No trust, no use: trust is often put forward as a critical success factor when it comes to the acceptance and use of new technologies. But it’s not as simple as that. Does the use and acceptance of new technologies really go hand in hand with trust? To implement trust and AI more successfully, you first need one thing: better questions.

The use of ubiquitous smart technologies is increasing tensions between humans, machines, and society. Passionate debates are held in which the extremes of the-end-is-nigh Nostradamus followers and fervent tech evangelists seem to hold sway.

Uncertainty and skepticism are growing…

No Trust — No Use? Trust seems like the lasting, kind of mysterious, competitive edge. Since AI holds great promises (as well as dangers though), tech-companies and AI enthusiasts are especially concerned about how to build trust in AI to foster adoption or usage. Is trust really the key to success?

What is Trust

Without trust, there would be no families, no houses, no markets, no religion, no politics, no rocket science. According to trust researcher Rachel Botsman, trust is the social glue that enables humankind to progress through interaction with each other and the environment, including technology. …

What?

NO ….NONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONO (…) NO.

Why?

NO ….NONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONO (…) NO.

KEYPOINTS

Is Artificial Intelligence worth the Risk

• The Titanium Trust Report is a mixed methods analysis with 111 participants from heterogeneous backgrounds and expertise to investigate trust and artificial intelligence
• The qualitative section explores fear and skepticism towards artificial intelligence
• 14 sub-categories were identified, like fear of robots or AI in healthcare
• AI in warfare, loss of control, and privacy and security are the most mentioned categories
• Despite the dangers, the majority of participants believe AI is worth the risk
• Implications include education and awareness on the individual level, regulation policies on the macro level, and focus on security and performance…

No Trust — No Use? Trust seems like the lasting, kind of mysterious, competitive edge. Since AI holds great promises (as well as dangers though), tech-companies and AI enthusiasts are especially concerned about how to build trust in AI to foster adoption or usage. Is trust really the key to success?

What is Trust

Without trust, there would be no families, no houses, no markets, no religion, no politics, no rocket science. According to trust researcher Rachel Botsman, trust is the social glue that enables humankind to progress through interaction with each other and the environment, including technology. …

What happens when Tech-Giants become war profiteers?

With holens for Good, not for War, several hundred Microsoft employees are raising their voices against use of the Hololens for military purposes, with no effect so far. Thousands of Google employees protested against Project Maven in 2018, using the same open letter strategy: The employees do not want to be profiteers of war. The consequence of the Google protest was the dissolution of the contract with the US Department of Defense. …

Let’s #talk about #science

Last weekend nine scientists took part in the #famelab public speaking master class at the #CERN facilites in Geneva, Switzerland. CERN, the birthplace of the internet and the place to be if you want to learn more about the Big Bang Theory. These nine people where all winners of the semi-finals a few weeks ago. Famelab is one of the biggest science communication competitions world wide. Over 25 countries organize these famelabs, where young people have three minutes to present their science in understandable words to the audience and the judges.

The competitors are judged on…

1. Introduction

The original task description of this paper was to ask a real question about the chosen topic and to provide an answer in the end. However, with writing about the somehow mystical and appealing concept of creativity, one is confronted by a myriad of unanswered questions accompanied by a numerous amount of scientific and pseudoscientific literature.

Just to name some of the most striking questions: who is considered creative? Is it one attribute or does a creative person hold a bundle of attributes or traits that make him a creative person? What is creative? Is it a physical manifestation of…