Hello and welcome to Topics and Perspectives in Emerging Technology! I’m looking forward to having a productive semester in which we have a chance to think through how technology shapes
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Peer Review Process:
Today we will be looking at each other’s papers.
You will be checking for:
- Sections of paper?
- Clarity of main idea? What does the paper intend to
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Hi hi,
We’re going to spend some time discussing your papers and working on them.
The Gaia Theory
Lynn Margulis presents the Gaia Hypothesis at NASA
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Gaia theory, crop engineering …
On engineering crops … Holding multiple truths simultaneously.
Vandana Shiva: How to decolonize the global economy
Can we engineer crops to withstand climate change?
Class
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Can synthetic biology save the planet?
Synthetic biology -What it is and Why it Matters by Alistair Elfick and Drew Endy (read 1-5)
Can Synthetic Engineering Save the Planet?
On engineering
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Project check in. Presentations are on April 5th!
Wrapping up and moving on.
Before Everyone Was Talking About Decentralization, Decentralization Was Talking to Everyone
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Today’s agenda:
Go over midterm topics.
As we head into election season, I do think it’s important to consider propaganda, disinformation/ and misinformation.
Screening: Disinfo Discussions: The Fundamentals with danah
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Hi all,
Continuing with AI
Here are some topics being discussed:
- Copyright, Opensource, Scraping
- Algorithmic Bias / surveillance
- Environmental concerns
- Future unintended Consequences/Paperclip problem AI and the paperclip problem/Singularity
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The ethics behind machine learning and AI – surveillance, and governance
Today think about AI and try to think through some of the ethics behind it.
Before we jump in let’s
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I would like to spend the first part of class peer reviewing your essays. We will break up into small groups and each group member will drop a link to
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