From Block Three

March 13, 2015

“we may be missing out on the insights a curious and fertile human mind could impart”

“we may be missing out on the insights a curious and fertile human mind could impart” #mscedc http://t.co/lp17NnkHXR

March 13, 2015

If an Algorithm Wrote This, How Would You Even Know?

RT @Jago_Kosolosky: If an Algorithm Wrote This, How Would You Even Know? http://t.co/1mAm01OPIU #mscedc

March 13, 2015

This is how DeepMInd’s learning algorithm works

RT @zarkadakis: This is how DeepMInd’s learning algorithm works #ArtficialIntelligence @HuffPostTech http://t.co/Rv1BrGAGL0 #mscedc

March 13, 2015

“Did a Human or a Computer Write This?” #mscedc try this quiz

RT @patrick_nally: “Did a Human or a Computer Write This?” #mscedc try this quiz http://t.co/f7sppVjpyi”

March 10, 2015

The App That Lets You Spy on Yourself and Sell Your Own Data

The App That Lets You Spy on Yourself and Sell Your Own Data http://t.co/RYWvQVqIGQ #mscedc

March 10, 2015

I am

In my previous post I showed how TED asks us to select certain attributes from their ‘I am’ list. But how did they decide which attributes to enter on to the list? For example, they list 5 out of the top 7 religions (according to Wikipedia) but not Sikhism, even though there are more Sikhs than there are Jews in the world.

Gillespie (2012) cites the evaluation of relevance as one of the dimensions of public relevance algorithms. He also points out that database producers are made distinctive more by what they choose to exclude. We don’t know why TED chose to exclude Sikhs, or Bahai, from their list, but by doing so they have rendered them invisible.