Day: January 30, 2021
Watch it! How algorithms control your life.
Have you ever clicked on a video on Youtube because it was among the recommended videos? Or started following an account on Twitter because it was in the list of ‘suggested follows’, then you have, unconsciously, let an algorithm guide your decision. And you are not alone, millions of connections are made every day, […]
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Blinded by the Hype: Unrealistic Expectations of AI
Artificial Intelligence(AI) has morphed from something that appears in fiction to something that has become reality. Only ten years ago, nobody would have expected that any artificial system would be able to recognize human faces based on pictures, or diagnose cancer based on X-ray scans. The developments within the field of AI magnified people’s expectations […]
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The threat of AI to democracy and what we should do about it
New achievements in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) continue to present humanity with extraordinary challenges. AI is already influencing our democratic processes, and this influence will become even more significant in the future. Researchers in the field of AI are currently making amazing progress. But talking to researchers working in this field, we often […]
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