There is no doubt that we are part of an ‘information society’. Whether you identify as what Floridi (2007) describes as a “digital native”, who has been born into this current time period burgeoning with technological devices, smart technologies and constant connectivity; or a “digital immigrant” who has adopted and incorporated these technologies as they […]
artificial intelligence
The Driving Force Behind Technological Change
The reflection prompt for this learning activity, as to ‘who/what is driving technological change – is it the inhabitants of the landscape or the technology itself?’ is a bit of a which came first – the chicken or the egg? kind of question. I’d first consider why a particular technology is created. Usually, society has […]
The Tool is Directing the User…
O’Connell et al. states that “the tool is directing the user” where built-in artificial intelligence (AI) is an embedded technology where “users don’t have to think about how to use it [the technology tool]”. She provides Google as an example of a platform which uses this AI feature, which limits search options based on a […]