Nostalgia is not a good strategy

Opinion aitechnology Nostalgia is not a good strategy Ce 95 Ce 9e Ce 91 Ce A6 Ce 9f Ce A1 Ce 9c Ce 97 Ce A3 Ce A0 Ce 95 Ce 9c Ce A0 Ce A4 Ce 97 30 Ce 99 Ce 9f Ce A5 Ce 9b Ce 99 Ce 9f Ce A52026 Relevant News Nostalgia is not a good strategy 30 July 2026 SBA Police opens new marine unit station at Episkopi Bay 30 July 2026 Mediterranean at high risk as heatwaves boost disease spread across Europe, ECDC says 30 July 2026 Marios Demetriou 30 July 2026 FacebookXWhatsAppEmailPrintViber “Who fits in the algorithm? From digital inclusion to organisational responsibility for ethical Artificial Intelligence.” That was the title of a talk given by consultant, trainer and researcher Anna Prodromou two days ago (28/7), at a conference organised by the Organisation for Social Policy and Action at the Strovolos Cultural Centre. The conference’s theme was digital wellbeing, equality, social inclusion and justice. “My talk’s title isn’t just a question about technology,” Anna Prodromou said. She added: “Who fits in the algorithm? It’s a question about us: about our assumptions, about what we choose to measure, about what we leave invisible, and about how much power we’re willing to hand over to a system. Ethical AI isn’t just a technological issue. It’s a matter of leadership, culture, governance and organisational responsibility. I’ve just got back from Paris, where I represented the Cypriot Wikipedian community at the Wikimedia Foundation’s global conference, Wikimania 2026. One line that stuck with me, from Bernadette Meehan, the Wikimedia Foundation’s director, was: ‘Nostalgia is not a good strategy.’ I agree. Nostalgia is not a good strategy. We can’t deal with Artificial Intelligence by wishing ourselves back into a world before it existed. That world isn’t coming back. And besides, it wasn’t nearly as fair or as inclusive as we like to remember it. Prejudice wasn’t born alongside the algorithm. Discrimination didn’t wait around for generative AI to show up. People were shut out of jobs, services and opportunities long before technology ever had a say in the decisions. The difference is that today we can reproduce that exclusion on a vastly larger scale, and dress it up in the appearance of objectivity. So we can’t go back. But we can move forward with more awareness, better choices and clearer accountability. We don’t need less Artificial Intelligence. We need more human judgement around it. We need organisations that train their people and never let an algorithmic prediction pass for unquestionable truth. We can’t keep looking backwards, waiting for things to become what they once were. Nostalgia is not a strategy. Strategy is deciding what’s worth carrying with us into the future: human judgement, dignity, equality, the right to question, and every person’s right not to be reduced to a data set. The real question isn’t whether AI will shape the future of work and society. It already is. The question is whether that future will have room for everyone. And that answer doesn’t belong to the algorithm. It belongs to us.” Subscribe to our Newsletter Latest News SBA Police opens new marine unit station at Episkopi Bay Mediterranean at high risk as heatwaves boost disease spread across Europe, ECDC says Trafficking victim numbers remain worryingly high, says Commissioner Man reports shots fired at his car in Nicosia mystery case At least eight killed as Russia hits Ukraine, object crashes in Poland Satellite trackers to follow two Cyprus sea turtles across the Mediterranean Iran to get Chinese shoulder-launched missile systems in weeks, sources say Follow en.philenews on Google News and be the first to know all the news about Cyprus and the world.