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Why we need a culture of accountability around algorithms
March 26, 2020 · 20 minIn the Star Trek Voyager episode 'Critical Care', the Doctor – well, actually, the mobile emitter that produces him as a hologram – is stolen and sold to an alien hospital ship. There, he discovers that the complex computer algorithm that…
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The recommendation algorithm
December 3, 2019 · 42 minMy music streaming service works a whole lot better than it used to. There's a reason for that, and it's the decisive tilt that Apple made a few months ago towards algorithmic playlists on Apple Music. Having branded itself on the virtues…
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Ben Reid
October 13, 2019 · 26 minHere's a thing you probably didn't know: if you've sought ACC cover in the past couple of years, your claim was very likely processed by artificial intelligence. More precisely, your likelihood of cover was assessed by an algorithm trained…
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Ana Arriola
September 12, 2019 · 27 minAna Arriola's talk at the recent Future of the Future seminar – about intersectionality, surveillance capitalism and the risks of AI – might not have been the stuff of your Dad's (or Steve Ballmer's) Microsoft, but it was actually a great…
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Te Aroha Grace explains the Iwi Algorithm
August 20, 2019 · 25 minAt this year's AI conference in Auckland the way technological developments would affect law, business, politics, and our everyday lives was at the forefront of the conversation. But then the conference moved into an entirely new space…
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Actually Interesting: machines can make decisions, but can it understand why?
July 31, 2019 · 41 minIn the second episode of Actually Interesting, The Spinoff’s new monthly podcast exploring the effect AI has on our lives, Russell Brown explores how aware machines really are with Aware Group's head data Scientist Kane O'Donnell. Learn…
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"Artificial Intelligence" it’s already affecting our lives
July 2, 2019 · 42 minWhen you hear the words "Artificial Intelligence" your mind might turn to science fiction – a vast army of robots with aspirations to rule over us – but we already experience AI in our lives every day. When Netflix recommends something we…