Intelligent ambience between Heaven and Hell: A salvation?

Crutzen, Cecile K. M.

doi:10.1108/14779960580000275

Cited by 21 publications

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“…Worth noting, however, is that most of the issues related to the forecasting of sociotechnical visions-and a plethora of other inherent limitations-have also been a subject of much debate concerning AmI ( [87][88][89][90][91][92][93]). AmI is described by Information Society Technologies Advisory Group of the European Commission [94] as a vision of the future of information society where "humans will be surrounded by intelligent interfaces supported by computing and networking technology which is everywhere.…”

Section: Fictional Representations Andmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Social Shaping of the Metaverse as an Alternative to the Imaginaries of Data-Driven Smart Cities: A Study in Science, Technology, and Society

Bibri

2022

Smart Cities

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Science and technology transform the frontiers of knowledge and have deep and powerful impacts on society, demonstrating how social reality varies with each era of the world. As a set of fictional representations of technologically driven future worlds, the Metaverse is increasingly shaping the socio-technical imaginaries of data-driven smart cities, i.e., the outcome of radical transformations of dominant structures, processes, practices, and cultures. At the core of the systematic exploration of science and technology is the relationships between scientific knowledge, technological systems, and values and ethics from a wide range of perspectives. Positioned within science of science, this study investigates the complex interplay between the Metaverse as a form of science and technology and the wider social context in which it is embedded. Therefore, it adopts an analytical and philosophical framework of STS, and in doing so, it employs an integrated approach to discourse analysis, supported by a comparative analysis of the Metaverse and Ambient Intelligence. This study shows that the Metaverse as a scientific and technological activity is socially constructed, politically driven, economically conditioned, and historically situated. That is, it is inherently human and hence value-laden, as well as can only be understood as contextualized within the socio-political-economic-historical framework that gives rise to it, sustains it, and makes it durable by material effects and networks. This view in turn corroborates that the Metaverse raises serious concerns as to determinism, social exclusion, marginalization, privacy erosion, surveillance, control, democratic backsliding, hive mentality, cyber-utopianism, and dystopianism. This study argues that, due to the problematic nature of the Metaverse in terms of its inherent ethical and social implications, there need to be more explicit processes and practices for enhancing public participation and allowing a more democratic public role in its shaping and control, especially early in the decision-making process of its development—when the opportunity for effective inputs and informed choices is greatest. The novelty of this study lies in that it is the first of its kind with respect to probing the link between the Metaverse and data-driven smart cities from an STS perspective. The main contribution of this study lies in deepening and extending social scientific critiques and understandings of the imaginaries of data-driven smart cities based on the analysis and evaluation of the Metaverse and the warning signals and troubling visions it conveys and animates in order to help construct desirable alternative futures for the greater good of all citizens. The ultimate goal is to structure the Metaverse in ways that are morally acceptable and collectively the most democratically beneficial for society.

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Section: Fictional Representations Andmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Social Shaping of the Metaverse as an Alternative to the Imaginaries of Data-Driven Smart Cities: A Study in Science, Technology, and Society

Bibri

2022

Smart Cities

121

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“…Machines, robots, and other facilities that are used in the production and logistics systems must be improved and equipped with smart technologies to maximize functionality and performance through physical and cyber connections with high monitoring and controlling capacities [87][88][89][90]. Considering the scopes of Industry 5.0, this objective signifies the interaction between humans and robots/machines.…”

Section: Intelligent Devicesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Moving from Industry 4.0 to Industry 5.0: What Are the Implications for Smart Logistics?

Jafari

Azarian

2022

Logistics

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Given the importance of human centricity, resilience, and sustainability, the emerging concept of Industry 5.0 has pushed forward the research frontier of the technology-focused Industry 4.0 to a smart and harmonious socio-economic transition driven by both humans and technologies, where the role of the human in the technological transformation is predominantly focused on. Several studies discuss the impacts of disruptive technologies on smart logistics operations in Industry 4.0. However, since Industry 5.0 is a new concept and still in its infancy, its implications for smart logistics have not been discussed. To fill this gap, this paper presents a comparative bibliometric analysis to show the connection and differences between Industry 4.0 and Industry 5.0 and their implications for smart logistics. A thorough content analysis is then given to illustrate the features of smart logistics in Industry 5.0 concerning four areas, namely intelligent automation, intelligent devices, intelligent systems, and intelligent materials. The results show that, compared with Industry 4.0, the research of smart logistics in Industry 5.0 puts more focus on the interaction between humans and technology in the digital transition, with the increasing adoption of collaborative technologies, e.g., human–machine systems, collaborative robots, and human–robot collaboration. Finally, a research agenda is proposed for identifying future research directions of smart logistics in Industry 5.0.

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“…There is an interesting less visible, a machine/human intra-action that creates phenomenas of exclusion, and this grows more common since technology becomes ubiquities. This makes threshold values an interesting area of research relation to human/machine and inclusion (Crutzen, 2005). This is also the reason why the technology in the vague event is deconstructed, and why components are kept as simple as possible in order to engage in grasping and reaching into technology, and making the relatings mutual, undetermined and a kind of free improvisational practice (Haraway, 2003, 6).…”

Section: The Limits Of Human Experiencementioning

confidence: 99%