A New Digital Responsibility

There was NO way we could cover all the things we wanted to in the 37 minutes of this fantastic chat with Joe, but it's well worth a listen to hear what we did cover! From Data Scientist, to UX Design Consultant at Google, to leaving to write his book "Automating Humanity", an appearance in the Social Dilemma and the current launch of his new business Datagrade, Joe talks about a common thread about privacy, data and in essence, digital human rights. It's a great conversation, and one that I'd like to revisit in a year or so to see how the business launch has progressed. 

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Rob is joined again by co-host, and co-founder of CDR Christopher Joynson.

For more information on #CDR and #DigitalResponsibility check out http://corporatedigitalresponsibility.net

LinkedIn:      Rob Price

Facebook:    CDR

Twitter:        @the_Digital_COO

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A wide ranging discussion with Arthur Gwagwa starting with his background as a Lawyer in Zimbabwe and covering a discussion on the impact of digital, data and ethics on democracy, human rights, culture, language and more. Arthur is now a Doctoral Researcher at Utrecht University in the Netherlands, specialising in   the geopolitical, human rights and ethical implications of AI and Big Data. Arthur also sits on the Stanford University Internet Observatory Journal. 

You can find more about Arthur's work in the links below. 

Publications

Forthcoming

Arthur Gwagwa and Bev Townsend. Re-imagining Africa’s sovereignty in a digitally interdependent world.Emerging Global Governance project at Global Policy. (York University) and Eva-Maria Nag (Durham University).

Bev Townsend  and Arthur Gwagwa. Unholy alliances, Faustian pacts, and the politicking of data in Africa. Stanford Journal of Online Trust and Safety

2022

Scholarly publications

Kazim, E,; Gwagwa, A. et al (2022). On the sui generis value capture of new digital technologies: The case of AI. Patterns, 3(7), [100526].

Gwagwa, A. (2022). The role of the African value of Ubuntu in global AI inclusion discourse: A normative ethics perspective. Patterns, 3(4).

2021

Scholarly publications

Rutenberg, I., Gwagwa, A., & Omino, M. (2021). Use and Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Climate Change Adaptation in Africa. In N. Oguge, D. Ayal, L. Adeleke, & I. da Silva (Eds.), African Handbook of Climate Change Adaptation (1 ed., pp. 1107-1126). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45106-6_80

Gwagwa, A., Kazim, E., Kachidza, P., Hilliard, A., Siminyu, K., Smith, M., & Shawe-Taylor, J. (2021). Road map for research on responsible artificial intelligence for development (AI4D) in African countries: The case study of agriculture. Patterns, 2(12), [100381]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patter.2021.100381

2020

Scholarly publications

Gwagwa, A., Kraemer-Mbula, E., Rizk, N., Rutenberg, I., & Beer, J. D. (2020). Artificial Intelligence (AI) Deployments in Africa: Benefits, Challenges and Policy Dimensions. The African Journal of Information and Communication, 26, 1-28. https://doi.org/10.23962/10539/30361

2017

Scholarly publications

Gwagwa, A. (2017). Historical Antecedents and Paradoxes that Shaped Kenya’s Contemporary Information and Communication Technology Policies. Africa Policy Journal , X11, 61-75. Harvard Kennedy School.

Rob is joined again by co-host, and colleague Joshua Nwaogu. 

For more information on #CDR and #DigitalResponsibility check out http://corporatedigitalresponsibility.net

LinkedIn:      Rob Price

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Twitter:        @the_Digital_COO

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After a long summer break, we are going to start up the podcast again with a subseries looking at bias in technology and algorithms. To kick off the conversation, Rob talks to two of his immediate colleagues at Alchemmy, talking about their academic work, their inspirations and the impact they feel in terms of bias in the delivery of tech products and services. 

Rob is joined by Hanna and Josh, both of whom will join me in further conversations as we talk to other experts in the field. . 

- Hanna Eseku is a data scientist who has been involved in academic research looking at cultural biases in organisations through using AI and Machine Learning

- Joshua Nwaogu, a people person with a computer science background who is interesting in learning about the bias that may be present in coding and software. 

You can find more about their work in Alchemmy at https://www.alchemmy.com 

For more information on #CDR and #DigitalResponsibility check out http://corporatedigitalresponsibility.net

LinkedIn:      Rob Price

Facebook:    CDR

Twitter:        @the_Digital_COO

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In conversation with Paul Finnis, CEO The Learning Foundation and the Digital Poverty Alliance and Andrea Ravnik, Head of Amazon in the Community, UK. Paul leads the DPA, working with a range of organisations to help ensure that the impact of Digital Poverty is minimised in the UK, and more children and parts of the community who are not connected, empowered and inspired are able to play an active part in the Digital Economy. Andrea is the Amazon lead for their work in the Community in the UK and plays an active role in the DPA.

To live in a world which enables everyone to access the life changing benefits that digital brings.

To end digital poverty once and for all by 2030

We convene, compel and inspire collaboration for the UK & global community to lead sustainable action against digital poverty

LinkedIn:      Paul Finnis and Andrea Ravnik

Website:       https://digitalpovertyalliance.org

For more information on #CDR and #DigitalResponsibility check out http://corporatedigitalresponsibility.net

LinkedIn:      Rob Price

Facebook:    CDR

Twitter:        @the_Digital_COO

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In conversation with Ioanna Noula, Co-founder and Head of Research at the Internet Commission. We talked to Jonny Shipp in S1E12 of the podcast about the publication of the first Accountability Report, and this conversation with Ioanna looks at their work on Digital Responsibility a year on. With the introduction of the Digital Services Act (DSA) in Europe, and the takeover of Twitter by Elon Musk, there is much happening in big tech and social media that might challenge the status quo. We talk to Ioanna about the report, about the changes over the year, and what she believes will happen next in this quest for minimising harms in the fast changing online world. 

Check out Ioanna's blog that accompanies this episode here 

LinkedIn:      Ioanna Noula

Website:       https://inetco.org

For more information on #CDR and #DigitalResponsibility check out http://corporatedigitalresponsibility.net

LinkedIn:      Rob Price

Facebook:    CDR

Twitter:        @the_Digital_COO

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In conversation with Ken Banks, Head of Social Purpose at Yoti, founder of FrontlineSMS and author of the recently published autobiography "The Pursuit of Purpose". Ken returns to the Digital Responsibility podcast to share his experience of writing his life story, sharing his evolutionary path to create a better planet through enabling others to utilise technology to improve their world. Join the podcast to hear Christopher Joynson and myself in a fascinating discussion with Ken about his search for purpose and making a positive impact on society. 

LinkedIn:      Ken Banks

Website:       https://www.kiwanja.net

For more information on #CDR and #DigitalResponsibility check out http://corporatedigitalresponsibility.net

LinkedIn:      Rob Price

Facebook:    CDR

Twitter:        @the_Digital_COO

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In conversation with Joe Zammit-Lucia on the relationship between Business, Politics and Digital/Tech, covering everything from his latest book "The New Political Capitalism" through to Facebook and the Metaverse. We explored how and why technology is highly political. Where do responsibilities lie for a Digital Responsibility that ensures positive outcomes for society and the planet? How do we shift the focus from shiny 'technology' to what technological advances are achieving for our societies? Our conclusion is that tech businesses must take the lead to establish a much more effective collaborative process between the political/policy realms and business, big tech as well as others.

Dr Zammit-Lucia is the author of “The New Political Capitalism" (Bloomsbury, 2022). Formerly a multinational industry executive, he is an entrepreneur, business leadership advisor and founder of the RADIX network of public policy think tanks, he is a regular commentator in the international media on issues relating to business and politics.

LinkedIn:      Joe Zammit-Lucia

Website:       https://www.newpoliticalcapitalism.com 

For more information on #CDR and #DigitalResponsibility check out http://corporatedigitalresponsibility.net

LinkedIn:      Rob Price

Facebook:    CDR

Twitter:        @the_Digital_COO

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In conversation with Jutta Juliane Meier, Founder & CEO and Kai Hermsen, co-CEO of Identity Valley in Germany. They have been collaborating with a number of experts across Europe to create the proposed Digital Responsibility Goals, intended as supplemental to the UN SDGs. 

You can see their work here https://identityvalley.org/en/ 

And join the launch of the DRGs at this event (in English) https://www.eco.de/event/digital-responsibility-digitale-verantwortung-the-european-way-der-europaeische-weg/

LinkedIn:      Jutta Meier and Kai Hermsen

For more information on #CDR and #DigitalResponsibility check out http://corporatedigitalresponsibility.net

LinkedIn:      Rob Price

Facebook:    CDR

Twitter:        @the_Digital_COO

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We launched the International CDR Manifesto on the 1st October, 2021, as a year long collaborative effort between an international group of established CDR experts, academics, published authors and corporate practitioners. This work built on our own individual work, and recognised some of the other great work in this field over the past three years to bring an open source, Creative Commons framework to the market that enabled organisations to better think about the impact of their use of digital on creating a more positive impact on the planet and society.

This second of a mini-series of podcasts, with Christopher Joynson, co-founder of the Manifesto, lexplores Christopher's own introduction to CDR,  his background to the collaboration and looks at vulnerability in the context of Digital Responsibility. We specifically explore the 3rd and 4th Principles of the International CDR Manifesto - Societal Wellbeing (data privacy, governance, digital maturity and digital wellbeing) and Consider Economic & Societal Impact (sustainable automation, verifiable 3rd party data & algorithms and new economic models) and look forward to further evolution in 2022. 

The team behind the manifesto includes Dr Saskia Dörr, Professor Michael Wade, Tim Frick, Oliver Merx, Christopher Joynson and Rob Price, all of whom have been involved in introducing or regularly discussing definitions of CDR over the past five years.

LinkedIn:      Christopher Joynson

For more information on #CDR and #DigitalResponsibility check out http://corporatedigitalresponsibility.net

LinkedIn:      Rob Price

Facebook:    CDR

Twitter:        @the_Digital_COO

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Discussion with Charles Radclyffe, CEO Ethics Grade in the UK.

Ethics Grade is a UK AI and CDR Ethical Benchmarking business that in 2021 was engaged by Ethos Foundation to conduct a survey into 48 top Swiss businesses as to their progress around CDR. Charles talks about the experience and next steps. 

You can find out more about Ethics Grade here https://ethicsgrade.io

You can find the report published by Ethos Foundation here https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6892008714178818048/

LinkedIn:      Charles Radclyffe

For more information on #CDR and #DigitalResponsibility check out http://corporatedigitalresponsibility.net