Internet
Does YouTube create extremists? A recent study caused arguments among scientists by arguing that the algorithms that power the site don't help radicalize people by recommending ever more extreme videos, as has been suggested ...
Jan 22, 2020
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Machine learning & AI
Will artificial intelligence one day surpass human thinking? The rapid progress of AI, coupled with our standard fear of machines, has raised concerns that its abilities will one day start to grow uncontrollably, eventually ...
Jan 7, 2020
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Internet
Using YouTube to learn about climate-change-related topics will expose you to video content that mostly opposes worldwide scientific consensus.
Jul 25, 2019
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Machine learning & AI
Artificial intelligence refers, among other things, to machines' capacity to demonstrate some degree of what humans consider "intelligence". This process is being driven by the rapid advancement of machine learning: getting ...
Apr 18, 2019
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Internet
YouTube might need a few more humans. The machines whose job is to tamp down conspiracy theories are not cutting it just yet.
Apr 16, 2019
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Computer Sciences
Do you have free will? Can you make your own decisions? Or are you more like an automaton, just moving as required by your constituent parts? Probably, like most people, you feel you have something called free will. Your ...
Mar 14, 2018
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Hi Tech & Innovation
Forget about today's modest incremental advances in artificial intelligence, such as the increasing abilities of cars to drive themselves. Waiting in the wings might be a groundbreaking development: a machine that is aware ...
Dec 8, 2017
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Computer Sciences
When faced with a decision, people have varying ways of analyzing the choices. Give many people the same information, and they'll all think about the situation differently, and often will choose slightly different options. ...
Oct 17, 2017
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Security
Cyber attackers' methods evolve rapidly, and software that worked to detect network attacks yesterday might be ineffective tomorrow.
Jul 18, 2016
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Internet
Bot-like social media accounts have spread "disinformation and hate" in tens of thousands of posts viewed an estimated 150 million times during the UK general election campaign, a watchdog investigation revealed Tuesday.
Jul 2, 2024
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