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The Walls Have Eyes: Technology and Migration Today

About the Book The Walls Have Eyes: Surviving Migration in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, by Petra Molnar, published by The New Press in 2024.

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How New Digital Technologies are Transforming Climate Activism

a climate activism protest, featuring demonstrators holding banners and signs with messages like "Change is Now" and "Just Stop Oil." The setting includes prominent landmarks, suggesting the protest's visibility in a public or political hub.

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Deconstructing AI Hype and Its Impact on Social Media

Artificial intelligence (AI) is now an integral part of our everyday experience, subtly shaping how we communicate and interact through the smartphones in our hands.

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Anxiety in the Age of Algorithms: The Cost of Outsourced Freedom

In the digital age, the promise of personal freedom has been overshadowed by a new form of anxiety: the fear of being constantly watched and analyzed. The omnipresence of surveillance through Big Data turns our lives into a series of algorithm-driven decisions, as we increasingly hand over our autonomy to artificial intelligence. Are we truly liberating ourselves, or are we merely transferring our anxiety to the machines that watch over us?

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Sacred Violence: Military AI in the Israel-Palestine War

The protesters unroll a list with the names of the more than 12,000 civilians, including 6,150 children and 5,000 women, who have been killed by the Israeli military in Gaza since October 7, 2023. This is a protest against Sacred violence.

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Digital Dilemmas: Ethical AI in a Globalized World

An MQ-9 Reaper drone with missiles on a runway, guided by a camouflaged military operator, illustrating the digital dilemmas of unmanned, AI-equipped warfare technology.

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AI Bias: Navigating Ethics and Policy in Digital Age

Digital artwork illustrating AI bias as binary code waves in a vast ocean separating islands of diverse individuals, symbolizing the segregation and interconnectedness in data-driven societies. This image underscores the urgent need to navigate AI bias for an inclusive future.

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Feminist Artificial Intelligence: A New Era

An artistic representation of Feminist Artificial Intelligence, featuring a man and a woman exchanging a complex circuit board, which serves as a metaphor for the integration of feminist principles within technology. The background showcases additional circuit boards, resonating with the theme of AI, set against a backdrop of clouds and a clear sky, implying a visionary approach. Below, the silhouette of a procession of people crosses a bridge, symbolizing the journey towards a future where feminist AI plays a pivotal role in society.

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AI Bots & Truth: Navigating Democracy’s Digital Challenge

Illustration showing the juxtaposition of ancient civilizations and the digital age. Ancient ruins stand alongside modern cityscapes, with AI bots as statues in a public square. Floating above are digital clouds that rain down information, both truths and falsehoods. Citizens below, equipped with magnifying glasses, attempt to discern the genuine from the deceptive. The horizon is marked by a setting sun, casting long shadows, symbolizing the fading line between reality and disinformation in the era of AI.

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AI Governance: Ethical & Democratic Imperatives

AI Governance: Participants at the World Economic Forum Global Technology Governance Retreat 2022 in San Francisco, June 20th - 23rd. Image by World Economic Forum

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Gender Equality in AI Governance

Photo of National Artificial Intelligence Advisory Committee members Cameron Kerry, Miriam Vogel, Swami Sivasubramanian, Susan Gonzales, Reggie Townsend, and Jessica Brandt. The diverse committee highlights the importance of aiming for gender equality in AI governance. Their initial report was released on April 26, 2023.

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AI in Politics: Navigating the Ethical Minefield

In horizontal format, a city scape. Traditional governmental buildings on one side, juxtaposed with a futuristic AI-driven metropolis on the other. Citizens of diverse backgrounds navigate both realms, expressing their views through digital bubbles. At the city's heart, a grand assembly hall hosts a debate: human politicians on one side, AI entities on the other, discussing the article's themes. The sky above displays bar charts and graphs, visualizing public opinion on AI in politics.

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AI in Political Advertising: Innovative Strategies

AI in Political Advertisement: A digital campaign office showcases AI algorithms shaping political ads, with a window view of AI-analyzed voter icons amid clouds.

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Democracy in the AI Era: Data-Driven Politics and Emerging Challenges

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Predicting Conflicts with AI: A New Frontier in Peacekeeping

Peacekeeping with AI: A vast library with shelves filled with books. Instead of titles, each book showcases complex geopolitical patterns. In the center, a giant crystal ball illuminates a world map, highlighting potential conflict zones. Silhouettes of traditional geopolitics experts are contrasted with digital AI entities, analyzing the patterns together.

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Automation’s Tug: Labor Policies & Ethics in a Digital Era

A vast industrial landscape gradually transitions into a digital world. Human workers, recognizable by their traditional uniforms, fade into translucent silhouettes as they approach the automated side dominated by machines and holographic displays. Overhead, a giant balance scale floats in the sky, with a human figure on one side and a robotic arm on the other, symbolizing the balance between humanity and automation. The horizon showcases a setting sun, casting a warm yet somber light over the entire scene, hinting at the changing times.

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AI and Diplomacy: Steering Global Relations in the Digital Age

In a Magritte-style scene, a traditional brick and stone embassy stands adjacent to a transparent, futuristic structure symbolizing a 'digital ambassador' powered by AI and diplomacy. Algorithms and data flow like rivers of light through the transparent walls of this modern edifice. Meanwhile, in the traditional embassy, human diplomats in formal attire gather around a table, discussing international matters through open windows.

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Ethical AI: Balancing Transparency, Rights & Tech Futures

A vast landscape at the intersection of a city and a digital realm. The city side shows traditional governmental buildings and people discussing politics. The digital side morphs into a circuitry-inspired cityscape with AI structures and holographic screens displaying data. At the center, a large scale balances a human figure (representing democratic governance) and a robot (representing ethical AI). Above, a sky filled with floating infographics showing diverse public opinions on AI in politics.

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