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Re: 3Q: Aleksander Madry on building trustworthy artificial intelligence

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On 2019-01-14, RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> wrote:
> On 2019-01-07, Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote:
>> 3Q: Aleksander Madry on building trustworthy artificial intelligence
>>  Kim Martineau, 14th of Dec. 2018
>>
>> "Machine learning algorithms now underlie much of the software we
>>  use, helping to personalize our news feeds and finish our thoughts
>>  before we're done typing. But as artificial intelligence becomes
>
> My hobby: replacing the expression "artificial intelligence" with "some
> nerd's algorithm" wherever it occurs in the press.  Make for more
> entertaining reporting.  Also replacing "cloud" with "some other jackass's
> server."  Helps keep things in perspective.
>
> Neural nets, artificial intelligence, machine learning: I'm not totally
> convinced it's not just an exercise in branding.


Just luck, but there happens to be an article over at the Guardian that
makes this very point:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jan/13/dont-believe-the-hype-media-are-selling-us-an-ai-fantasy

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he researchers conducted a systematic examination of 760 articles published
in the first eight months of 2018 by six mainstream UK news outlets, chosen
to represent a variety of political leanings – the Telegraph, Mail Online
(and the Daily Mail), the Guardian, HuffPost, the BBC and the UK edition of
Wired magazine.  The main conclusion of the study is that media coverage of
AI is dominated by the industry itself.  Nearly 60% of articles were focused
on new products, announcements and initiatives supposedly involving AI; a
third were based on industry sources; and 12% explicitly mentioned Elon
Musk, the would-be colonist of Mars.

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3Q: Aleksander Madry on building trustworthy artificial intelligence not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2019-01-07 22:09 +0000
  Re: 3Q: Aleksander Madry on building trustworthy artificial intelligence RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2019-01-14 00:55 +0000
    Re: 3Q: Aleksander Madry on building trustworthy artificial intelligence RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2019-01-14 03:17 +0000
      Re: 3Q: Aleksander Madry on building trustworthy artificial intelligence not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2019-01-14 22:16 +0000
        Re: 3Q: Aleksander Madry on building trustworthy artificial intelligence Bruce Horrocks <07.013@scorecrow.com> - 2019-01-14 23:03 +0000
          Re: 3Q: Aleksander Madry on building trustworthy artificial intelligence Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> - 2019-01-15 05:50 +0000

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