| Abstract |
Digital devices and relevant applications have become part of everyday life promising to improve every aspect of it; such as work, education and health. They become increasingly personal and personalised being trained on ever more data generated through their usage and their interaction with users and other systems attributing them the label ‘smart’ or ‘intelligent’.
However, the collection and process of this massive amounts of data result in an afresh debate over potential societal and ethical risks. In particular, following the Cambridge Analytica scandal and the introduction of GDPR, there is an increasing focus on issues such as privacy and computer/data scientists' responsibility for the societal implications of technology.
This talk will present the surveillant aspects of technological advancements suggesting the theoretical framework of ‘seductive surveillance’ to explain the hype of data-driven society and the celebratory participation to the surveillant apparatus. The innovative workshop ‘re:coding black mirror’ and the ‘ethics by design’ methodology for AI projects will be discussed as new methodologies to approach the ethical and societal concerns emanating from the seductive nature of surveillance. |