Jules Polonetsky, Executive Director of the Future of Privacy Forum, delves into the concept of "big data" and its ongoing evolution, examining the challenges it poses for privacy, the best practices for balancing its benefits and risks, and the decision-makers behind its application. This discussion is featured on Ethical Insights, a program hosted by Ron James, President and CEO of the Center for Ethical Business Cultures (CEBC).
This briefing aims to clarify the ethical concerns surrounding Big Data, outlining its relevance to businesses and identifying key ethical risks. Additionally, it offers a set of questions designed to assist ethics practitioners in collaborating with their colleagues to ensure that their organization upholds its values when handling Big Data.
Self-driving cars marked the inception of a new era. What is the future trajectory of big data-driven technology and design? In an insightful science presentation, Kenneth Cukier examines the forthcoming advancements in machine learning and their implications for human knowledge.
Prukalpa Sankar envisions a world where we can apprehend criminals at the scene of the crime rather than years later, dynamically reroute traffic to alleviate congestion, predict a child's likelihood of dropping out of school before the child is even aware, and eradicate diseases as they emerge rather than after they have claimed thousands of lives.
NBC’s Janis Mackey Frayer provides an in-depth look into the production of facial recognition scanners, exploring their role in monitoring individual movements. The video also examines communities that are engaging with China's social credit system.
In her new book, "The Age of Surveillance Capitalism," Harvard Business School Professor Emerita Shoshana Zuboff examines how advancements in digital technology have enabled major corporations, particularly in Silicon Valley, to exploit personal data to predict and influence individual behavior. In a recent interview with The Gazette, Zuboff discusses how this phenomenon, which she terms "surveillance capitalism," poses significant threats to personal autonomy and democratic society, and explores potential strategies for resistance.
In this video, Shoshana Zuboff discusses the hidden costs behind supposedly free platforms like Facebook and Google. She warns of an "information coup," where tech giants' covert data collection practices threaten the very foundations of American democracy. Zuboff delves into the dangers posed by "surveillance capitalism" in a conversation with Hari Sreenivasan.
This documentary, based on Harvard Professor Shoshana Zuboff's seminal work The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, delves into the unsettling new economic order dominated by tech giants like Google and Facebook. Zuboff exposes a ruthless form of capitalism where citizens, rather than natural resources, are the primary commodity. The documentary traces the origins of "surveillance capitalism" to the aftermath of the dot-com crisis in 2000, when Google discovered the immense value of "residual data" left behind by users.
The article discusses the increasing use of facial recognition and biometric technology in airports, raising significant privacy concerns. The piece begins with the experience of MacKenzie Fegan, a traveler who was surprised to find that her face was scanned instead of her boarding pass when boarding a JetBlue flight. This incident sparked a broader conversation about the implications of biometric technology, particularly the tension between convenience and privacy.