Big Data

Safety and the Self-Driving Revolution

Self-driving cars are one of the most highly anticipated technologies today, but what will they do for road safety? Some Reading on Self-Driving Cars and Their Safety General statistics. (2018). Retrieved from https://www.iihs.org/iihs/topics/t/general-statistics/fatalityfacts/state-by-state-overview  Isidore, C. (2018). Self-driving cars are already really safe. Retrieved from https://money.cnn.com/2018/03/21/technology/self-driving-car-safety/  Sivak, M., & Schoettle, B. (2018). Retrieved from https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/handle/2027.42/111735/103187.pdf?sequence=1&isAl lowed=y  The road to safety: What… Read more Safety and the Self-Driving Revolution

Problematic Programming

Citizens have knowingly and unknowingly allowed algorithms into many aspects of their lives, unfortunately, there are instances of race, gender, and class prejudices in programs used by governments and businesses. Those creating and using these programs need to improve upon their awareness of these issues and the issues themselves. This diagram highlights a few problems. Read more… Read more Problematic Programming

Big Data = Big Implications

Learn more about the positive and negative implications of big data. Specifically, positives effects in health, and negative implications of revealing personal information.   If you are interested, visit these sources: Hacking, Ian. Biopower and the Avalanche of Printed Numbers. Knight, Will. “There’s a Big Problem with AI: Even Its Creators Can’t Explain How It… Read more Big Data = Big Implications

More on Technology, Politics, and the Cold War

Following this week conversation on the politics of science and technology. Here two additional materials about the Cybersyn Project and Chile’s Cybernetic Revolution in the early 1970s. Eden Medina’s Book: Cybernetic Revolutionaries: Technology and Politics in Allende’s Chile   And this podcast on Cybersyn Project: 230 – Project Cybersyn – 99% Invisible