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Machine optimization is dangerous. Consider ‘Innovative Enough’ AI.
The future of artificial intelligence requires less data and can tolerate ambiguity. Source link
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The project to count the number of deaths in the climate crisis has surprising results
Climate change can kill people by any means. There are obvious things – wildfires, hurricanes and floods – but rising…
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6 ways to remove yourself from the Internet
Depends on the time you were born, chances are you have spent several decades online or have never known an…
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To fight climate change, you need to measure it first
From the devastating forest fire polar bears cling to melting ice, there’s no shortage of shocking images to illustrate the…
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Transparency law makes criminal records a commodity
In April 2018, Adnan (a pseudonym) was unjustly arrested in Newark, New Jersey, due to an incorrect arrest warrant. A…
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Big data may not know your name. But it knows everything else
Companies like Acxiom, LexisNexis, and others say there’s nothing to worry about collecting and sharing sensitive Americans’ data, as long…
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For communities of people queuing, there is a discount
Next March, for For the first time, Scotland’s census will ask all residents aged 16 and over to share information…
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‘Worker data science’ can teach us how to fix the high-speed economy
Globally, gig workers are running some of the most vocal and visible campaigns for workers’ rights. Across multiple platforms and…
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Now is not the time to give users control over their data
Testimony of Facebook accuser Frances Haugen has sparked the latest outbreak in a never-ending series of revelations about how companies…
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