Chapter Five of Amazing Artificial Intelligence* Read the publication in full here There is no question that the advancement of technology, including something still yet to be fully understood, such as Artificial Intelligence, automated systems and all its elements, has the potential for both good but also for incredible harm. Yes, advancements in this field have made great strides in information technologies, communications, and other areas. … Continue reading Afterthoughts
Chapter Three of Amazing Artificial Intelligence* Read the publication in full here This chapter then delves into the problems and dangers around the haste and hubris of prioritizing winning this so called race and generating this unrealistic hype around AI chatbots, consequences can be dealt with later, if they can. Again, this publication is delving into these two examples of text to image generation and the … Continue reading The AI “arms race”
*But at the cost of ethics, theft, racist algorithms, invasion of privacy, and violation of rights? by Mary Louise Malig Read the publication in full here Contents: IntroductionI. What is Artificial Intelligence?II. The controversy of AI art theftIII. The AI “arms race”IV. The urgency for policies to protect peopleV. Afterthoughts Introduction Science fiction books, movies and pop culture have made the term or concept “artificial … Continue reading Amazing Artificial Intelligence*
Chapter Four of Amazing Artificial Intelligence* Read the publication in full here The potential for both good and harm by automated systems, new technologies and Artificial Intelligence has been well documented and examples for both sides abound. In this publication alone, a very small slice of those examples had been touched upon, both the good and the harm. There are already lawsuits being filed and civil … Continue reading The urgency for policies to protect people
Chapter Two of Amazing Artificial Intelligence* Read the publication in full here This chapter will go into the controversy around the AI tools being used to generate images from text, the issue of where those images were taken from, data laundering and the absolute lack of consent from billions of artists. Before delving into this second chapter, it is important to note that this publication is … Continue reading The controversy of AI art theft
Chapter One of Amazing Artificial Intelligence* Read the publication in full here As stated in the introduction, Artificial Intelligence or AI for short is generally defined as the general ability of computers to emulate human thought and perform tasks in real-world environments – such as perceiving, analyzing, understanding and collating for synthesizing. Or as the Oxford dictionary defines it more technically, Artificial Intelligence is the theory … Continue reading What is Artificial Intelligence
By: Mary Louise Malig* US President Biden has stated on a few occasions that, “America is back” reinforcing the message that the US is going to repair relationships with allies and institutions. Biden immediately re-entered the US into the Paris Climate Accord. He also reassured the World Health Organization (WHO) that the US was back on board. Biden and the new administration were and are … Continue reading “America is back” and it’s ominously reviving the crisis-riddled WTO
“This study, commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the JURI Committee, explores the concept of “Rights of Nature” (RoN) and its different aspects in legal philosophy and international agreements, as well as in legislation and case-law on different levels. The study delves on the ideas of rights ofnature in comparison with rights to nature, … Continue reading A Study of Rights of Nature in the European context
de Walden Bello english here En este resumen, Walden Bello condensa las ideas y datos clave contenidos en la monumental obra de Thomas Piketty El capital y la ideología. El economista francés merece ser leído por más gente, pero muchos no tienen ni el tiempo ni la energía para recorrer este extenso clásico de 1.215 páginas. Este breve volumen está motivado por la convicción de que … Continue reading Leer a Piketty I: Un resumen conciso y exhaustivo de Capital e Ideología
15 de Novembro de 2020 A crise pandêmica que estamos vivendo por conta do coronavírus é uma “expressão” do sistema antissocial do capital, diz Ricardo Antunes à IHU On-Line. “O vírus não é algo que ocorre ao acaso” e se “esparrama pelo mundo”. Ao contrário, é consequência de um modo de vida que gera inúmeros excluídos em todo o mundo e que está ameaçando o … Continue reading Ricardo Antunes: trabalho uberizado nos levará à escravidão digital
By: Walden Bello In this summary, Walden Bello distills the key ideas and data contained in Thomas Piketty’s monumental work Capital and Ideology. The French economist deserves to be read by more people, but many have neither the time nor energy to work through this sprawling 1,042-page classic. This short volume is motivated by the conviction that Piketty cannot be left to specialists in social … Continue reading Reading Piketty I: A Concise and Comprehensive Summary of Capital and Ideology
Por Cumbre de los Pueblos – Chile 10 December 2019 La cumbre de los Pueblos emitió una declaración pública luego de su encuentro realizado los días 02 al 07 de diciembre en Santiago (Chile) y que convocó a integrantes de más un centenar de organizaciones de diversas nacionalidades y movimientos sociales. La Cumbre de los Pueblos es un encuentro que congrega a representaciones e integrantes … Continue reading Declaración Pública Cumbre de los Pueblos
Es la primera ola contestataria que afecta a todo tipo de regímenes y regiones. El nexo de unión entre ellas es la frustración con las élites políticas, tanto en democracias como en autocracias. Originalmente en: https://www.clarin.com/mundo/chile-hong-kong-virus-protesta-extiende-mundo_0_ziHh5orU.html?fbclid=IwAR2z2MZiVamuy_teZbG3pU125W_z3fpMA4ZM1JRC5Q88m1B-Zz12r4-IzzQ Un virus recorre el mundo. Salta de país en país, de continente en continente. Ataca a regímenes autocráticos, a Estados fallidos, a democracias que no se han desembarazado de … Continue reading ¿Por qué hierven la calles? De Chile a Hong Kong: el virus de la protesta se extiende por el mundo
Cooperativa.cl La acción política debe producir resultados para los sectores sociales que se quiere representar y los proyectos de sociedad que se quiere defender, antes que remitirse a emociones justificables pero con baja probabilidad de modificar el orden existente. Los que creemos en la acción política transformadora y de izquierda por cauces democráticos debemos realizar algunas distinciones. Siempre en un primer nivel debe estar la … Continue reading Chile: Cambio constitucional y medidas sociales urgentes para salir de la crisis
By Walden Bello The far right is on the rise. The rhetoric of anger and resentment is emanating from personalities like Donald Trump, Marine Le Pen, Rodrigo Duterte and Viktor Orban and is captivating and mobilizing large numbers of people. In an increasing number of countries, the extreme right has already captured the government or is on the threshold of power. While this swift turn … Continue reading Counterrevolution The Global Rise of the Far Right
Comments of Walden Bello on his new book, “Paper Dragons: China and the Next Crash” Why China might be the trigger of the next global financial crisis is the subject of the first event in my book tour at Sciences Po in Paris, with Prof Cornelia Woll and Victor Mallet, Paris bureau chief of the Financial Times, serving as commentators. Sept 19, 2019. Brief Remarks … Continue reading Paper Dragons: China and the Next Crash
Evo Morales’ achievements in Bolivia should be remembered forever – but the left must also learn from his mistakes. By: Nick Dearden Originally published by Opendemocracy, with permission from the author The resignation of Bolivian president Evo Morales brings to an end an incredible era in Bolivia’s history. Morales, a one-time coca farmer, and the first indigenous president of the country, came to power on … Continue reading Evo Morales: the fall of the hero of the Bolivian transformation
By: Pablo Solón [version en español – version française] Evo Morales could have finished his third electoral mandate on the 22 January 2020 as a very popular president and the possibility of running for – and even winning – the 2024 elections, if he had not forced through his re-election for a fourth term. As the President of Bolivia, he a) did not recognise the … Continue reading What happened in Bolivia? Was there a coup?
Pablo Solón and Mary Louise Malig October 2019 In life, everything has a cycle: a beginning, a middle, and an end. And what a beginning it was for the World Social Forum. The year was 2001, the emblematic success of the 1999 Seattle protests against the World Trade Organization (WTO) inspired so many, not only because they shut down the Seattle WTO Ministerial, but also … Continue reading A Dignified Death for the WSF A Contribution to the GTI Forum: Farewell to the WSF?
Por Thomas Coutrot La pensée socialiste s’est-elle, dès ses débuts au 19e s., laissée contaminer par l’idéologie productiviste, expliquant ainsi les ravages écologiques du soviétisme ? L’enquête de Serge Audier sur les origines de la pensée écologique dévoile une réalité plus complexe : malgré sa tendance au productivisme, c’est dans les marges du socialisme que s’est inventée l’écologie sociale qui ressurgit aujourd’hui. À propos des … Continue reading Du pain et des roses : une contre-histoire écologique du socialisme
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