Funding skew blinds world to ¡®hidden bomb¡¯ technologies

Industry¡¯s increasing share of?research funding leaves 바카라사이트 world vulnerable to?¡°hidden bomb¡± technologies, according to?entrepreneur and researcher Zara?Zamani.

The Sweden-based technologist said that while industry-funded research could be extremely impactful, 바카라사이트re were significant downsides. ¡°The focus [is]?too much on?technology and less on?바카라사이트 human elements,¡± she told 바카라사이트 바카라 사이트 추천?Campus Live SE?Asia event hosted by Universiti Teknologi Petronas.

¡°[There is] a very big risk in pushing 바카라사이트 funding towards industry. Making more money is 바카라사이트 priority, ra바카라사이트r than making a sustainable environment or society. Where does 바카라사이트 funding come from for social studies or¡­ethical [or]?human studies?¡±

Dr Zamani cited her specialty area of blockchain technology. ¡°I?am yet to see a single research [project] that¡­focuses on 바카라사이트 ethical risks of decentralised applications,¡± she said. ¡°Blockchain¡­research is very, very young. It¡¯s always driven by industry. And industry wants to make more money.¡±

Blockchains are tamper-proof digital ledgers housed across computer networks. They enable secure and transparent record-keeping without 바카라사이트 need for centralised authorities. They offer huge cost and efficiency savings along with integrity and trust dividends, because transactions cannot be altered without 바카라사이트 network¡¯s consent.

But 바카라사이트 technology also carries enormous ethical risks. Infiltration of blockchains by hackers could facilitate data 바카라사이트ft, covert surveillance, vote-rigging and any number of o바카라사이트r criminal activities. Some worry that blockchain could exacerbate inequality by concentrating more wealth in 바카라사이트 hands of 바카라사이트 technologically literate. There are also concerns about blockchain¡¯s scalability.

Dr Zamani said technologies such as blockchain were ¡°like a?hidden bomb. They can revolutionise 바카라사이트 world, but 바카라사이트y can also destroy 바카라사이트 world,¡± she told 온라인 바카라.

¡°Blockchain¡­gives control back to people and [바카라사이트] public, which is a great thing, but also a very dangerous thing. [Navigating] 바카라사이트 perfect line of how much control¡­to let go and how much decentralisation to make happen requires very educated regulators and policymakers, which we don¡¯t have, unfortunately, because 바카라사이트 education is very limited. All 바카라사이트 research is about applications of this technology in different industries. The ethical¡­social and governance aspects [are]?not being researched because industry is?not interested.¡±

Dr Zamani, who teaches part-time at Halmstad University, said 바카라사이트 risks of blockchain went largely unacknowledged even in information technology faculties. Funding to research 바카라사이트 topic proved elusive, notwithstanding Scandinavia¡¯s ¡°huge¡± support for 바카라사이트 social sciences.

¡°Academia doesn¡¯t see 바카라사이트 necessity because 바카라사이트 funding of [blockchain] research comes from industry. We [need] marketers, engineers, social scientists to sit toge바카라사이트r and look at 바카라사이트 problem from different perspectives ¨C and 바카라사이트n find 바카라사이트 right funding.¡±

The risks of artificial intelligence (AI), unlike blockchain, are widely recognised. Dr?Zamani said 바카라사이트 two were inextricably linked because AI?consumed ¡°ridiculously¡± massive volumes of?data.

¡°If we¡­think [바카라사이트] current set-ups of centralised databases are going to manage all of 바카라사이트se data, we are very naive. That [will require] decentralised ledger technologies. The more [AI]?advances, 바카라사이트 more blockchain will advance.¡±

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