This is the thesis I wrote for my Master of Arts in philosophy. It can also be dowloaded as a PDF. Introduction As the director of an NGO advocating for digital rights I am acutely aware of the digital trail we leave behind in our daily lives. But I too am occasionally surprised when I … Continue reading Freedom and Justice in our Technological Predicament
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Artificial Intelligence as a Service
Companies like Google and IBM are opening up services through APIs that will allow you to do things like check if an image contains adult/violent content, check to see what mood a face on a picture is in, or detect the language a piece of text is written in. Artificial Intelligence as a Service as … Continue reading Artificial Intelligence as a Service
Notes On a Full Day of Innovation
I was at a full day about innovation at Mediaplaza in Utrecht today. We used a room that had a stage in the center and chairs on four sides around it. This is a bit weird as the speaker has to look in four directions to be able to connect with the audience. The funny … Continue reading Notes On a Full Day of Innovation
Fosdem 2012 or Why Open Source is Still Revelant
Fosdem is the place where you'll find a Google engineer who as a "full time hobby" is lead developer for WorldForge an open source Massive Multiplayer Online game, or where you have a beer with a developer who has a hard time finding a job, because all the code he write has to have a … Continue reading Fosdem 2012 or Why Open Source is Still Revelant
Lak11 Week 3 and 4 (and 5): Semantic Web, Tools and Corporate Use of Analytics
Two weeks ago I visited Learning Technologies 2011 in London (blog post forthcoming). This meant I had less time to write down some thoughts on Lak11. I did manage to read most of the reading materials from the syllabus and did some experimenting with the different tools that are out there. Here are my reflections … Continue reading Lak11 Week 3 and 4 (and 5): Semantic Web, Tools and Corporate Use of Analytics