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Mathias Risse
“I know a person when I talk to it.” With these words Google engineer Blake Lemoine made headlines in June 2022, thinking that a Google chatbot had become sentient. Google did not appreciate these headlines, and Lemoine was fired. But what is remarkable about this incident is that, as of 2022, someone in the industry […]
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Torben Iversen, Philipp Rehm
A central function of the state is to provide insurance against the vagaries of life and markets, such as accidents, ill health, old age, or unemployment. Collectively, these mandatory risk pooling arrangements are known as social insurance, or the welfare state. According to influential accounts in the literature, the welfare state exists because (social) insurance […]
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Bhavik R. Bakshi
Edited by Ellie Pawsey, Marketing Executive, Cambridge University Press How can technology help us create a greener future? The UK is hosting the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow on 31 October – 12 November 2021. “The COP26 summit will bring parties together to accelerate action towards the goals of […]
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Steve Young
Talking to machines is becoming commonplace. We routinely tell our smart speakers what to play next, we tell our satnavs where we want to go, we ask our phones general knowledge questions, we dictate messages to friends directly from our smartwatches, and much more. Slowly but surely the conversational agents that recognise and respond to […]
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Joshua A. T. Fairfield
Joshua A.T. Fairfield, author of Runaway Technology, on hate speech, disinformation, and technology,
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Dick Whittington
A professor of Business Innovation and an experienced entrepreneur, Dick Whittington reflects on a weakness of STEM degree programmes in the modern world – and how he’s addressing it with his textbook Digital Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
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Michael Filimowicz, Veronika Tzankova
Michael Filimowicz and Veronika Tzankova introduce their recent title, Teaching Computational Creativity.
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Jose Hernandez-Orallo
Jose Hernandez-Orallo, author of 'The Measure of All Minds' (2017) gives insight into the future of AI systems, and whether we should be wary of them.
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Mathias Risse
“I know a person when I talk to it.” With these words Google engineer Blake Lemoine made headlines in June 2022, thinking that a Google chatbot had become sentient. Google did not appreciate these headlines, and Lemoine was fired. But what is remarkable about this incident is that, as of 2022, someone in the industry […]
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Torben Iversen, Philipp Rehm
A central function of the state is to provide insurance against the vagaries of life and markets, such as accidents, ill health, old age, or unemployment. Collectively, these mandatory risk pooling arrangements are known as social insurance, or the welfare state. According to influential accounts in the literature, the welfare state exists because (social) insurance […]
Read More
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Bhavik R. Bakshi
Edited by Ellie Pawsey, Marketing Executive, Cambridge University Press How can technology help us create a greener future? The UK is hosting the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow on 31 October – 12 November 2021. “The COP26 summit will bring parties together to accelerate action towards the goals of […]
Read More
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Steve Young
Talking to machines is becoming commonplace. We routinely tell our smart speakers what to play next, we tell our satnavs where we want to go, we ask our phones general knowledge questions, we dictate messages to friends directly from our smartwatches, and much more. Slowly but surely the conversational agents that recognise and respond to […]
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Joshua A. T. Fairfield
Joshua A.T. Fairfield, author of Runaway Technology, on hate speech, disinformation, and technology,
Read More
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Dick Whittington
A professor of Business Innovation and an experienced entrepreneur, Dick Whittington reflects on a w...
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Michael Filimowicz, Veronika Tzankova
Michael Filimowicz and Veronika Tzankova introduce their recent title, Teaching Computational Creati...
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Jose Hernandez-Orallo
Jose Hernandez-Orallo, author of 'The Measure of All Minds' (2017) gives insight into the future of ...
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