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Awful AI
by Giacomo Tesio Nov. 8, 2018

Nov. 8, 2018

> *Awful AI* is a curated list to track *current* scary usages of AI - > hoping to raise awareness to its misuses in society > > Artificial intelligence in its current state is unfair > <https://github.com/rockita/criticalML> and easily susceptible to attacks > <http://www.cleverhans.io/security/privacy/ml/2016/12/16/breaking-things-is-…>. > Nevertheless, more and more concerning the uses of AI technology are > appearing in the wild. This list aims to track *all of them*. We hope > that *Awful AI* can be a platform to spur discussion for the development > of possible contestational technology (to fight back!). > https://github.com/daviddao/awful-ai Raccolta interessante, sebbene sicuramente parziale. Al momento mancano, per esempio, tutte le applicazioni robotiche autonome che hanno effettivamente ucciso esseri umani. Giacomo

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To regulate AI we need new laws, not just a code of ethics | Paul Chadwick | Opinion | The Guardian
by J.C. DE MARTIN Nov. 8, 2018

Nov. 8, 2018

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/oct/28/regulate-ai-new-laws-… (Sent from my wireless device; please excuse brevity and typos (if any))

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universal guidelines for artificial intelligence
by Enrico Nardelli Nov. 7, 2018

Nov. 7, 2018

"We propose these Universal Guidelines to inform and improve the design and use of AI. The Guidelines are intended to maximize the benefits of AI, to minimize the risk, and to ensure the protection of human rights..." https://thepublicvoice.org/ai-universal-guidelines/ https://thepublicvoice.org/ai-universal-guidelines/memo/ -- EN ===================================================================== Prof. Enrico Nardelli Dipartimento di Matematica - Universita' di Roma "Tor Vergata" Via della Ricerca Scientifica snc - 00133 Roma tel: +39 06 7259.4204 fax: +39 06 7259.4699 mobile: +39 335 590.2331 e-mail: nardelli(a)mat.uniroma2.it home page: http://www.mat.uniroma2.it/~nardelli blog: http://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/blog/enardelli/ http://link-and-think.blogspot.it/ ===================================================================== --

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a contract for the web
by Enrico Nardelli Nov. 7, 2018

Nov. 7, 2018

(from he MIT Technology Review) Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the web, kicked off proceedings with an impassioned plea to save his creation from “fake people, fake ideas and fake truth.” He launched a “Contract for the Web,” https://fortheweb.webfoundation.org/principles-1 a set of principles for companies, governments and citizens, which will be turned into full guidelines by May 2019, when half the world is due to be online. These include a promise that companies will “respect consumers’ privacy and personal data.” Two of the early signatories are Google and Facebook. -- EN ===================================================================== Prof. Enrico Nardelli Dipartimento di Matematica - Universita' di Roma "Tor Vergata" Via della Ricerca Scientifica snc - 00133 Roma tel: +39 06 7259.4204 fax: +39 06 7259.4699 mobile: +39 335 590.2331 e-mail: nardelli(a)mat.uniroma2.it home page: http://www.mat.uniroma2.it/~nardelli blog: http://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/blog/enardelli/ http://link-and-think.blogspot.it/ ===================================================================== --

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Facial image matching system risks 'chilling effect' on freedoms, rights groups say | World news | The Guardian
by Alberto Cammozzo Nov. 7, 2018

Nov. 7, 2018

Australia, non Cina. <https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/07/facial-image-matching-system-…> Civil rights groups have warned a vast, powerful system allowing the near real-time matching of citizens’ facial images risks a “profound chilling effect” on protest and dissent. The technology – known in shorthand as “the capability” – collects and pools facial imagery from various state and federal government sources, including driver’s licences, passports and visas. The biometric information can then rapidly – almost in real time – be compared with other sources, such as CCTV footage, to match identities. The system, chiefly controlled by the federal Department of Home Affairs, is designed to give intelligence and security agencies a powerful tool to deter identity crime, and quickly identify terror and crime suspects. [...]

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Blockchain. Intorno alla moneta digitale | 19 novembre 2018, Torino
by Francesco Ruggiero Nov. 6, 2018

Nov. 6, 2018

Gentilissimi, vi segnalo un incontro in programma il *19 novembre, ore 18-20*, al Circolo dei Lettori di Torino, in via Bogino 9. Tema: *“Blockchain. Intorno alla moneta digitale”.* L’incontro sarà introdotto da *Maurizio Ferraris* (Università di Torino). Interverranno *Marco Conoscenti *(Nexa Center for Internet & Society), *Francesco Guala* (Università di Milano), *Michele Manente* (Commissione informatica del Consiglio Nazionale del Notariato e *Angela Condello *(Università di Torino) in qualità di moderatrice. Maggiori informazioni sono disponibili all’indirizzo: https://www.circololettori.it/scienza-nuova-3/ Cordiali saluti, Francesco -- Francesco Ruggiero Communication Manager Nexa Center for Internet & Society Politecnico di Torino - DAUIN Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24 - 10129 Torino web: http://nexa.polito.it mail: francesco.ruggiero(a)polito.it tel: 011 090 7219

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Release of RESET Issue 7 'Political Forms and Movements in the Digital Era'
by Francesca Musiani Nov. 5, 2018

Nov. 5, 2018

(With apologies for cross-posting) ------- Dear colleagues, Clément Mabi and Célya Gruson-Daniel (issue editors), and the editorial board of the RESET journal (Social Science Research on the Internet) are delighted to announce the publication of Issue 7, 'Political Forms and Movements in the Digital Era'. The ambition of this issue of the RESET journal is indeed to question how digital technologies, embedded in different contexts, produce new forms of political mobilization and organization, or stabilize older ones, while conveying multiple values and principles which are, in turn, transforming technologies themselves. The issue is freely accessible in its entirety at the following address: https://journals.openedition.org/reset/899 with a bilingual introduction. With kindest regards The issue editors and the RESET editorial board. --------- Cher-e-s collègues, Clément Mabi et Célya Gruson-Daniel (coord.) ainsi que le comité de rédaction de la revue RESET (Recherches en sciences sociales sur Internet) sont heureux de vous annoncer la parution du numéro 7 de la revue, 'Formes et mouvements politiques à l'ère numérique'. Ce numéro de la revue RESET cherche à questionner la manière dont le « numérique », inséré dans différents contextes, produit de nouvelles formes de mobilisation et d’organisation politiques, ou en stabilise d’anciennes, tout en embarquant avec lui une série de valeurs et de principes qui contribuent en retour à les faire elles-mêmes évoluer. Le numéro est librement accessible en texte intégral à l'adresse: https://journals.openedition.org/reset/899. Bien cordialement, Les coordinateurs et le CR RESET -- Francesca Musiani (ph.d.) associate research professor (*chargée de recherche*), CNRS, ISCC <http://www.iscc.cnrs.fr/> associate researcher, i3, CSI <http://www.csi.ensmp.fr/>, MINES ParisTech vice-chair, CPT <http://iamcr.org/s-wg/section/cp-t>, IAMCR academic editor, @PolicyR <http://policyreview.info/> on the web <http://www.iscc.cnrs.fr/spip.php?article1960> | on twitter <https://twitter.com/franmusiani>

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Amazon Must Be Broken Up: NYU Professor Amplifies Trump’s Antitrust Comments
by Luigi Scorca Nov. 5, 2018

Nov. 5, 2018

The retail behemoth Amazon must be targeted for antitrust violations and broken up into smaller companies, argues Scott Galloway, a marketing professor at New York University. Amazon has already passed the monopoly threshold triggered in the past by conglomerates like Standard Oil or AT&T, according to Galloway. https://m.theepochtimes.com/amazon-must-be-broken-up-nyu-professor-amplifie…

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CyberBRICS Fellowship Programme
by Luca Belli Nov. 5, 2018

Nov. 5, 2018

Buongiorno, Condivido la Call qui di seguito nel caso interessi a qualche membro della lista Un caro saluto da Rio Luca De: Luca Belli Assunto: CyberBRICS Fellowship Programme Dear colleagues, (apologies for cross-posting) It is a great pleasure to announce the first CyberBRICS Fellowship Programme to be hosted at FGV Law School, Rio de Janeiro. The programme will offer five remunerated fellowships, from February to July 2019, at FGV DIREITO RIO, to support selected scholars having relevant experience in data protection and cybersecurity frameworks in at least one of the BRICS countries. The full Call for Applications is available at https://internet-governance.fgv.br/call-applications-cyberbrics-fellowship-…<https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Finternet-…> The CyberBRICS Project is the result of 2 years of consultations with a wide range of partners and stakeholders, including a dedicated IGF workshop, in 2017<https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Figf2017.s…>; consultations with the Brazilian Foreign Affairs Ministry, the China International Publishing Group and the Open Society Foundations; and extensive exchanges with CyberBRICS partners.* The CyberBRICS fellows will be selected by a commission formed by Prof Luca Belli, from FGV DIREITO RIO (Brazil), Prof Alexey Ivanov, from the Higher School of Economics (Russia), Ms Elonnai Hickok, from the Centre for Internet and Society (India), Prof Shen Yi, from Fudan University (China), and Prof Alison Gillwald, from the Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance University of Cape Town (South Africa). Over a six month period, selected fellows will receive a monthly salary comprised between USD 2.200 and 2.500 (see item 5 of the Call) and will be expected to be based in Rio de Janeiro, where they will have a dedicated office within the FGV main building, in 190 praia de Botafogo. Besides the fellowship programme, we are also building a Network of CyberBRICS Associated Scholars, allowing scholars interested in CyberBRICS activities and having relevant experience in the fields explored by the project to cooperate with us. Should you be interested in this latter opportunity, please feel free to send me a personal email. Please feel free to share this message thought your networks. Kind regards Luca *The CyberBRICS Project was developed thanks to inputs from the Higher School of Economics and the Center for New Media and Society (Russia); the Centre for Internet and Society (India); the University of Hong Kong and the Fudan University (China); and Research ICT Africa and the University of Cape Town (South Africa). [http://www.fgv.br/mailing/2018/direito_rio/assinatura/fgv_direito_rio.jpg] Luca Belli, PhD Professor of Internet Governance and Regulation [http://www.fgv.br/mailing/2018/direito_rio/assinatura/fgv_tel.jpg]+55 21 3799 5763 t @1lucabelli<https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.c…> [http://www.fgv.br/mailing/2018/direito_rio/assinatura/fgv_direito_rio_map.j… de Botafogo, 190 13º andar Botafogo - Rio de Janeiro, RJ - CEP: 22250-900 [http://www.fgv.br/mailing/2018/direito_rio/assinatura/fgv_ass_email.jpg]luc…<mailto:luca.belli@fgv.br> [http://www.fgv.br/mailing/2018/direito_rio/assinatura/fgv_ass_url.jpg]inter… <https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Finternet-…>

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Registration for the MOVING MOOC “Science 2.0 and open research methods“ is open!
by Francesco Ruggiero Nov. 5, 2018

Nov. 5, 2018

Dear all, Registration for the MOVING MOOC "Science 2.0 and open research methods" is open. In the MOOC young scholars will learn to use web-based social technologies and online communities not just as objects of study, but as way of conducting research: to build networks, discuss findings, and collaborate (globally) with scholars across disciplinary, cultural and geographical boundaries. Participants of the MOOC will learn that the use of social technologies together with movements like Creative Commons offer entirely new ways to publish, share, discuss and reproduce scientific findings and data. Mastering these social technologies and web-based tools will provide them with the opportunity to create scholarly innovations and make scientific findings accessible to a broader public. The MOOC starts *November 12th, 2018 *on the MOVING platform <http://moving.mz.tu-dresden.de/>. For more information watch the video <https://h5p.org/node/314784>, visit the MOVING website <https://moving.mz.tu-dresden.de/mooc>. You can register now for the MOOC <https://moving.mz.tu-dresden.de/mooc>. Best, -- Francesco Ruggiero Communication Manager Nexa Center for Internet & Society Politecnico di Torino - DAUIN Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24 - 10129 Torino web: http://nexa.polito.it mail: francesco.ruggiero(a)polito.it tel: 011 090 7219

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