Welcome to the Technologies Impacting Society Podcast, the show where we explore the latest trends in digital technology and its impact on our society, and how it is changing us. Today I’m going to be discussing why AI is considered dangerous. In today’s fast-paced world, keeping a podcast short and sweet is crucial, as everyone […]
How do we keep the digital forest safe for everyone? A conversation on consent, dark patterns, and building a fair marketplace for our data.
The digital world is on the cusp of a revolutionary transformation, and at the forefront of this evolution is Web 3. As the Internet continues to evolve, Web 3 emerges as a dynamic and revolutionary concept that promises to reshape the way we interact, transact, and experience the online realm. In this guide, we’ll explore
Future Of Web 3 – A Paradigm Shift in the Digital Landscape Read More »
AI and the digital economy are rewriting the jobs market, and they are doing it fast. The World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs Report 2025 expects 170 million new roles by 2030 and 92 million to disappear. That is a net gain of 78 million. Many of these are not old jobs with new tools
6 Thriving Jobs in the Age of AI and Digital Economy Read More »
Artificial intelligence is one of the most powerful technologies of our time, and that power cuts both ways. The same systems that can diagnose disease or coordinate disaster relief can also watch, sort, and score entire populations. This is where AI surveillance stops being science fiction and becomes a genuine question about freedom: could AI,
The Age of Artificial Intelligence: A Potential Gateway to Totalitarianism Read More »
In today’s world, we are generating and storing data at an unprecedented rate. However, making sense of this data can be a challenge. Enter knowledge graphs – a powerful tool for organising and analysing complex data. Knowledge graphs represent data as a graph structure, allowing for easy connections between entities and relationships. In this blog
Knowledge Graphs – 5 Things To Know With Real World Use Cases Read More »
Language models play a crucial role in natural language processing, enabling machines to understand, generate, and respond to human language. Over the years, language models have become more sophisticated, leading to the development of LLMs—Large Language Models. These models leverage massive datasets and complex algorithms to achieve previously unimaginable feats in language understanding and generation.
Introducing Large Language Models (LLMs), Their Applications and Scalability Read More »
What happens if we build minds smarter than our own? Émile Torres on the ideologies fuelling the race to AGI, the control problem, and what’s really at stake for humanity.
The Potential Side Effects Of AI On Human Existence Read More »
The maths behind machine learning looks neutral, but its outcomes rarely are. Noah Giansiracusa on where bias creeps in, and why the fight over AI ethics reaches all the way into Google.
Who gets left behind when we regulate AI? Yonah Welker on the EU AI Act, the gaps facing disabled users, and designing technology that includes everyone from the start.
The AI Act & Disability-Centered Policy: Addressing Social Exclusion Read More »
Many virtual communities have surfaced and come together on the World Wide Web. Web-based community portals serve as a one-stop place for all information needs serving a group of users that have common interests. As organisations become highly dynamic and the people that join them become more geographically dispersed, the need for improved ways to
Online community sites have replaced the traditional means of keeping a community informed via libraries and publishing. At present, online communities are islands that are not interlinked. We describe different types of online communities and tools that are currently used to build and support such communities. Ontologies and semantic web technologies offer an upgrade path
Publication: Linking Semantically Enabled Online Community Sites Read More »
