Building on the lessons from our AI series, Digital Asia Hub convened a series of deep dives into the research questions that have particular salience in the developing world when it comes to the AI. Collaborating with partners Centre for Internet and Society, India, on researching issues such as autonomy, discrimination, privacy, and the replication[…]
The Digital Asia Hub convened a symposium on the topic of Disinformation & Discourse: Rebuilding Trust in Institutions, Platforms, & Civic Spaces on 21 August, 2018, in Jakarta, Indonesia, bringing together over 50 subject matter experts from all over Asia and the world, across academia, industry, government, and civil society. The day was kicked off[…]
The following article was written by Sara M. Watson, a technology critic and Research Fellow at the Tow Center for Digital Journalism. She is also an affiliate with the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University and Writer-in-Residence at Digital Asia Hub. The article was published as part of Digital Asia Hub’s AI[…]
The following article was written by Dr. Teck Boon, Research Fellow, Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. The article was published as part of Digital Asia Hub’s AI bumper Newsletter on December 2, 2016. Earlier this year, the defeat of Go world champion Lee Sedol by Google’s AlphaGo underscored the coming-of-age of artificial[…]
By An Xiao Mina An Xiao Mina is a technologist and researcher. She leads the product team at Meedan and is working on a book about internet memes and social movements. She is also a 2016-17 Berkman Klein Fellow. I’ve become fascinated as of late by the manufacturing culture in Shenzhen and, having studied different aspects[…]
About this Essay Collection The essay collection is available for download at no cost: The Internet with its three billion users – and digital technology more broadly – have fundamentally changed the ways in which we as individuals communicate and collaborate with each other, how entrepreneurs and businesses operate and innovate, how young people express themselves and engage with the[…]