SOCIALLY ASSISTIVE ROBOTS IN EDUCATION AND THE PROBLEMS OF TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT. A REVIEW OF FIELD RESEARCH

Alina BETLEJ

Publication language: English

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Transformations No. 4 (119) 2023,  Publication date: 31 December 2023

Abstract The article reviews selected studies in the field of social evaluation of the use of socially assistive technologies in education. The analysis began with a theoretical introduction to the problem of technology evaluation. The next step was to define the different types of assistive technologies. The [...] Read more.

PIONEERS AND EXPERIMENTERS: THE WINDING PATHS OF THE COMPUTER & VIDEO ART IN CENTRAL EUROPE IN THE TIMES OF POLITICAL TRANSFORMATIONS

Anna MAJ

Publication language: English

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Transformations No. 4 (119) 2023,  Publication date: 31 December 2023

Abstract The beginnings of new media art are connected with creative explorations in the area of new technologies, both analogue and digital. On the one hand, they in-clude artistic experiments in video art, and on the other, the first attempts to write computer programs that would have an aesthetic or artistic [...] Read more.

FACING THE ALIGNMENT PROBLEM THROUGH NIMBLE CHANGE-MANAGEMENT. LIMITATIONS OF LEGAL ENVIRONMENT IN COPING WITH DIGITAL AGENTS

Piotr BOŁTUĆ

Publication language: English

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Transformations No. 4 (119) 2023,  Publication date: 29 December 2023

Abstract The Alignment Problem, asking how to align the goals of AGI with human in a long time-frame, assumes AGIs having ‘their’ goals. I view the alignment as a possibility, only when the human-AGI arrangement comes from the community, and it is not based primarily on controls, or laws. The sole way to create [...] Read more.

DAVID AND GOLIATH. MEDIA IMAGE OF VOLODYMYR ZELENSKI AND VLADIMIR PUTIN BASED ON BOOK PUBLICATIONS

Marek SOKOŁOWSKI

Publication language: English

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Transformations No. 4 (119) 2023,  Publication date: 29 December 2023

Abstract Research objective: The aim of the study is to analyse media images of politicians presented in published book biographies of the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenski, and the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin.The research problem and methods: The study discusses the issue of creating the media [...] Read more.

THE DEVELOPMENT OF CIVILIZATION

Alfred SKORUPKA

Publication language: English

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Transformations No. 4 (119) 2023,  Publication date: 29 December 2023

Abstract The article aims to briefly present the development of human civilization, mainly based on Jared Diamond's books, so that the reader can look at the history and present day of mankind in such a "encyclopedic" way. First, the concept of "civilization" is defined, then social life in animals (insects [...] Read more.

HOW TO COMBAT CORRUPTION MORE EFFECTIVELY: NEW LEGAL PUSH FOR COMPLIANCE PROGRAMMES

Celina NOWAK

Publication language: English

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Transformations No. 4 (119) 2023,  Publication date: 29 December 2023

Abstract This article refers to the fight against corruption, analysed against the background of the new European Commission proposal for a Directive on combating corruption. The author points out the most significant provisions of the proposal, focusing in particular on Art. 18-2(b) which refers to compliance [...] Read more.

PROTECTING THE LEGAL BASIS OF DEMOCRACY IN STATES OF CRISIS – SWEDISH CONSTITUTIONAL DILEMMAS

Małgorzata SKÓRZEWSKA-AMBERG

Publication language: English

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Transformations No. 4 (119) 2023,  Publication date: 29 December 2023

Abstract The Swedish system of governance is based on a strongly established and safe-guarded separation of powers (the trias politica principle) with strong parliamentary control over the actions of the executive. Sweden's legal culture has also an extremely significant impact on the way laws are made, which [...] Read more.

ABUSE OF ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION AS A PROBLEM OF THE MOBILE SOCIETIES

Konrad BUCZKOWSKI

Publication language: English

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Transformations No. 4 (119) 2023,  Publication date: 29 December 2023

Abstract The changes that have taken place over the last three decades in the development of technology and information technology have meant that, almost unnoticed, we as a society have become dependent on new communication solutions. The dependence of highly developed societies on new technologies means that [...] Read more.

CRIME IN THE MEDIA - CRIMINOLOGICAL ASPECTS

Paulina WIKTORSKA

Publication language: English

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Transformations No. 4 (119) 2023,  Publication date: 29 December 2023

Abstract There have been many publications on the subject of the portrayal of crime in the media, both Polish and foreign, and it is not the author's purpose to cite and re-describe the conclusions of these studies and researches, but only to revise certain selected previous theories and empirical research in [...] Read more.

CHANGES IN MARKET POWER OF SELECTED PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES IN THE CONTEXT OF A GLOBAL BIOMEDICAL SHOCK

Mirosław GEISE, Aldona UZIĘBŁO

Publication language: English

Journal article

Transformations No. 4 (119) 2023,  Publication date: 29 December 2023

Abstract This article aims to draw the reader's attention to the speed and intensity of the changes taking place in selected companies originating from the pharmaceutical sector, which in recent years have been involved in re-search and development for the use of m-RNA vaccines against various types of cancer [...] Read more.