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Are algo­rithms tak­ing over?

2023-11-28
18 min read
in Algocracy, Algorithm, Big Data, Democracy, Duet Interviews
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Sophie Borchert

Algo­rithms, spe­cial forms of arti­fi­cial intel­li­gence, are influ­enc­ing our mod­ern world more and more. They analyse a lot of data in a short time and dis­cov­er new, sur­pris­ing infor­ma­tion and con­nec­tions. We humans sim­ply place our trust in the poten­tial of algo­rithms because our minds are not able to under­stand the com­plex­i­ty of infor­ma­tion pro­cess­ing and smart devices often make our lives more pleas­ant by reliev­ing us of the cog­ni­tive work. How is this dis­rup­tive tech­nol­o­gy chang­ing our every­day life, our soci­ety and our democracy?

In the lat­est of her Duet inter­views, Dr Cal­daro­la, author of Big Data and Law, and Sophie Borchert dis­cuss the pos­si­bil­i­ty of a shift from democ­ra­cy towards an algo­c­ra­cy tak­ing place.

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Big Data and Algorithms

2023-11-06
8 min read
in AI, Algorithm, Big Data, Duet Interviews, Machine Learning
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Prof. Dr. Katha­ri­na Zweig – Pho­to: Felix Schmitt

Do you know how old algo­rithms real­ly are? Or where they came from? What is an algo­rithm? Are there dif­fer­ent types of algo­rithms…? Muham­mad al-Khwariz­i­mi was a 9th cen­tu­ry Per­sian astronomer and math­e­mati­cian. His text­book On Indi­an Numer­als was trans­lat­ed into Latin four cen­turies lat­er. It is con­sid­ered the most impor­tant source for the Indo-Ara­bic numer­al sys­tem and writ­ten arith­metic. His sur­name even sounds pho­net­i­cal­ly like an algo­rithm “Algo­ris­mi”. Ada Lovelace was the first per­son to write down an algo­rithm intend­ed for a com­put­er in 1843. She is con­sid­ered to be the first female programmer.

In the lat­est of her Duet inter­views, Dr Cal­daro­la, author of Big Data and Law, and IT-Expert Prof. Dr Katha­ri­na Zweig talk about algo­rithms and heuris­tics and their dai­ly use.

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Does any­one real­ly have a monop­oly on wisdom?

2023-07-04
21 min read
in Big Data, Duet Interviews, Economy, Kartel, Monopol
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Hans-Jür­gen Jakobs

In his new book, Hans Jür­gen Jakobs describes the monop­o­lies of our cen­tu­ry in some depth. He exam­ines issues, such as whether monop­o­lies engen­der depen­den­cies, for­feit diver­si­ty, erode healthy com­pe­ti­tion, and lead to anar­chy. Are our con­tem­po­rary monop­o­lists clever enough to deprive states­men of their pow­er? Or has human cre­ativ­i­ty always brought down monop­o­lies in the end?

In the lat­est of her Duet inter­views, Dr Cal­daro­la, author of Big Data and Law, and Hans-Jür­gen Jakobs dis­cuss the con­cept of monop­o­lies and their effects on today’s life.

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Dr Maria Cristina Caldarola

Dr Maria Cristina Caldarola, LL.M., MBA is the host of “Duet Interviews”, co-founder and CEO of CU³IC UG, a consultancy specialising in systematic approaches to innovation, such as algorithmic IP data analysis and cross-industry search for innovation solutions.

Cristina is a well-regarded legal expert in licensing, patents, trademarks, domains, software, data protection, cloud, big data, digital eco-systems and industry 4.0.

A TRIUM MBA, Cristina is also a frequent keynote speaker, a lecturer at St. Gallen, and the co-author of the recently published Big Data and Law now available in English, German and Mandarin editions.

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