A Decentralized Approach Towards Responsible AI in Social Ecosystems

For AI technology to fulfill its full promises, we must design effective mechanisms into the AI systems to support responsible AI behavior and curtail potential irresponsible use, e.g. in areas of privacy protection, human autonomy, robustness, and prevention of biases and discrimination in automated decision making. In this paper, we present a framework that provides computational facilities for parties in a social ecosystem to produce the desired responsible AI behaviors. To achieve this goal, we analyze AI systems at the architecture level and propose two decentralized cryptographic mechanisms for an AI system architecture: (1) using Autonomous Identity to empower human users, and (2) automating rules and adopting conventions within social institutions. We then propose a decentralized approach and outline the key concepts and mechanisms based on Decentralized Identifier (DID) and Verifiable Credentials (VC) for a general-purpose computational infrastructure to realize these mechanisms. We argue the case that a decentralized approach is the most promising path towards Responsible AI from both the computer science and social science perspectives

Blockchain, Leadership And Management: Business AS Usual Or Radical Disruption?

The Internet provided the world with interconnection. However, it did not provide it with trust. Trust is lacking everywhere in our society and is the reason for the existence of powerful intermediaries aggregating power. Trust is what prevents the digital world to take over. This has consequences for organisations: they are inefficient because time, energy, money and passion are wasted on verifying everything happens as decided. Managers play the role of intermediaries in such case: they connect experts with each others and instruct them of what to do. As a result, in our expert society, people's engagement is low because no one is there to inspire and empower them. In other words, our society faces an unprecedented lack of leadership. Provided all those shortcomings, the study imagines the potential repercussions, especially in the context of management, of implementing a blockchain infrastructure in any type of organisation. Indeed, the blockchain technology seems to be able to remedy to those issues, for this distributed and immutable ledger provides security, decentralisation and transparency. In the context of a blockchain economy, the findings show that value creation will be rearranged, with experts directly collaborating with each others, and hierarchy being eliminated. This could, in turn, render managers obsolete, as a blockchain infrastructure will automate most of the tasks. As a result, only a strong, action-oriented, leadership would maintain the organisation together. This leadership-in-action would consist in igniting people to take action; coach members of the organisations so that their contribution makes sense in the greater context of life

The rise of blockchain technology in agriculture and food supply chains

Blockchain is an emerging digital technology allowing ubiquitous financial transactions among distributed untrusted parties, without the need of intermediaries such as banks. This article examines the impact of blockchain technology in agriculture and food supply chain, presents existing ongoing projects and initiatives, and discusses overall implications, challenges and potential, with a critical view over the maturity of these projects. Our findings indicate that blockchain is a promising technology towards a transparent supply chain of food, with many ongoing initiatives in various food products and food-related issues, but many barriers and challenges still exist, which hinder its wider popularity among farmers and systems. These challenges involve technical aspects, education, policies and regulatory frameworks.info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersio

Digital Rights Management, Fair Use, and Privacy: Problems for Copyright Enforcement through Technology

This article discusses the nature of Digital Rights Management (DRM) systems with regard to the problems they pose to traditional exceptions to copyright restrictions. Problems of fair use and the copying of material for preservation are examined in the context of the architecture of digital rights management systems, and the limitations of current DRM systems in accommodating these policies are examined. The monitoring of usage by the licensing modules of these systems is also criticized for its lack of protection of user privacy and the potential chilling of intellectual freedom. Various potential solutions to these are briefly surveyed with a view of improving DRM and preserving traditional library values

Design Blockchain Architecture for Population Data Management to Realize a Smart City in Cimahi, West Java, Indonesia

Smart city as a concept of city development which integrates information and communication technology with the intention of optimizing city management becomes a major goal for Indonesia, especially through the movement towards 100 Smart Cities. However, population data management is crucial in achieving this for optimal planning and management. Personal data protection becomes a crucial challenge with the rapid population growth and mobility in cities. The need for a more reliable protection system is very necessary. This research proposes a blockchain architecture that not only manages digital identities but also population data. The focus is population administration in Cimahi City, West Java, with the hope of providing security, transparency, and a strong audit trail for all population data. The contribution of this research is to design a blockchain architecture specifically for population data management, meeting the needs of population administration in cities, especially the city of Cimahi. Through a blockchain architecture development approach, this research considers the diverse administrative needs of the population and applies a blockchain model that enables data security and integrity. This implementation of blockchain architecture provides promising results in maintaining the security and integrity of population data, enabling greater transparency and auditability. This implementation of blockchain architecture provides promising results in maintaining the security and integrity of population data, enabling greater transparency and auditability. This research also shows that the use of blockchain technology specifically for population data management can be a reliable and innovative solution in ensuring the security and reliability of data important for smart city development.However, this research has limited access to central data, so the data obtained is still very limited. Therefore, further research is needed to follow up on these limitations. Apart from that, this research is also expected to provide knowledge and solutions in securing data, especially population data in government environments

Data Assets: Tokenization and Valuation

Your Data (new gold, new oil) is hugely valuable (est. $13T globally) but not a 'balance-sheet' asset. Tokenization- used by banks for payments and settlement- lets you manage, value, and monetize your data. Data is the ultimate commodity industry. This position paper outlines our vision and a general framework for tokenizing data, managing data assets and data liquidity to allow individuals and organizations in the public and private sectors to gain the economic value of data, while facilitating its responsible and ethical use. We will examine the challenges associated with developing and securing a data economy, as well as the potential applications and opportunities of the decentralised data-tokenized economy. We will also discuss the ethical considerations to promote the responsible exchange and use of data to fuel innovation and progress

Enhancing the Usefulness of Blockchain Technology in Finance Sector

Blockchain technology has become widely popular with the appearance of cryptocurrencies that use the decentralized nature of blockchain in order to exchange funds between their users. In order to verify various needed details during an exchange, consensus mechanisms are used which solve simple but exhaustive calculations. Such operations fulfil their primary goal of verifying, but are a common target of public disapproval due to massive energy consumption and lack of usefulness. This work discusses different approaches and consensus mechanisms with a more useful secondary function, especially focusing on NP-complete problems as mediators in solving complex and resource-heavy problems. A new way of approaching these problems can benefit many areas, like science, healthcare, government and finance, optimizing the current infrastructure and business processes like markets, transactions, insurances, payments and supply chains, or creating more secure, reliable and efficient environment. This work is licensed under a&nbsp;Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.</p