Appleton Tower G.05 Wednesday 23 November 2016 2 pm to 3.30 pm An Introduction to Computational Thinking (Episode 3) by Dr Michael Rovatsos Senior Lecturer at the School of Informatics at The University of Edinburgh, and Director of the Centre For Intelligent Systems and their Applications. Video of the first session here: http://www.blogs.hss.ed.ac.uk/crag/2016/08/28/introduction-computational-thinking/ What is […]
Monthly Archives: October 2016
Weapons of Math Destruction: invisible, ubiquitous algorithms are ruining millions of lives
I’ve been writing about the work of Cathy “Mathbabe” O’Neil for years: she’s a radical data-scientist with a Harvard PhD in mathematics, who coined the term “Wea… Source: Weapons of Math Destruction: invisible, ubiquitous algorithms are ruining millions of lives
Welcome to a world without work | Ryan Avent | Opinion | The Guardian
Automation and globalisation are combining to generate a world with a surfeit of labour and too little work Source: Welcome to a world without work | Ryan Avent | Opinion | The Guardian
Financial Automation: Anthrobotics Reading Group Session 2
Informatics Forum Friday 28 October 2016 9.30 Room 1.16 Breakfast included This Session will be dedicated to discussing the idea of corporate automation, through the reading of two articles by Donald MacKenzie. Participants need only read one of the two articles, but of course can read both. 1 – Article from the London Review of […]
‘The Threat of Algocracy’ – Anthrobotic Reading Group – Session 3
Anthrobotic Reading Group 25 November 2016 9.30 – 11.00 Informatics Forum Room 1.16 We will discuss the following paper with its author, Dr. John Danaher, NUI Galway University The Threat of Algocracy: Reality, Resistance and Accommodation John Danaher One of the most noticeable trends in recent years has been the increasing reliance of public decision-making […]
Mankind vs machine: Can our bodies keep up with the evolution of gadgets? | TechRadar
Our gadgets are evolving more quickly than we are. Should we be worried? Source: Mankind vs machine: Can our bodies keep up with the evolution of gadgets? | TechRadar