Being Human in an Algorithmically Controlled World

UMaine Alert

Posted: April 19, 2024 - 1:32 PM

At approximately 9:24 a.m. on Friday, April 19, a University of Maine graduate student was struck by a university vehicle on Long Road at the University of Maine campus in Orono. The student reports that they are at a local hospital with minor injuries.

Emergency services, including the Orono Fire Department, University Volunteer Ambulance Corps, University of Maine Police Department, Orono Police Department and Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene.

The university vehicle involved in the incident was a Chevrolet Express van. It was being operated by a university employee.

Counseling services and support are available for students, faculty or staff who may have been affected. The Counseling Center can be reached at 207-581-1392 and the Dean of Students Office can be reached at 207-581-1406.

The scene has been cleared and Long Road is now accessible. An investigation is being conducted by the University of Maine Police Department with assistance from the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office Crash Reconstruction Unit. Any witnesses to the incident are encouraged to contact Lt. Noel Santiago at noel.santiago@maine.edu.

March 17, 2020 Features

Professor Harlan Onsrud, School of Computing and Information Science, and Dr. James Campbell, UMaine Alumnus, recently published an article titled Being Human in an Algorithmically Controlled World in the International Journal of Humanities and Arts Computing.

In their introduction to a special issue on Transdisciplinary Opportunities in the Geospatial Humanities, the guest editors Alberto Giordano, Shih-Lung Shaw and Diana Sinton provide a short summary of the scope of the Onsrud and Campbell article:

“Lastly, and perhaps the broadest in scope, Onsrud and Campbell discuss the ethic of the algorithm. Their description of how digitally connected humans interact multiple times daily with AI algorithms, created and deployed by private for profit actors without their consent and for the benefit of a few, alarms in intent and outcome. They offer a range of solutions and policies to mitigate the effects of the ubiquity of the algorithm and suggest that measures of control can be returned to aware individuals. As such, it seems fitting to conclude this issue on the relation between GIScience and the humanities with ethical considerations. Beyond what GIS and GIScience bring to the humanities in terms of research opportunities and pedagogical integration, this attention to ethics, justice, and the centrality of the human being are fundamental values that the humanities bring to GIS and GIScience.”

Citation:
Harlan Onsrud and James Campbell, Being Human in an Algorithmically Controlled World, International Journal of Humanities and Arts Computing, Feb 2020, vol. 14, No. 1-2, pp. 235-252

Downloadable Preprint Version:
https://umaine.edu/scis/beinghumanonsrudcampbellpreprint/

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