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05 February, 2015

Robert Goodin: Structures of Complicity

Structures of Complicity: Consumers, Producers, Suppliers with Professor Robert E. Goodin, Australian National University AbstractUnder certain circumstances, businesses and consumers might be morally

Professor Bob Goodin, Australian National University
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12 March, 2018

Chris Armstrong: Decarbonisation and World Poverty

Professor of Political Theory at the University of Southampton. ABSTRACT If dangerous climate change is to be avoided, it is clear that the majority of the world’s fossil fuel supplies cannot be burned.

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03 June, 2021
Sanja Bogojević: Infrastructure for the 21st century: how climate change shapes society and law

Sanja Bogojević: Infrastructure for the 21st century: how climate change shapes society and law

Sanja Bogojević is Fellow and Associate Professor of Law at Lady Margaret Hall and the Faculty of Law. Prior to joining Oxford Law Faculty, she was Associate Professor (‘Docent’) of Environmental Law

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14 April, 2021
Who cares for children and elders in welfare states?

Who cares (about)? How welfare capitalists, churches and migrants change the care of children and elders in Sweden, Germany and Italy

In Sweden, Germany and Italy welfarecapitalists, churches and migrants have been given the responsibility for health and social care. How did this happen and why?

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23 September, 2022

The fast and furtive spread of AI by infusion into technologies that we already in use – a critical assessment

In Hanemaayer, A. (editor) Artificial Intelligence and Its Discontents. Palgrave. Abstract AI has often reached individuals covertly, rather than by their own choosing. Standard automatic version update

Type of publication: Journal articles | Engström, Emma
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22 January, 2021

Deep learning diffusion by infusion into preexisting technologies - Implications for users and society at large

in: Technology in Society. 63, 101396 Abstract:Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the form of Deep Learning (DL) technology has diffused in the consumer domain in a unique way as compared to previous gene, i.e., by being added to preexisting technologies that are already in use. We find that DL-algorithms for recommendations or ranking have been infused into all the 15 most popular mobile applications (apps) in the U.S. (as of May 2019). DL-infusion enables fast and vast diffusion. For example, when a DL-system was infused into YouTube, it almost immediately reached a third of the world's population. We argue that existing theories of innovation diffusion and adoption have limited relevance for DL-infusion, because it is a process that is driven by enterprises rather than individuals. We also discuss its social and ethical implications. First, consumers have a limited ability to detect and evaluate an infused technology. DL-infusion may thus help to explain why AI's presence in society has not been challenged by many. Second, the DL-providers are likely to face conflicts of interest, since consumer and supplier goals are not always aligned. Third, infusion is likely to be a particularly important diffusion process for DL-technologies as compared to other innovations, because they need large data sets to function well, which can be drawn from preexisting users. Related, it seems that larger technology companies comparatively benefit more from DL-infusion, because they already have many users. This suggests that the value drawn from DL is likely to follow a Matthew Effect of accumulated advantage online: many preexisting users provide a lot of behavioral data, which bring about better DL-driven features, which attract even more users, etc. Such a self-reinforcing process could limit the possibilities for new companies to compete. This way, the notion of DL-infusion may put light on the power shift that comes with the presence of AI in society.

Type of publication: Journal articles | Engström, Emma , Strimling, Pontus
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12 March, 2021

Why the immorality of consuming alcohol during pregnancy cannot tell us that abortion is immoral: A reply to Hendricks

in: BioethicsAbstractRecently, Perry Hendricks argued that abortion is immoral even if the fetus is not a person. He did so by arguing that causing a future child to suffer from fetal alcohol syndrome

Type of publication: Journal articles | Lundgren, Björn
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10 March, 2004

Organised Interests, Labour Market and Migration: the Swedish Model

The paper examines arguments presented by unions and employers concerning immigration in relation to the Swedish labor market. It also considers how Sweden’s institutional arrangements in this respect

Type of publication: Working papers | Torbjörn Lundqvist
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10 November, 2017

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30 June, 2016

Power and future people’s freedom: intergenerational domination, climate change, and constitutionalism

"Power and future people’s freedom:intergenerational domination, climate change, and constitutionalism", Journal of Political Power, Volume 9,  Issue 2, 2016, pp 289-307. Abstract Intergenerational domina

Type of publication: Journal articles | Beckman, Ludvig
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