I speak and teach on the topic of digital ethics, and help my clients realise the value of good-hearted tech in all endeavors. I apply a human rights perspective to the field of human-computer interaction, showing how it's possible to build tech that promotes wellbeing, or resist when it doesn't.
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The Borg Complex describes a behavioral pattern wherein people see resistance to technology as pointless. "Technology is inevitable," they say, and we simply must adapt. It is a form of fatalism, often disguised as optimism. It also undermines independent thinking.
A workshop tool you can use to help participants think about the short and long-term consequences of building new technology.
When topics of discourse prove difficult to approach, stories can help us on our way. This famed short story about a graceful city with an unexpected abberation helps me reflect on where I want to apply my capacity for writing, sketching and teaching.
QR codes are immensely popular but also immensely open to fraud when they are used in public spaces and forums. Hijacking donations is one example of how bad actors can take advantage of your reliance on QR codes.
Many people are telling me how their companies are running tests of AI tools. This in itself is not strange at all. It's
The concept of "generative" suggests that the tool can produce what it is asked to produce. In a study uncovering how stereotypical global
"Accessibility has failed as a way to make computers usable for disabled users." Thus begins a newsletter by Jakob Nielsen. And had it
An image of ChatGPT solving a captcha was spread far and wide recently. The most beautiful thing about the image is of course that it
There are many checkpoints for the EU AI Act to pass through before it becomes legislation and before the law is applicable for all types
I made this diagram as an explanatory model for showing the relationships between different actors when it comes to AI development and use. It gives
I read the executive order on AI from the White House, wrote a summary and used an AI-powered video generator to create the appearance of
In the one-minute video below I am speaking seven languages. In truth, I can speak two of those. None of the audio is actually me
Understand the stages of machine learning where bias can, and often will, contribute to harm.
When humans adapt to technology they add obstacles to access content.
Some tasks that are being handed over to automation should arguably never have been tasks in the first place. Or should at least be revised
