Know where ALL your data resides. You should have an ‘update’ procedure to follow when you go to backups.
https://blocksandfiles.com/2020/11/19/gdpr-right-to-be-forgotten-verification-tool/
Oops! The backup restored GDPR right to be forgotten details
The GDPR directive gives individuals the right to be forgotten and requires EU and UK companies in certain instances to erase all personal data per a customer’s request.
But this is problematic when details are contained inside a non-searchable database backup file. At first sight the individual has been forgotten, but if a backup file is restored the business again has that person’s details in plain view, and so breaks the GDPR rules.
Unconscious consent?
https://www.axios.com/ethics-brain-machine-interfaces-d50b6618-b2b3-4bc1-960a-c27f73be3e63.html
The tricky ethics of neurotechnologies
As the science of brain-computer interfaces (BCI) and other neurotechnologies progresses, researchers are calling for ethical guidelines to be established now — before the technology fully matures.
Why it matters: We’re still far away from technologies that fully access and even read the human brain, but the sheer power of such tools — and the highly personal data they could gather — means society needs to determine what they should do before they actually can do it.
… Many of the ethical issues created by BCI — questions of transparency and fairness — resemble those raised by AI or even social media, only intensified.
It’s one thing for tech companies to track what we click on and what we watch, but data generated by the nervous system can be unconscious, which could fatally undermine principles of consent and the privacy.
And neurotechnology could go beyond reading the brain to effectively coding it, feeding it data that could influence thoughts and behaviors, which brings into question core concepts around free will.
Artificial teaching?
https://www.brandeis.edu/now/2020/november/artificial-intelligence-classroom-qa.html
Artificial intelligence and the classroom of the future
… This is part of a larger vision of future classrooms where human instruction and AI technology interact to improve educational environments and the learning experience.
James Pustejovsky, the TJX Feldberg Professor of Computer Science, is working towards that vision with a team led by the University of Colorado Boulder, as part of the new $20 million National Science Foundation-funded AI Institute for Student-AI Teaming.
Perspective.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/11/19/1012165/the-promise-of-the-fourth-industrial-revolution/
The promise of the fourth industrial revolution
New technologies can optimize the way people work. When implemented thoughtfully, such innovations can improve overall business processes. Those changes are accepted as part of progress.
But when a technology changes how and where people live and their relationships to one another and upends economies, it merits the term “revolution.” Because it changes everything.
… To determine how this is taking shape, MIT Technology Review Insights canvassed dozens of organizations that are using the internet of things to do things that weren’t possible before. What follows is a series of the best, most innovative examples. Some of these applications may inspire organization to rethink how they collect, analyze, and act on data—all of them contribute to a better or at least more efficient planet.
… Download the full report.
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Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, 5G and IoT will be the Most Important Technologies in 2021, According to new IEEE Study
IEEE, the world's largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for humanity, today released the results of a survey of Chief Information Officers (CIOs) and Chief Technology Officers (CTOs) in the U.S., U.K., China, India and Brazil regarding the most important technologies for 2021 overall, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the speed of their technology adoption and the industries expected to be most impacted by technology in the year ahead.
2021 Most Important Technologies and Challenges
Which will be the most important technologies in 2021? Among total respondents, nearly one-third (32%) say AI and machine learning, followed by 5G (20%) and IoT (14%).
Manufacturing (19%), healthcare (18%), financial services (15%) and education (13%) are the industries that most believe will be impacted by technology in 2021, according to CIOs and CTOS surveyed.
For my researchers…
TL;DR: This AI summarizes research papers so you don’t have to
… researchers at the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence have developed a new model to summarize text from scientific papers, and present it in a few sentences in the form of TL;DR (Too Long Didn’t Read).
The team has rolled this model out to the Allen Institute’s Semantic Scholar search engine for papers. Currently, you’ll only see these TL;DR summaries on papers related to computer science on search results or the author’s page.
… You can try out the AI on the Semantic Scholar search engine. Plus, you can read more about summarizing AI in this paper.
Concerts for shut-ins. The first one tonight!
https://www.bespacific.com/re-hearing-beethoven-festival-at-the-library-of-congress/
Re-Hearing Beethoven Festival at the Library of Congress
“The Library of Congress planned to mark Ludwig van Beethoven’s 250th birthday with a series of concerts that offered a fresh look at Beethoven’s nine remarkable symphonies, performed by string quartets, piano duos and the U.S. Marine Band. While the pandemic has moved the concerts online, they can now be enjoyed from the comfort of your couch, with the benefit of extra programming. The series begins with the acclaimed Takács Quartet — featured at a sold-out in-person Kennedy Center concert in December — performing pieces by Beethoven, Schubert and Bartok. Visit the Library’s website for bonus content, including commentary from the musicians, curators and guests, and get a look at Beethoven-related items from the Library’s collection. 8 p.m. Free registration.”
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