In a society beset with black-boxed algorithms and vast surveillance systems, transparency is often hailed as liberal democracy’s superhero. It’s a familiar story: inject the public with information to digest, then await their rational deliberation and improved decision making. Whether…
New York City / Algorithms In 1964, the Civil Rights Act barred the humans who made hiring decisions from discriminating on the basis of sex or race. Now, software often contributes to those hiring decisions, helping managers screen résumés or interpret video interviews.…
Algorithms / side effects Will Thursday 13 August 2020 be remembered as a pivotal moment in democracy’s relationship with digital technology? Because of the coronavirus outbreak, A-level and GCSE examinations had to be cancelled, leaving education authorities with a choice:…
AI algorithms / coronavirus pandemic At some point, every one of us has had the feeling that online applications like YouTube, Amazon, and Spotify seem to know us better than ourselves, recommending content that we like even before we say it. At…
Algorithms / Regulation New regulation should be passed to control the algorithms that promote content such as posts, videos and adverts on social networks, the UK government’s advisory body on AI ethics has recommended. Fonte: The Guardian Leia todo o texto…
Facebook / AI One of Facebook Inc.’s biggest issues in trying to stop the spread of fake news on its platform is being able to train its algorithms on good examples of truth and falsehoods. Fonte: Bloomberg Leia todo o texto Link: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-01/facebook-wants-ai-to-screen-content-but-fairness-issues-remain?utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&utm_medium=social&cmpid%3D=socialflow-twitter-media&utm_content=media&utm_source=twitter&fbclid=IwAR06-zL29URTSfPGBMV9ZUAIWrhjufS8OjmQd8lPyzECwVr0AIT6zDefxkk…
Facebook / Algorithms If Facebook’s algorithms were executives, the public would be demanding their heads on a stick, such was the ugly incompetence on display this week. First, the company admitted a “fail” when its advertising algorithm allowed for the targeting of…
