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Measuring Artificial Intelligence Development

3 August 201920 October 2019
Raul Zambrano
Artificial Intelligence, e-governance, ICTD, Innovation
In the last decade, Artificial Intelligence (AI), including siblings machine learning and deep learning, has been growing by leaps and bounds. More importantly, the technology has been deployed effectively in a wide range of traditional sectors bringing real transformational change Read more

Blockchains and Digital ID, II

10 July 201915 February 2021
Raul Zambrano
Blockchain, e-governance, Governance, Innovation
The Evolution of Digital identity The emergence of digital technologies provided the ground to shift from traditional systems based on physical identity. In the past, both foundational and functional identity mechanisms were centralized, with individuals getting a physical document containing Read more

Blockchains and Digital ID, I

20 June 201915 February 2021
Raul Zambrano
Blockchain, e-governance, Governance, ICTD, Innovation
Overview Like previous technologies, such as the Internet, blockchains have been driven by a high degree of techno-optimism not yet backed up by on the ground impact or reliable evidence. Undoubtedly, the technology, which is still rapidly evolving, has enormous Read more

E-government Development I

10 May 201910 July 2019
Raul Zambrano
e-governance, ICTD, Innovation, Open Government
Birth Running on the coattails of the now infamous dot-com bubble, e-government first saw the light of day before the end of the last Millennium. At that time, where hype overtook the tech scene yet again, adding ‘e’ (as in Read more

Biased Artificial Intelligence

6 February 201914 December 2022
Raul Zambrano
Artificial Intelligence, Governance, Innovation
A recent piece in MIT’s Technology Review nicely summarizes the issue of bias in AI/ML (AI) algorithms used in production to make decisions or predictions. The usual suspects make a cameo appearance, including data, design and implicit fairness assumptions. But Read more

Smart contracts are not that smart

15 November 201816 February 2021
Raul Zambrano
Blockchain, Governance, Innovation
Smart contracts are perhaps one of the most touted features of blockchain technology. While the idea itself dates from the end of the last century,  blockchains provided the platform for actual implementation in the Internet era. Undoubtedly, Ethereum was the Read more

ICOs: Endangered Species

12 October 201816 February 2021
Raul Zambrano
Blockchain, Economics, Innovation
As expected, ICOs are finally cooling down. There are several reasons for this. First, ICO oversight by regulators in many countries has substantially increased. Regulators are poking not so much into new ICOs. Instead, they are doing deep dives into Read more

Uncertainty and Artificial Intelligence

20 September 201814 December 2022
Raul Zambrano
Artificial Intelligence, Book review, Economics, Inequality, Innovation
In a world where perfect information supposedly rules across the board, uncertainty certainly challenges mainstream economists. While some of the tenets of such assumption have already been addressed – via the theory of information asymmetries and the development of the Read more

Visa on Arrival

29 August 201824 September 2018
Raul Zambrano
Innovation, On-mission
My passport seems to profess a deep love for visa stamps. Every time the possibility of travel to another country arises, I can hear its excitement of filling yet another passport page with a brand new and (maybe) shiny visa Read more

Learning about Machine Learning

15 August 201814 December 2022
Raul Zambrano
Artificial Intelligence, Innovation
A few months ago, as I was finishing a paper on blockchain technology, I received an unexpected comment on Artificial Intelligence (AI from here on in) from one of the peer reviewers. While addressing the overall topic of innovation in Read more

Have You Ever Seen a Blockchain?

15 July 201815 February 2021
Raul Zambrano
Blockchain, Human Development, Innovation
A silent but intense competition seems to be taking place when it comes to defining blockchain technology. A Google search for the question “What is blockchain” yields over 120 million possible results. This number includes thousands of guides, videos, FAQs Read more

Blockchain Mining Costs and Revenues

15 June 201815 February 2021
Raul Zambrano
Blockchain, Economics, Innovation
In a previous post, I pushed the idea that mining is part of the blockchain economy’s real sector. Unlike financial speculation, mining requires investment in hardware, electricity, space, human resources, etc. This also applies to small miners who will undoubtedly Read more

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