Blar i Avdeling for økonomi, språk og samfunnsfag (gjelder til og med 2020) på tidsskrift "Technology in society"
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The foundations of a policy for the use of social robots in care
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Should we deploy social robots in care settings? This question, asked from a policy standpoint, requires that we understand the potential benefits and downsides of deploying social robots in care situations. Potential ... -
Freedom under the gaze of Big Brother: Preparing the grounds for a liberal defence of privacy in the era of Big Data
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-07-08)‘Big Brother is watching you!’ the posters in Orwell's Oceania told all its inhabitants. We have no such posters, but we live in the era of Big Data, and someone is watching us. Here, I discuss how Big Data is an omniscient ... -
Privacy as an aggregate public good
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-09-23)Privacy relates to individuals and their ability to keep certain aspects of themselves away from other individuals and organisations. This leads both proponents and opponents of liberalism to argue that liberalism involves ... -
A shallow defence of a technocracy of artificial intelligence: Examining the political harms of algorithmic governance in the domain of government
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Artificial intelligence (AI) has proven to be superior to human decision-making in certain areas. This is partic-ularly the case whenever there is a need for advanced strategic reasoning and analysis of vast amounts of ... -
The tyranny of perceived opinion: Freedom and information in the era of big data
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-07-08)Never before have we had access to as much information as we do today, but how do we avail ourselves of it? In parallel with the increase in the amount of information, we have created means of curating and delivering it ... -
When nudge comes to shove: Liberty and nudging in the era of big data
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-04-26)In this article, I examine how nudging powered by Big Data relates to both negative and positive liberty. I focus in particular on how liberty is affected by appeals to irrational mechanisms. I conclude that it is problematic ...