‘Her research identifies the inherent deficiency of making #data a rallying point in itself—data is not an objective truth, and what’s more, its “entirely contextual and dynamic” status makes it an unstable foundation for organizing. In proposing a #humanrights–based framework that would center human dignity and #autonomy rather than technological abstractions, Renieris delivers a clear-eyed and radically imaginative vision of the future.’

Get this one, by @hackylawyer

🚨🚨 My book, BEYOND DATA, from @mitpress will officially be released in one month on Feb. 7th, have you preordered it yet? 🚨🚨 https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262047821/beyond-data/

Next week, I'm testifying in the German Parliament (Deutscher Bundestag)'s hearing on "Web 3.0 and the #Metaverse." Hearing details & live-stream link available at https://www.bundestag.de/ausschuesse/a23_digitales/Anhoerungen/921548-921548

Also a good time to reshare my recent piece for CIGI on #Web3 https://www.cigionline.org/articles/amid-the-hype-over-web3-informed-skepticism-is-critical/

Next week, I'm testifying in the German Parliament (Deutscher Bundestag)'s hearing on "Web 3.0 and the #Metaverse." Hearing details & live-stream link available at https://www.bundestag.de/ausschuesse/a23_digitales/Anhoerungen/921548-921548

Also a good time to reshare my recent piece for CIGI on #Web3 https://www.cigionline.org/articles/amid-the-hype-over-web3-informed-skepticism-is-critical/

@ruchowdh Look forward to catching up in Oxford!

"The man who created the Oculus Rift has invented a virtual reality headset that will explode the forebrain of a user who dies in a video game."

TLDR: You die in the game, you die IRL.

I'm screaming, are you?

And what's with the exceedingly neutral coverage of Palmer Luckey's death toy @Vice?

https://www.vice.com/en/article/dy7kbq/palmer-luckey-made-a-vr-headset-that-kills-the-user-if-they-die-in-the-game

I'm giving an end-of-term talk at Oxford's Institute for Ethics in AI on December 2nd.

The title:

"Was Data Protection a Mistake? The Case for Non-Data-based Technology Governance"

Stay tuned for registration details.

@Mndell thanks for your comments.

If you read my piece in full (which you've quoted here), you'll see that my concerns are not primarily about the use of #biometrics at the border but rather about the significant deficiencies in the process for overriding fundamental rights & freedoms in implementing the new measures. This is most evident in the impact assessment undertaken.

Sharing my first article on here! It's a piece I've written for CIGI on the EU's biometric smart borders, which reveal a "conflict between the European Union’s stated democratic values rooted in human rights, on the one hand, and a technocratic impulse to digitalize at all costs, on the other." Check it out! https://www.cigionline.org/articles/europe-at-a-crossroads-over-planned-use-of-biometrics/

Job alert 🚨 AI and global politics

3 fully-funded PhD positions + post doc to investigate EU’s int’l and global entanglements in AI regulation, embedded in @regulaite project.

Vacancies in 🧵; project descriptions on the website below.

#iamnewhere, so enormously grateful if you could help spread the word through shares. Many 🙏 already 🙂

https://www.regulaite.eu

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