Thinking AI’s Voices: Gender and Identity
Aude Gouaux-Langlois and Belinda Sykora discuss the dimension and perception of voices and the possibility of gender neutrality in computer-generated voices
Blockchain: Power for all or more power for a few?
Sven Wagenknecht raises questions about decentralization through the use of blockchain and the need for decentralized structures
The ethics of time
Alexander Görlach examines the possibility of an "ethics of time" and Jack Ma's notion of the 'love quotient'
“With the Internet, everybody has more or less symmetrical connections”
Interview with Audrey Tang, civic hacker and member of Taiwan national development council's open data committee
Uniting the blockchain and journalism
Paul Ostwald examines the "death of journalism", why people have lost trust in journalism, and how blockchain could possibly become a solution
Opening up Pandora’s box: Algorithms and LGBT rights
Sarah Schlothauer examines how technology can be used to target minority groups, especially LGBT people
Data mirrors reality
Natalie Beyer dispels some of the misconceptions about data science, data collection, and how artificial intelligence uses information
“One of the learnings as a physicist is that an important part of the model is what is not part of the model”
Interview with Andreas Weigend, former Chief Scientist of Amazon.com, author of Data for the People
Technology cannot replace trust in institutions
"How do you get voters to trust institutions?" Paul Ostwald explores the outcome of the 2017 Kenyan elections, the potentials of electronic voting, and the process of institutionalizing platforms
The accidental cosmopolitanism of Facebook and the intellectual flaws behind Zuckerberg’s hope for a global community
Roberto Simanowski takes a closer look at the consequences of Facbook, social media bubbling, and critiques of Western culture through the lens of the Zuckerberg-focused manifesto