James Wright
@jms_wright
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Programme specialist at @UNESCO working on AI ethics and governance. Anthropology/STS research on care and tech. Author of "Robots Won't Save Japan". Own views
Paris
Joined September 2020
Delighted to announce that my book, Robots Won't Save Japan: An Ethnography of Eldercare Automation, is now out with Cornell University Press! For anyone interested, there is a 30% discount using the code 09BCARD : https://t.co/WdVVdzzxpD
cornellpress.cornell.edu
Robots Won't Save Japan addresses the Japanese government's efforts to develop care robots in response to the challenges of an aging population, rising demand for eldercare, and a critical shortage...
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Great news! My book, "Waiting for Robots: The Hired Hands of Automation", is now available for pre-order. It's the culmination of years of research with my friends and colleagues, and despite the most recent data—plot twist—the robots are still a no-show.
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An essential investigation that pulls back the curtain on automation, like AI, to show human workers’ hidden labor. Artificial Intelligence fuels both enthusiasm and panic. Technologists are...
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Really appreciate Andreas Bischoff's attentive and insightful review of my book "Robots Won't Save Japan" for Symbolic Interaction @SIJournal
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🗨 How can AI help mitigate the problems of an aging population? Join in the conversation with co-editors @giulia_de_togni & @jms_wright as they discuss their work in @EastsJournal's latest Special Issue on healthcare in Japan & South Korea. Read more 👉 https://t.co/KVhz59owLG
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Delighted to announce that special issue ‘Robots and AI for Healthcare in Japan and South Korea’ for EASTS (East Asian Science, Technology and Society: An International Journal) is out now: https://t.co/NXcjHMAerM Huge thanks to my co-editor @giulia_de_togni and all contributors!
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Robots and Artificial Intelligence for Healthcare in Japan and South Korea. Volume 18, Issue 2 of East Asian Science, Technology and Society: An International Journal
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📑📢 New Special Issue from @EastsJournal! Join in the conversation with co-editors @giulia_de_togni & @jms_wright as they discuss their inspiration, collaborative efforts, and findings in curating this Special Issue. Read more 👉 https://t.co/BZ8YPykM9t
#AI #Heathcare
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Continuing the conversation on the Ethics of Ai at our Policy Dialogue Event— it was wonderful meeting with the #AIExpertsWithoutBorders (AIEB) Network yesterday, following our Global Forum in Slovenia a few months ago.
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Happy to announce the publication of a chapter on AI and care with Grace Whitfield and @kateameliah, part of the newly released Handbook on Public Policy and AI!
Centre for Care Director @kateameliah, researcher Grace Whitfield and #ESRCSustainableCare colleague @jms_wright have a chapter in the new Handbook on Public Policy and Artificial Intelligence
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Delighted that my article "The Development of AI Ethics in Japan: Ethics-washing Society 5.0?" has been published open access in East Asian Science, Technology and Society (EASTS) and is available here:
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This paper examines how AI ethics has been developed at the national level in Japan, and what this process reveals about broader Japanese state imaginaries of how advanced technology should be deve...
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📢Join James Wright, one of the speakers in the session: “Regulation & Legislation: Reigning in AI for Human Rights” @jms_wright @UNESCO Reserve your seat now: https://t.co/5OeR6d2XGn
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If you have any questions about the roles, please contact the Ethics of AI Unit at admin-ai-ethics@unesco.org. Please share widely!
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💼 Project Coordinator: https://t.co/N35VwkXJ4X 🧑🏫 Lead Expert for developing training outputs and facilitating knowledge transfer: https://t.co/Hda5mwuMBm 📚 Lead Expert for conducting research for case studies and policy outputs: https://t.co/zECaZX6kWR
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🌐 Developing model frameworks for AI governance: https://t.co/1UWuXu3X6b 📈 Mapping global market trends in AI: https://t.co/Aat4tL3Ec0 👥 Exploring AI’s impact on the equity, non-discrimination, and inclusion agenda: https://t.co/ftrKf13sKQ
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UNESCO’s Ethics of AI team is recruiting! We're looking for 6 experts to contribute to cutting-edge projects on the ethical governance of AI across the following workstreams (please note the deadlines for applications are 16-17 April):
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New (open access) article out “Staging the Robot: Performing Techno-Politics of Innovation for Care Robotics in Japan” published in EASTS, part of a forthcoming special issue on #AI and #robots in Japan and South Korea which I'm co-editing with @jms_wright
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In response to the challenges posed by a rapidly aging society and its associated socio-economic difficulties, the Japanese government has encouraged the adoption of AI and robotics technologies fo...
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My next edited book w workwife @KerryAMcInerney "Good Robot: Why Technology Needs Feminism" is now available for pre-order! Essayists respond to the question of 'what is good technology?', beautifully illustrated by Sinjin Li https://t.co/jBQGhLMEar
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The biggest success of #robot caregivers in Japan has been to promote techno-solutionism—not enhancing elder care or #work conditions, argues @jms_wright
https://t.co/XxLx8h12wZ
#SocialRobotics
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The country wanted robots to help care for the elderly. What happened?
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Can’t wait to read this!
📚 New book time! 3 years of thinking and writing, leads me to "Automating Empathy: Decoding Technologies that Gauge Intimate Life" with Oxford University Press. 🧠 Oh, and it’s free! (Academics: please get your library to buy a version) https://t.co/obFc0feVyV?
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There has been much noise around the fathers and godfathers of Artificial Intelligence, but how about its mothers? Let's start with Ada Lovelace, often regarded as the first computer programmer, and wrote the first algorithm meant to be run on a computer.
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.@UNESCO has been supporting Member States in the implementation of the 2021 Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence. Listen to @gabramosp, and learn more on how governments can regulate #ArtificialIntelligence and find common solutions: https://t.co/CusIPgLoHn
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