"The greatest innovation of the last generation has been the destruction of information barriers that used to keep strangers isolated from one another......What’s happened over the last 20 years – and especially the last 10 – has no historical precedent. The telephone eliminated the information gap between you and a distant relative, but the internet … Continue reading The Three Main Forces Shaping the World: Demographics, Inequality, and Access to Information
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Excavating A.I.
"Datasets aren’t simply raw materials to feed algorithms, but are political interventions. As such, much of the discussion around 'bias' in AI systems misses the mark: there is no 'neutral,' 'natural,' or 'apolitical' vantage point that training data can be built upon. There is no easy technical 'fix' by shifting demographics, deleting offensive terms, or seeking equal representation … Continue reading Excavating A.I.
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