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2023 Index IEEE Technology and Society Magazine Vol. 42 IEEE Technol. Soc. Mag. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-25
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Understanding the Role of Technology in Society IEEE Technol. Soc. Mag. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-19
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IEEE Technology and Society Magazine Publication Information IEEE Technol. Soc. Mag. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-19
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Human Centricity in the Relationship Between Explainability and Trust in AI IEEE Technol. Soc. Mag. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-19 Zahra Atf, Peter R. Lewis
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is now applied in various contexts, from casual uses like entertainment and smart homes to critical decisions such as determining medical priorities, drug recommendations, humanitarian aid planning, satellite schedules, privacy, and detecting malicious software. There has been significant research into the societal impacts of algorithmic decision-making. For instance, studies
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Strange Frequencies: The Extraordinary Story of the Technological Quest for the Supernatural—Peter Bebergal (New York, NY, USA: Penguin Random House, 2022, 256 pp.) IEEE Technol. Soc. Mag. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-19 A. David Wunsch
For over 40 years, starting in 1954, Popular Electronics Magazine was the major American publication for electrical hobbyists. The last years of the magazine saw it renamed Computers and Electronics. This is an unremarkable history but, as explained by Peter Bebergal about 3/4th of the way through his fascinating book Strange Frequencies, there is an issue from October 1995 that proposes experiments
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The Crowdsourced Panopticon: Conformity and Control on Social Media—Jeremy Weissman (New York, NY, USA: Rowman & Littlefield, 2021) IEEE Technol. Soc. Mag. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-19 Katina Michael
The provocative cover of Jeremy Weissman’s debut monograph captures well the new visibility we are all subject to. Reminiscent of the times we live in, is the idea of the “photoborg” [1] .
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Beyond Data: Recognizing the Democratic Potential of Citizen Science IEEE Technol. Soc. Mag. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-19 Magdalena Roszczyńska-Kurasińska, Anna Domaradzka, Michael O’Grady, Baptiste Bedessem, Niccolò Tempini, Mateusz Trochymiak, Nina Wróblewska
Until Recently, The citizen science approach to knowledge production had been confined to scientific research, applied to a limited range of questions on which scientists and citizens could collaborate and trust each other. More recently, this approach has gained increasing attention from various quarters outside the traditional remit of professionalized science, which include local governments, civil
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Words, Acronyms, Languages, and Perceptions: The Human Mind, Life, and Semantics Interoperability IEEE Technol. Soc. Mag. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-19 Luis Kun
From the time I imigrated to the United States, I have always been very surprised by the constant use of acronyms in schools, industries, and government. In November 1978, I started my first full-time job with International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) after finishing my doctorate at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). I was to be part of a national team that tried to understand and
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The End of Exploring IEEE Technol. Soc. Mag. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-19 Jeremy Pitt
April is the cruelest month, according to the modernist poet T. S. Eliot [1] , drawing attention to the difficulty of renewal after winter, and how hope can be more unbearable than despair. Within academia, and perhaps especially in science, technology, engineering maths, and medicine (STEMM) subjects, there is a “Red Queen” problem: the need to keep running just to stay still [2] . This produces a
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Technology in America: A History of Individuals and Ideas—Carroll Pursell, Ed. (Cambridge, MA, USA: MIT Press, 2018, 3rd ed., 360 pp.) IEEE Technol. Soc. Mag. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-19 A. David Wunsch
Reading the 26 essays of this well-regarded book now in its third edition was such a pleasurable experience that I wanted to teach a course in which I might assign it to my students. The text would be of particular interest to engineering students—it is about their profession—as well as of interest to people in the field of the history of technology. The main strength of the work is its sometimes novel
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Sensory Futures: Deafness and Cochlear Implant Infrastructure in India—Michele Ilana Friedner (Minneapolis, MN, USA: Univ. Minnesota Press, 2022, 288 pp.) IEEE Technol. Soc. Mag. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-19 Michelle Charette
Experiments using electricity to stimulate hearing date back as far as 1748, when the portraitist and electricity researcher Benjamin Wilson electricized a covered vial through a wire that ran from one side of a woman’s temple to the opposite end of her head, bringing about an explosion and small warmth from ear to ear. An experiment from the 1930s made use of a living cat as a microphone, wherein
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The Listeners: A History of Wiretapping in the United States—Bruce Hochman (Cambridge, MA, USA: Harvard Univ. Press, 2022, 366 pp.) IEEE Technol. Soc. Mag. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-19 Charles Robinson
It is 1864. Union and Confederate soldiers, often less than 300 yards apart, are tapping the copper telegraph lines of their opposition. Soon, disinformation campaigns and coded keying were developed. So begins the history of wiretapping in The Listeners, by Bruce Hochman, professor of English and director of American studies at Georgetown University. His 282 pages of text and 56 pages of scholarly
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Carbon Queen: The Remarkable Life of Nanoscience Pioneer Mildred Dresselhaus—Mia Weinstock (Cambridge, MA, USA: MIT Press, 2023, 320 pp.) IEEE Technol. Soc. Mag. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-19 Craig Armiento
As young technologists, we often start our careers searching for mentors or role models who can guide us as we navigate our career choices. As mentees, we often do not have insights into our mentors’ background and history—and thus may not appreciate the source of the wisdom they impart. The importance of mentorship is just one of many lessons learned from the life and career of Mildred “Millie” Dresselhaus
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On Aerial Perspective, Socio-Technical Systems, and Interdisciplinarity: Reading Modernism Alongside Cybernetics IEEE Technol. Soc. Mag. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-19 Heather A. Love
I recently had the pleasure of speaking about my work on the literary and cultural history of cybernetics during a workshop on “Sustainable and Scalable Self-Organization” (SaSSO) at the 4th IEEE International Conference on Autonomic Computing and Self-Organizing Systems (ACSOS 2023), in Toronto, Ontario [1] . Although the venue might seem an odd fit for an English professor who studies experimental
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Gender Equality in Engineering: An Institutional Reflection IEEE Technol. Soc. Mag. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-19 Jeremy Pitt, Kate Highnam
The Athena Swan Charter is a globally applied framework for fostering and maintaining gender equality within higher education (HE) and research. The original aims of the charter (2005–2015) were to acknowledge commitments to, encourage initiatives for, and recognize achievements in advancing women’s careers in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine (STEMM) subjects. The charter
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Technological Solutions to Online Toxicity: Potential and Pitfalls IEEE Technol. Soc. Mag. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-19 Arezo Bodaghi, Benjamin C. M. Fung, Ketra A. Schmitt
Social media platforms present a perplexing duality, acting at once as sites to build community and a sense of belonging, while also giving rise to misinformation, facilitating and intensifying disinformation campaigns and perpetuating existing patterns of discrimination from the physical world. The first-step platforms take in mitigating the harmful side of social media involves identifying and managing
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Deceptive AI and Society IEEE Technol. Soc. Mag. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-19 Ştefan Sarkadi
Deceptive artificial intelligence (AI) is a heavily loaded term. Its semantic load has become exponentially heavier in a very short period of time. Perhaps, most of this semantic load, at least in the recent public sphere, has been placed on it because of the deployment of large language models (LLMs), such as ChatGPT. Deceptive AI is very multifaceted. Different AI approaches give rise to different
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Investigating the Legality of Bias Mitigation Methods in the United Kingdom IEEE Technol. Soc. Mag. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-19 Mackenzie Jorgensen, Madeleine Waller, Oana Cocarascu, Natalia Criado, Odinaldo Rodrigues, Jose Such, Elizabeth Black
Algorithmic Decision-Making Systems (ADMS) 1 fairness issues have been well highlighted over the past decade [1] , including some facial recognition systems struggling to identify people of color [2] . In 2021, Uber drivers filed a claim with the U.K. ’s employment tribunal for unfair dismissal resulting from automated facial recognition technology by Microsoft [3] . Bias mitigation methods have been
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The Stuff We Swim in: Regulation Alone Will Not Lead to Justifiable Trust in AI IEEE Technol. Soc. Mag. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-19 Simon T. Powers, Olena Linnyk, Michael Guckert, Jennifer Hannig, Jeremy Pitt, Neil Urquhart, Aniko Ekárt, Nils Gumpfer, The Anh Han, Peter R. Lewis, Stephen Marsh, Tim Weber
Recent activity in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) has given rise to large language models (LLMs) such as GPT-4 and Bard. These are undoubtedly impressive achievements, but they raise serious questions about appropriation, accuracy, explainability, accessibility, responsibility, and more. There have been pusillanimous and self-exculpating calls for a halt in development by senior researchers
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Digital Polycentricity and Value-Sensitive Operationalization IEEE Technol. Soc. Mag. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-19 Ciske Smit, Jeremy Pitt
The increasing digitalization of our social systems has led to the development of agentic computational artifacts. If socio-technical systems (STSs) fit for purpose in the digital society are to be designed and operationalized, the theory of polycentric governance (which traditionally considers the interdependency of interactions between the autonomous centers of decision-making within a social system)
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Seamless Transitioning IEEE Technol. Soc. Mag. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-19 John Impagliazzo
With all periodicals, the time comes to transition from one editor or editor-in-chief to another. IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology (IEEE SSIT) and IEEE have a policy to appoint a publication editor for a period, usually three years, once renewable. This policy allows publications to acquire new or different ideas to serve their readers and the public. So, it is with IEEE Technology
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The First Total War and the Sociotechnical Systems of Warfare IEEE Technol. Soc. Mag. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-22 Jordan Richard Schoenherr
Warcraft Evolves by identifying and adapting the technical and functional affordances of technologies to exploit vulnerabilities in adversaries’ defenses and defend against their attacks [1] . Nowhere is this arms race more apparent than cybersecurity wherein zero-day vulnerabilities are identified and exploited at an ever-growing rate [2] . Cybersecurity, however, is not limited to hardware and software
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Power Lined: Electricity: Landscape and the American Mind—Daniel L. Wuebben (Lincoln, NE, USA: Univ. Nebraska Press, 2019, 236 pp.) IEEE Technol. Soc. Mag. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-22 A. David Wunsch
This book consists of a long history of how electric lines (power, telephone, and telegraph) and the poles and towers supporting them have engaged the attention of poets, essayists, conservationists, artists, and politicians.
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Diversity Initiatives for Women in IT: Friends or Enemies? IEEE Technol. Soc. Mag. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-22 Andreea Molnar, Dorian Stoilescu
Women are still unrepresented in information technology (IT) jobs, and the overall low number of women in these fields in the United States, Canada, European Union, New Zealand, and Australia has been well documented. The situation is even more grim when focusing on women in computing subfields [1] . As this difference cannot be explained by genetic differences or innate aptitudes [2] , there has been
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The Role of Public Policy in the Adoption of Prosthetic Limbs in the United States IEEE Technol. Soc. Mag. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-22 Carolena Stephanie Larson, Muhammad Salar Khan
In the United States, approximately 2 million people live with limb loss [1] and that number is expected to double by 2050 [2] . Although this is a significant figure, it still does not represent a substantial market size for the private sector to develop prosthetics for this population. Mobility is highly crucial for long-term health [3] , [4] , [5] , [6] , and prosthetic limbs are vital in restoring
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Remembering an Ethical Engineering Advocate IEEE Technol. Soc. Mag. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-22 Joseph Herkert, Clinton J. Andrews
“Only when decent people band together to act in concert to install proper societal mechanisms and to support one another will we be able to reap the fruits of the marvelous new technologies and avert technologic catastrophes and environmental disasters. Engineers, in particular, need to think carefully about how they can act jointly to help one another to practice their profession properly.” —Unger
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Society’s Dilemma in Our Day in Age: Technology and Academics Versus Social Development IEEE Technol. Soc. Mag. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-22 Luis Kun
As I travel around the world, I listen to older generations complain that their children do not go out of their homes and play outside. Instead, youngsters go to their rooms and “play” with their phones and computers. Already, many even prefer avoiding school and taking their courses online.
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ChatSh*t and Other Conversations (That We Should Be Having, But Mostly Are Not) IEEE Technol. Soc. Mag. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-22 Jeremy Pitt
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming people’s access to and attitudes toward knowledge. It is an extremely powerful technology, but this transformation presents numerous social, environmental, political, and, perhaps, in particular, educational considerations. There is a pressing need to have a profound and nuanced conversation about these considerations, without asking a
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The BBC: A Century on Air—David Hendy (New York, NY, USA: Public Affairs, Hachette Book Group, 2022, 638 pp.) IEEE Technol. Soc. Mag. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-22 A. David Wunsch
In 2022, a number of literary critics observed that exactly 100 years had elapsed since 1922, the year that Ezra Pound had once proclaimed as “Year one of a new era.” He was doubtless referring to the publication of T. S. Eliot’s The Waste Land as well as James Joyce’s Ulysses. It was the year that Einstein won the Nobel Prize in physics. Not generally noted, but certainly of social importance was
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Age of Auto Electric: Environment, Energy, and the Quest for the Sustainable Car—Matthew N. Eisler (Cambridge, MA, USA: MIT Press, 2022, 365 pp.) IEEE Technol. Soc. Mag. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-22 David N. Lucsko
When it comes to new technologies, I have never really been an “early adopter.” “Reluctant latecomer” would be closer to the mark, for my mantra has always been that “if it isn’t broken, don’t fix it.” I still prefer LPs to MP3s, DVDs to streaming, and paper copies of journals, books, and magazines to their online equivalents. I have never tweeted, never used Facebook, and only recently (and with grave
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Value Change and Technological Design IEEE Technol. Soc. Mag. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-22 Freek van der Weij, Steffen Steinert, Ibo van de Poel, Joost Alleblas, Anna Melnyk, Tristan de Wildt
Technology helps to solve problems, but it may also lead to unintended consequences. For example, biofuels may help to overcome the disadvantages of fossil fuels, but their production might compete with food production leading to higher food prices and hunger. Therefore, in recent decades, the societal impact of technology has come to the center of attention. To deal with potential ethical issues related
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A Review of Techniques and Policies on Cybersecurity Using Artificial Intelligence and Reinforcement Learning Algorithms IEEE Technol. Soc. Mag. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-22 Neshat Elhami Fard, Rastko R. Selmic, Khashayar Khorasani
Cybersecurity is a critical process that safeguards networks, systems, and applications against cyber-attacks, wherein digital information is targeted for unauthorized access, manipulation, or destruction. As attackers continually evolve their tactics, addressing cybersecurity challenges has become paramount, especially in sensitive domains like the military and defense industries. This article delves
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Implications of Emotion Recognition Technologies: Balancing Privacy and Public Safety IEEE Technol. Soc. Mag. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-22 Luis Felipe Ortiz-Clavijo, Carlos Julián Gallego-Duque, Juan Camilo David-Diaz, Andrés Felipe Ortiz-Zamora
As our world becomes increasingly interconnected, technology continues to evolve at an unprecedented pace. One of the most intriguing advancements in recent years is the development of emotion recognition technologies [1] . These systems, powered by artificial intelligence algorithms for machine reasoning and learning, running on sophisticated hardware, can analyze human expressions, vocal tones, and
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Navigating the Ethical Landscape of AI in Healthcare: Insights From a Content Analysis IEEE Technol. Soc. Mag. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-22 Yin Wu, Xiang Michelle Liu
The application of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare has gained tremendous popularity over recent years, given its enormous potential for strengthening the quality and efficiency of healthcare services on a global scale. However, the deployment of AI in healthcare comes with both benefits and risks for patients, healthcare professionals, and the whole society. Ethical concerns, such as how
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Analysis of Fisherman Exploitation in Taiwan Distant Water Fishing IEEE Technol. Soc. Mag. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-22 Periyasami Karthikeyan, Ayush Pratap, William C.-H. Chu, Pao-Ann Hsiung
The analysis of fisherman exploitation in Taiwan’s distant water fishing (DWF) industry is a critical undertaking to address and combat labor abuses within this sector. DWF involves fishing activities conducted in waters beyond Taiwan’s territorial limits, and it is crucial to ensure fair and ethical treatment of the fishermen involved. The analysis of fisherman exploitation entails a comprehensive
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Potential Impact of Data-Centric AI on Society IEEE Technol. Soc. Mag. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-22 Sushant Kumar, Ritesh Sharma, Vishakha Singh, Shrikant Tiwari, Sanjay Kumar Singh, Sumit Datta
Data-centric artificial intelligence (AI) (DCAI) has the potential to bring significant benefits to society; however, it also poses significant challenges and potential risks. It is crucial to approach the development and deployment of DCAI systems with caution, taking into account the potential societal impacts and working to mitigate any negative effects. DCAI technology is now an essential part
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Data for Societal Good: A Contextual Approach IEEE Technol. Soc. Mag. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-22 Frederick Kaefer, Guillermina Mora, Ravi Nath
The history of technological innovations is replete with examples of both positive and negative societal impacts. An often-cited example is that of textile workers (referred to as Luddites) who rebelled against the machines that threatened their livelihoods as their artisans’ skilled labor was being replaced with less skilled machine workers [1] . On the other hand, a positive impact of that technology
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The Role of Early Social Development in Networking and “Serendipity” IEEE Technol. Soc. Mag. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-07-06 Luis Kun
For those of us who were lucky as children to enjoy life and grew up with the support of loving families, going to school, playing sports and music, and making friends in our neighborhoods was just a way of life. Little did we know explicitly at the time of the importance of creating and maintaining human connection. As grownups, opportunities occur when we may have information that others lack. Because
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Futural Appropriation IEEE Technol. Soc. Mag. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-07-06 Jeremy Pitt
Technology is driving society toward the end-point of neocolonialism [1] , the process by which a privileged elite extracts resources from their same country and its citizens. However, once the dimensions of space for resource extraction are exhausted, all that is left is time. Then, if cultural appropriation is the process whereby a dominant in-group adopts elements from the culture of a disadvantaged
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The Leak: Politics, Activists, and Loss of Trust at Brookhaven National Laboratory—Robert P. Crease with Peter D. Bond (Cambridge, MA, USA: MIT Press, 2022, 307 pp.) IEEE Technol. Soc. Mag. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-07-06 Daniene Byrne
The Leak is a detailed chronicle of the decision making that led to the unfortunate demise of a major scientific instrument, the high-frequency beam reactor (HFBR). The reactor was designed and built in 1965 to produce a steady beam of neutrons, atomic particles that have no charge but have an atomic mass and can be used to research the nature of matter. The HFBR generated groundbreaking findings,
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Invention and Innovation: A Brief History of Hype and Failure —Vaclav Smil (Cambridge, MA, USA: MIT Press, 2023, 232 pp.) IEEE Technol. Soc. Mag. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-07-06 Nicholas P. Miller
The book describes how innovations can produce unintended effects that may take years to appear. The author is a well-known scientist and policy analyst whose interdisciplinary research interests encompass energy, food, population, economic, historical, and public policy studies. The author offers a few words to distinguish between the notions of invention and innovation. “The meanings have a large
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Classical Curiosities [Two books reviewed] IEEE Technol. Soc. Mag. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-07-06 Lewis M. Holmes
Reviews the two books: Greek Fire, Poison Arrows, and Scorpion Bombs: Unconventional Warfare in the Ancient World (Mayor, A.; 2022) and Flying Snakes and Griffin Claws: And Other Classical Myths, Historical Oddities, and Scientific Curiosities (Mayor, A.; 2022).
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Securitization for Sustainability of People and Place IEEE Technol. Soc. Mag. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-07-06 Katina Michael, Roba Abbas, Jeremy Pitt, Kathleen Vogel, Mariana Zafeirakopoulos
Security and securitization can be defined in numerous ways. For example, an all-hazards approach to (national) security has been considered in the literature whereby we may refer to economic, environmental, and energy security [1] , in addition to other nonmilitary facets inclusive of food-, health-, demographic-, informational-, and resource-related aspects [2] . Furthermore, the literature points
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Reimagining Digital Public Spaces and Artificial Intelligence for Deep Cooperation IEEE Technol. Soc. Mag. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-07-06 Peter R. Lewis, Stephen Lewis, Sue Lewis, Amanda McEachern Gaudet, Amanda Ottley
Researchers who have worked in computer science or artificial intelligence for more than a few years will have experienced a profound shift in the public perception of their field from being something that people rarely cared about outside of sci-fi or niche academic or “geek” interest to something that is suddenly everywhere all over the world and seems to be permeating every field and every product
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Ensuring Food Security Through Meal Optimization IEEE Technol. Soc. Mag. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-07-06 Liselotte Schäfer Elinder, Patricia Eustachio Colombo
Food security is of vital importance for human existence. Yet, global food production has huge environmental impacts which increasingly threaten food security. Today, food production occupies around 40% of all ice-free land surface, contributes about 25x0025; of all human-induced greenhouse gas emissions, and is the largest driver of deforestation. Moreover, it accounts for about 70% of the Earth’s
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Counteracting the Global Labor Shortage Risk Through the Human–AI Collaboration in Digital Recruiting IEEE Technol. Soc. Mag. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-07-06 Olena Linnyk, Ingolf Teetz
There are three common beliefs about the labor market: first, that increased use of artificial intelligence (AI) is going to cause large-scale unemployment in the future; second, that the postpandemic revitalization of mobility and migration would resupply the markets affected currently by the workforce shortage; and third, that job postings, under existing employment laws, do not use biased language
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Respecting and Protecting Cultural Values in an Indigenous Virtual Reality Project IEEE Technol. Soc. Mag. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-07-06 Steven Mills, Holger Regenbrecht
Co-design and development of technology with indigenous communities requires respect and close partnership. Here, we reflect on our experiences working with a Māori (indigenous New Zealand) community as Pākehā textasciimacron (non-Māori). 1 In particular, we consider the importance of protection as an underlying principle. We believe that our experiences can inform other researchers and practitioners
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Why Do We Need “Transdisciplinarity”? IEEE Technol. Soc. Mag. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-07-06 Marcus R. Wigan
The terms cross disciplinary, multidisciplinary, and transdisciplinary (TD) are increasingly used, but rarely unpacked for their actual application. This article examines these different perspectives and proposes a usable definition and applies it to a range of circumstances. The rapid increase in disintermediation between individuals and organizations and the digitalization of many disciplines has
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Calling in the System: Rethinking Approaches to National Security and Intelligence IEEE Technol. Soc. Mag. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-07-06 Mariana Zafeirakopoulos
When it comes to problems that have a social dimension, there are often strong and opposing positions. This friction can actually help create change in the system if harnessed correctly. Ross [4] advocates for an approach that involves “calling in” the system to be able to build a culture of learning and understanding rather than beginning by “calling out” human rights injustices.
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Looking at Securitization as a Sociotechnical Activity: Lessons From a Cold War Past for AI Futures IEEE Technol. Soc. Mag. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-07-06 Theresa Dirndorfer Anderson
While it is often said that every generation has to learn from its own mistakes, there is still insight to draw from the stories of those who have ventured before us. Stories connect us to ourselves and to one another. As part of an autoethnographic practice, they serve as sensemaking tools, shedding light on phenomena from a deeply personal perspective. Seeing ourselves in the story may help us to
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Avoiding Bikeshedding: An Eye Toward the Existential IEEE Technol. Soc. Mag. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-03-07 Christine Perakslis
The bicycle-shed effect (also known as Parkinson’s law of triviality or bikeshedding) is a belief that humans assign disproportionate weight to trivial issues, thus devoting excessive resources (e.g., time, energy, money, etc.) to more insignificant issues to the detriment of the significant [1] . Humans are believed to prefer to focus on simple and comprehendible subjects (e.g., which color to paint
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The Unexpected Value of Volunteering IEEE Technol. Soc. Mag. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-03-07 Luis Kun
This is my first column as the 2023–2024 President of the IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology (SSIT). Many IEEE individuals belong exclusively to an IEEE Society where they meet others with similar interests and perhaps through publications and conferences they network and improve their professional skills. Other IEEE members become part of a working group or committee, thus increasing
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Toxic Technology IEEE Technol. Soc. Mag. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-03-07 Jeremy Pitt
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, $\ldots $ ” So begins Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, set during the French Revolution of the late 18th century, highlighting the coexistence of radical opposites and contrasting extremes in a period of uncertainty, political upheaval, and rapid technological development.
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Expected Impact IEEE Technol. Soc. Mag. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-03-07 Jan Vleeshouwers
Jeremy Pitt probably expresses the doubts of many in criticizing the use of “expected impact” as a research funding criterion (IEEE Technology and Society Magazine, September 2022). The impossibility of predicting research impact has been documented well enough.
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Social Engineering: How Crowdmasters, Phreaks, Hackers, and Trolls Created a New Form of Manipulative Communication—Robert W. Gehl and Sean T. Lawson (Cambridge, MA, USA: MIT Press, 2022, 344 pp.) IEEE Technol. Soc. Mag. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-03-07 Nathaniel Knopf
Spend enough time online and you will inevitably come across a political debate. Within these debates, you can count on accusations that some participants are actually bots. Though the profiles appear to belong to ordinary people, the accusation is they may actually be fake profiles created to spread propaganda and mislead people.