Posted by This overview covers a number of interesting items I saw go by this past week related to artificial intelligence, technology for social good, the future of social movements, equity issues and the future of work. All of these items intersect in one way or another with social work futures – challenging us to think in new ways about social problems, the experiences and trajectories of vulnerable populations, and the skills needed by effective social workers and other social change actors to achieve our goals. These links are intended to stimulate thinking about our roles ahead in the world that is unfolding.
Artificial Intelligence
Long-form (1+ hour) discussion about the social implications of artificial intelligence.
Law could be the next profession to be disrupted by artificial intelligence.
High tech redlining: New technology leading to deeper kinds of institutionalized racism.
Automation may take our jobs, but it will restore our humanity.
The A-Z of how artificial intelligence is changing the world
Technology for Social Good
America needs to align technology with a public purpose.
Using technology (Virtual reality and games) as an alternative to medications for rehabilitation.
Meet Zora, the robot caregiver
The internet doesn’t need civility, it needs ethics
What is a “public interest technologist” and how can they make the world a better place?
5 Reasons you might be a public interest technologist
Building ethics and privacy into the next generation of the internet
The Future of Social Movements
Interesting overview of next generation social activism. The new repertoire of repression and how movements resist.
Brief popular press story in Fast Company: Keep marching: Why street protests really do make a difference and Original research report
More than code: Practitioners reimagine the landscape of of technology for justice and equity
Equity Issues
How automation of the workplace of the future may harm workers of color disproportionately
Beijing to begin rating residents on behaviors by 2020
The newest Jim Crow – “e-racism” in the U.S. criminal justice system
AI programs exhibit gender and racial bias
Austerity, inequality and automation
Algorhithms of oppression book review
The Future of Learning (University and Lifelong Learning)
5 Ways to meet the modern learner
The Future of Work
How the future of work may impact our well being
The seven forces that will shape the way you work
Social Work Futures 