Tag: Science and Technology

Articles tagged with science-and-technology

William S. Isaac Shakir Mohamed Marie-Therese Png

Decolonizing AI

Algorithmic oppression is rooted in the colonial project.

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Aaron Benanav

Technology Is Unlikely to Create Shared Prosperity

We must rethink the connection between employment and economic growth.

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Molly Kinder

How the Pandemic Might Shape the Fight Against Automation

We must also address the interrelated challenges created by the pandemic.

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Andrea Dehlendorf Ryan Gerety

The Punitive Potential of AI

The problems go beyond the abstractions of democracy and liberty. New workplace technologies cater to punitive practices.

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Daniel Susskind

A World with Less Work

The threat of automation requires stronger labor policy proposals.

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Kate Crawford

Between Dystopia and Utopia

AI/human “collaboration” is not the answer to the threat of automation.

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Erik Brynjolfsson

Augmentation, Not Automation

When it comes to AI’s effect on the workforce, the real challenge is wages, not jobs.

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Rediet Abebe Maximilian Kasy

The Means of Prediction

Discussions about “fairness” don’t go far enough. We need to think more deeply about who controls data and algorithms.

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Daron Acemoglu

AI’s Future Doesn’t Have to Be Dystopian

AI can be used to increase human productivity, create jobs and shared prosperity, and protect and bolster democratic freedoms—but only if we modify our approach.

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Lily Hu

Race, Policing, and the Limits of Social Science

Studying the social world requires more than deference to data—no matter the prestige or sophistication of the tools with which they are parsed.

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