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SUMMARY:In Machines We Trust? Cloud computing\, ambient intelligence and r
 obotics - Prof. Ian Kerr\, Canada Research Chair in Ethics\, Law and Techn
 ology (Ottawa)
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CONTACT:Tom Simpson
DESCRIPTION:Discourse on the social implications of cloud computing has un
 til now focused mainly on questions of data ownership\, privacy and securi
 ty\, and the increased dependence of users on third party service provider
 s. In this lecture\, Ian Kerr explores these issues as well as the broader
  implications of 'the cloud' as an instance of our increasing tendency to 
 delegate complex human operations and activities to machines. Is the volun
 tary relinquishment of control (not merely by individuals to corporations 
 but also by corporations to machines) warranted? Through an investigation 
 of the underlying vision of cloud computing and an equally opaque series o
 f related processing techniques in the fields of ubiquitous computing\, am
 bient intelligence and robotics\, Professor Kerr ponders whether - and und
 er what circumstances - we ought to trust the machines to do our bidding.
LOCATION:McCrum Lecture Theatre\,  Benet St.\, Corpus Christi College
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