Search Results - "Computers and Civilization"

Computers and Society in the Past Half Century: The Conquest of Will Revisited by Mowshowitz, Abbe

“…Almost fifty years ago, the author wrote the first comprehensive critical study of social issues in computing, The Conquest of Will (1976). This new book…”
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Redesigning AI by Acemoglu, Daron

“…Artificial Intelligence (AI) is not likely to make humans redundant. Nor will it create superintelligence anytime soon. But it will make huge advances in the…”
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Computers and Society in the Past Half Century: The Conquest of Will Revisited by Mowshowitz, Abbe

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Sustainable consumption in the digital age: A plea for a systemic policy approach to turn risks into opportunities: Digitalization offers opportunities for sustainable consumption patterns. However, the patterns enforced by present digital business models are not sustainable. Current European Union regulatory approaches for both consumers and environmental policies do not systematically address this challenge. By introducing "positive accountability," we propose a systemic policy approach to hol by Cossen, Maike, Lell, Otmar

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Introduction to Ethical Software Development by Gogoll, Jan, Zuber, Niina

“…This open access book bridges the gap between ethical theory and software practice. It introduces foundational concepts in digital ethics, highlights the…”
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Let’s Talk AI: Interdisciplinarity Is a Must

“…This unique open access volume represents an interdisciplinary dialog with top-class researchers and practitioners on the Artificial Intelligence revolution…”
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Discourses surrounding sustainability and digitalization in Europe on Twitter over time: Digitalization and sustainability transformations are contested change processes, accompanied by wide public discourse. But what concerns the public? Our analysis of the social media discourse on Twitter in the last decade reveals key discursive hubs such as smart cities and climate change, as well as blind spots such as sufficiency strategies. It also points to differences between societal and academic disc by Angst, Mario, Strawb, Nadine

“…This study analyzes the discourses surrounding the interrelation between digitalization and sustainability in Europe on Twitter between 2010 and 2021. We…”
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The age of em : work, love, and life when robots rule the Earth by Hanson, Robin

“…Robots may one day rule the world, but what is a robot-ruled Earth like? Many think that the first truly smart robots will be brain emulations or "ems." Robin…”
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Comment on Novozhilova et al. More Capable, Less Benevolent: Trust Perceptions of AI Systems across Societal Contexts. Mach. Learn. Knowl. Extr. 2024, 6, 342–366 by Damasevicius, Robertas

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Privacy Technologies and Policy: 13th Annual Privacy Forum, APF 2025, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, October 22–23, 2025, Proceedings

“…This open access book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 13th Annual Privacy Forum on Privacy Technologies and Policy, APF 2025, held in Frankfurt am…”
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Smart Life and Smart Life Engineering: Current State and Future Vision by Kornyshova, Elena, Deneckère, Rébecca, Brinkkemper, Sjaak

“…This open access book defines the field of Smart Life and Smart Life Engineering, identifying a clear scope of what constitutes “smart” in the context of…”
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Actions for Gender Balance in Informatics Across Europe

“…This book is a open access. The primary purpose of this book is to serve as a comprehensive guide, translating research into best practices to promote gender…”
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Cyber and You by Kendal, Maureen

“…An introductory guide to managing cybersecurity for businesses. How to prevent, protect and respond to threats…”
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Decide Better: Open and Interoperable Local Digital Twins by Raes, Lieven, Ruston McAleer, Susie, Croket, Ingrid, Kogut, Pavel, Brynskov, Martin, Lefever, Stefan

“…This is an open access book. Decide Better: Open and Interoperable Local Digital Twins explores the transformative potential of Local Digital Twins (LDTs) in…”
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From Electronic to Mobile Government by Homburg, Vincent, Lampoltshammer, Thomas J, Solvak, Mihkel

“…The open access book combines insights from policy sciences (backgrounds of cross-border coordination challenges), design science (development of architectures…”
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Persuasive technology : using computers to change what we think and do by Fogg, B. J

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When Death Meets AI: Engaging in New Death Ways in Portugal by Saraiva, Clara

“…This paper explores death practices and how societies have “placed the dead”. It examines the implications of analyzing death in the digital age, using…”
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Digital Ethics Online and Off: Molding the digital future as it simultaneously shapes us by Floridi, Luciano

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Citizens’ digital footprints to support health promotion at the local level—PUHTI study, Finland by Kilpeläinen, Katri, Ståhl, Timo, Ylöstalo, Tiina, Keski-Kuha, Teemu, Nyrhinen, Riku, Koponen, Päivikki, Gissler, Mika

“…Background We aimed to explore to the possibilities of utilizing automatically accumulating data on health—owned for example by local companies and…”
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How sustainable is the digital world? by Renn, Ortwin

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