Laitenberger (Telecom Paristech), Johan Lindquist (University of Stockholm), Niels van Doorn (University of Amsterdam), Alessandro Delfanti (University of Toronto), Antonio Casilli (Telecom ParisTech). The first day of the event will focus on policy perspectives on online platform-mediated work and especially micro-work, data preparation, and AI training. The presentations will be in English and French, with simultaneous translation. This day will feature panels both presenting the findings of [ http://diplab.eu/ | DiPLab ] , a research project entirely focusing on French micro-work, and discussing global perspectives on platform labour, with the presence of international specialists. It will also feature a "meet the micro-workers" panel, where workers, platform owners and client companies will confront their views. . The second day will feature academic explorations in the field of platform labour . The presentations will be in English. The day will start with a [ http://endl.network/doctoral-colloquium-2019-paris/ | doctoral colloquium ] where graduate students and junior researchers will present ongoing research projects and receive guidance from senior members of the network. A panel on the international perspectives of platform labour will address topics such as post-colonial theory, labour economics, skill formation, workers organisation. The two-day event will end with a keynote speech by Prof. Florian A. Schmidt (HTW Dresden). ---- -- Antonio A. Casilli Associate Professor (HDR), Telecom ParisTech Member, Interdisciplinary Institute for Innovation (i3 UMR 9217 CNRS) Associate Member, LACI-IIAC (EHESS) Faculty Fellow, Nexa Center for Internet & Society

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