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 Read the publication in full here Content:IntroductionScope of the Digital EconomyThe Platform EconomyThe Value of DataThe Technology of the Digital WorldPreliminary conclusions and Afterthoughts Introduction Have you ever taken a ride in an Uber or Lyft? Do you have a room or apartment that you have registered as a place to rent out on AirBnB? Have you ever bought and downloaded … Continue reading Decoding the digital economy
[English] El 7 de noviembre, en el marco de la Cumbre de los Pueblos durante la COP26 de Glasgow, el Tribunal de los Pueblos y la Naturaleza declaró a la CMNUCC culpable de no abordar las causas fundamentales del cambio climático. Tribunal: Ambassador Lumumba Di-Aping (former Chief Climate Negotiator for the G77 and China) Katerina Anastasiou (transform! europe) Samantha Hargreaves (WoMin African Alliance) Larry Lohmann … Continue reading El veredicto del Tribunal de los Pueblos: Los pueblos y la naturaleza vs la CMNUCC
[Español] On 7 November, in the framework of the Peoples’ Summit during the Glasgow COP26, the Jury of the People’s and Nature found the UNFCCC guilty of failing of address the root causes of climate change. Tribunal: Ambassador Lumumba Di-Aping (former Chief Climate Negotiator for the G77 and China) Katerina Anastasiou (transform! europe) Samantha Hargreaves (WoMin African Alliance) Larry Lohmann (The Corner House) Vijay Prashad … Continue reading The Verdict of The People’s Tribunal: People and Nature vs the UNFCCC
Edgardo Lander
1. With the pandemic, debates that had already been taking place from a wide political spectrum of questioning neoliberal globalization are accelerating. The fragility of the productive chains long established with the aim of maximizing short-term corporate profits has fallen to bare in their extraordinary vulnerability. What happens in one link in the chain can have global consequences. Dependence on imports for materials is as critical as basic health equipment and food. This situation has placed in political debate the need for higher levels of self-sufficiency or sovereignty in many different countries of the world. The pandemic has stripped the world like never before. While richer countries are grabbing vaccines for their population and refuse to relax the rules on protection of intellectual property controlled by pharmaceutical corporations developed thanks to massive public funding, many countries in the South will not have widespread access to vaccines until 2022, according to estimates by the People’s Vaccine Alliance[1].
Continue reading “Dominant trends in the capitalist world system in the context of the pandemic”
Edgardo Lander, 10 de diciembre 2020, Seminario del Diálogo Global por Alternativas Sistémicas.
1. ¿Representa la pandemia el fin de la era de la globalización neoliberal? Con la pandemia se aceleran debates que ya se venían dando desde un amplio espectro político de cuestionamiento a la globalización neoliberal. La fragilidad de las largas cadenas productivas establecidas con el objetivo de maximizar las ganancias corporativas a corto plazo ha quedado al descubierto en su extraordinaria vulnerabilidad. Lo que pase en un eslabón de la cadena puede tener consecuencias globales. La dependencia en importaciones para asuntos tan críticos como equipos básicos de salud, y los alimentos, ha colocado en el debate político la necesidad de mayores niveles de autosuficiencia o soberanía en muy diferentes países del mundo.
Continue reading “Tendencias dominantes en el sistema mundo capitalista en el contexto de la pandemia”
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José Correa Leite
Tomo emprestado o título do livro de H. G. Wells para apontar algumas tendências em curso, tentando evitar projeções distópicas ou otimistas, por mais dramática que seja a situação presente. É a análise da realidade objetiva da crise sistémica em curso – provavelmente a maior em um século, que parece enterrar a globalização como a conhecemos –, que permitirá localizar brechas e contradições sobre as quais a ação política pode operar.
[Español] Pablo Solón: We are here in a new dialogue of systemic reflections, and this time, with Walden Bello who is a very well known sociologist from the Philippines, author of many books, his most recent book: “Counterrevolution: The Global Rise of the Far Right”. Walden was the Executive Director of Focus on the Global South a think-tank in Southeast Asia, and now he is … Continue reading How do we avoid the fate of the dinosaurs?
(English/Español) (télécharger le fichier pdf) Nous vivons une crise mondiale sans précédent qui exige une réflexion, une remise en question et un dialogue approfondis entre les militants, les organisations et les mouvements sociaux du monde entier. Des stratégies critiques sont essentielles pour faire face aux crises actuelles et pour définir les prochaines étapes. Plus que jamais, nous avons besoin de partager des analyses, des expériences, … Continue reading Dialogue Mondial pour une Alternative Systémique
(English/Français) (descarga el archivo en pdf) Vivimos una crisis mundial sin precedentes. Necesitamos dialogar, reflexionar y repensar a profundidad entre activistas, organizaciones y movimientos sociales de todo el mundo para construir estrategias que nos permitan enfrentar la actual crisis y prepararnos para lo que se viene. Más que nunca necesitamos compartir análisis, experiencias, ideas y alternativas frente a las crecientes crisis a nivel social, económico, … Continue reading Diálogo Mundial para el Cambio Sistémico
(Español/Français) (download pdf file) We are living in an unprecedented global crisis that requires a deep reflection, rethinking and dialogue among activists, organizations and social movements around the world. Critical strategies are essential, to deal with the current crises and to shape what comes next. More than ever we need to share analysis, experiences, ideas and alternatives, in the face of growing health, social, economic, … Continue reading Global Dialogue for Systemic Change
[English] Un diálogo entre Walden Bello de Filipinas y Pablo Solón de Bolivia Walden Bello es un reconocido sociólogo de las Filipinas, autor de muchos libros siendo el más reciente “La contrarrevolución: el ascenso global de la extrema derecha”. Walden fue Director Ejecutivo de Focus on the Global South un centro de reflexión y acción en el Sudeste Asiático. Pablo Solón es un activista social … Continue reading ¿Cómo evitamos el destino de los dinosaurios?
Christophe Aguiton (English/Français) Hablar de “alternativas sistémicas” significa abordar conceptos o experiencias que resultan de prácticas sociales reales, los cuales han surgido recientemente o en el pasado y que ponen en tela de juicio, parcial o totalmente, el sistema de dominación actual. De esta manera, debemos examinar las formas en que se gestionan estas alternativas, es decir, los modelos democráticos que aseguran su regulación. La … Continue reading Las nuevas fronteras de la democracia
Xavier Ricard Lanata: The dilemmas of the reconfiguration of capitalism The crisis of globalization comes from 2008. Commercial exchanges have been declining. There was a contraction process that predated the virus. Now the virus has aggravated this situation. What is going to happen? Those who are creditors of capital will look for ways to increase the value of it at any cost. In the northern … Continue reading Will the coronavirus end capitalism?
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