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On Social Media Sampling

In social media sampling, there are many issues. Two of them are: 1) the silent majority problem and 2) the grouping problem. The former refers to the imbalance between participants and spectators: can we trust that the vocal few represent the views of all? The latter means that people of similar opinions tend to flock […]

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Research agenda for ethics and governance of artificial intelligence

Ethics of machine learning algorithms has recently been raised as a major research concern. Earlier this year (2017), a fund of $27M USD was started to support research on the societal challenges of AI. The group responsible for the fund includes e.g. the Knight Foundation, Omidyar Network and the startup founder and investor Reid Hoffman. As […]

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Ethics and Governance of Artificial Intelligence Initiative

Read about this amazing initiative at Harvard’s website and thought of sharing it: About the Ethics and Governance of Artificial Intelligence Initiative Artificial intelligence and complex algorithms, fueled by the collection of big data and deep learning systems, are quickly changing how we live and work, from the news stories we see, to the loans […]