Technology
Internet, Internet!
The better we know the potentials and risks of the Internet and the technologies that accelerate and expand it, the better we will be able to use them to create a more critical, creative and democratic world.
Commons
Augmented Democracy
Cristina Sáez
In the future, we will be able to automate some of the tasks of government, and have tools that allow us to empower citizens and promote their participation.
Technology
Not Computable
David Casacuberta
Algorithms are not yet able to capture all the nuances of a human decision, so there are some decisions that, for the moment, only we can take.
Technology
World Siliconization
Éric Sadin
The irresistible expansion of digital liberalism points towards regulating, for the sole purpose of benefit, the course of life through algorithms.
Technology
Bias in a Feedback Loop: Fuelling Algorithmic Injustice
David Casacuberta
In order to prevent machine learning algorithms from perpetuating social inequalities, public debate is necessary on which problems are automatable.
Technology
Machines Now Know How to Terrorise Humans
Cristina Sáez
The Shelley Project studies how to produce horror stories as a result of collaboration between humans and artificial intelligence.
Technology
When Creativity Ceased To Be (Exclusively) Human
Jose Valenzuela Ruiz
How do artistic artificial intelligences work? We analyse what seemed to be the last stronghold of human creativity.
Storytelling
Technology
Towards a New News Ethic
Àlex Hinojo
The phenomenon of fake news and algorithms is forcing us to reconsider the difference between source and channel and the need for a global news ethic.
Technology
Machines and Humans: We Need to Talk
Andreu Belsunces | Marta Handenawer
The rise of personal virtual assistants calls for reflection on who is helping whom, and to what extent we will delegate tasks to machines.
Technology
Living with Smart Algorithms
Sandra Álvaro
Algorithms enable us to create smarter machines, but their lack of neutrality and transparency raises new challenges.
Technology
Algorithmic Injustice
David Casacuberta
In light of the increasing use of algorithms to automate decisions, we do not just want them to produce results that are correct. They must also be fair.
Technology
Fake News: Sharing is Caring
Sandra Álvaro
Algorithmic filter bubbles on the Internet limit the diversity of viewpoints we see and make it easier to spread fabricated information.