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Research outputs: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)
2019 Biomimicry, big data and artificial intelligence for a dynamic climate change management policy regime
The adverse impacts of climate change are not always immediately discernible. Managing the impacts of this dynamic phenomenon demands an equ...
Download this report2019 Helen A'Loy and other tales of female automata: a gendered reading of the narratives of hopes and fears of intelligent machines and artificial intelligence
The imaginative context in which artificial intelligence (AI) is embedded remains a crucial touchstone from which to understand and critique...
Download this report2019 From Alexa to Siri and the GDPR: the gendering of virtual personal assistants and the role of data protection impact assessments
With female names, voices and characters, artificially intelligent Virtual Personal Assistants such as Alexa, Cortana, and Siri appear to be...
2019 AI technologies for responsive local government in South Africa
In 2018, South Africa's Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) partnered with a private company to launch GovC...