Category: Digital Rights
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Digitalization & Spirituality
This post will be a bit more personal, as I consider myself a spiritual person. I always have, for as long as I can remember. And luckily, I was fortunate to receive an open-minded education that—within the broader spectrum of knowledge—recognized spirituality as an integrated epistemological element. That is not to point fingers at those who believe solely…
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![Melting Sand: On the right of everyone […] to enjoy the benefits of scientific progress and its applications (Art. 15, ICESCR, para. 1, letter b)](https://niparko.online/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/ms1.png?w=1024)
Melting Sand: On the right of everyone […] to enjoy the benefits of scientific progress and its applications (Art. 15, ICESCR, para. 1, letter b)
Some argue that the way we melted sand to make glass brought prosperity and a comparative advantage to Europe. Then, in North America, people melted sand to build the first chips, and those chips have continued to power technological and artificial intelligence (r)evolutions. Melting sand sounds so surreal, and yet someone, somewhere, tried it—and ended…
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Catch Lightning in a Bottle: OpenAI’s response to the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP)
On March 13th, OpenAI submitted a response to the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) with ideas for the new AI Action Plan, which intends to “maintain American leadership in AI.” Following Vice President Vance’s words from the Paris AI Action Summit, the incumbent administration aims to “make people more productive, more prosperous, and…
