The fact that big data management applications (what will look and be called “artificial intelligence”) will replace high-prestige intellectual work has not only been announced, but has already begun. Robotic …
Robotic justice
In 2013, the state of Michigan replaced the 25-year-old computerized system of the unemployment insurance agency (equivalent to OAED in Greece) with a modern automated system called MiDAS (Michigan Integrated …
struggle for the rights of cyborgs? It exists, it exists…
In March 2013, the annual Emerge conference took place at Arizona State University (ASU), focusing on the future that technological development holds for humanity. That year’s conference title was “the …
Public order and safety
The technology festival in Hanover is one of the largest in the world. And probably the largest in Europe. It plays the role that the legendary “Great Exhibition of the …
when the weapons of cyber-warfare “hit where it hurts”…
It’s an otherwise ordinary Friday when the daily operations of public and private services around the world are suddenly disrupted. The UK’s National Health Service advises patients not to visit …
Robocop
We will one day remember that the first robot-police officers appeared in 2016 at the edge of the Saudi Arabian peninsula, in Dubai. We will remember that they were launched …