Poor Technology

Poor Technology
Author: Levi Checketts
Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishers
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2024-01-23
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ISBN: 1506482317
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Artificial intelligence (AI) has demonstrated such advancement that people ask if it should be granted the moral status of personhood. This book argues that this view assumes that personhood corresponds to how well one's thinking mirrors the biases, worldview, and intelligence of the middle class, relegating the poor to the status of "nonhuman."


Poor Technology
Language: en
Pages: 320

Poor Technology

Authors: Levi Checketts
Categories:
Type: BOOK - Published: 2024-01-23 - Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishers

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Artificial intelligence (AI) has demonstrated such advancement that people ask if it should be granted the moral status of personhood. This book argues that thi
Information Lives of the Poor
Language: en
Pages: 107

Information Lives of the Poor

Authors: Laurent Elder
Categories: Computers
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013 - Publisher: IDRC

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Information and communication have always opened opportunities for the poor to earn income, reduce isolation, and respond resiliently to emergencies. With mobil
Development Engineering
Language: en
Pages: 290

Development Engineering

Authors: William Kisaalita
Categories:
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-09 - Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

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This book details the development and evaluation of technological interventions designed to improve human and economic development within complex, low-resource
Technology of the Oppressed
Language: en
Pages: 231

Technology of the Oppressed

Authors: David Nemer
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2022-02-15 - Publisher: MIT Press

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How Brazilian favela residents engage with and appropriate technologies, both to fight the oppression in their lives and to represent themselves in the world. B
Credit Constraints as a Barrier to Technology Adoption by the Poor
Language: en
Pages: 40

Credit Constraints as a Barrier to Technology Adoption by the Poor

Authors: Xavier Gine
Categories: Credit
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005 - Publisher: World Bank Publications

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"It is generally recognized that the adoption of a new technology plays a fundamental role in the development process. However, the benefits from the introducti