Is the city you live in, safe? It is, if you’re living in Tokyo, Singapore, Osaka, Amsterdam, Sydney or Toronto – in that order. It isn’t if you’re living in Lagos, Caracas, Yangon, Karachi, Dhaka or Cairo. … Continue readingHow safe is your city?
Will an algorithm – instead of a human – decide who gets a replacement kidney or a liver or a heart? Yes. Not just any algorithm, but one using AI (artificial intelligence). … Continue readingWill Computers Decide Who Gets Organs?
The fallout from the Cambridge Analytica (CA) scandal has become a watershed moment, not just for social media, but also for the corporate world, and for the key companies involved. The Guardian newspaper headlined its story as “Facebook’s week of shame: the CA fallout” and noted that “US$60 billion was wiped off Facebook’s market capitalization in wake of Zuckerberg’s silence over the data breach.” … Continue readingPrivacy & Privilege