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Adam Aleksic talks about his new book 'Algospeak,' which details how algorithms are changing our vocabulary; plus, we check in with Hennessy + Ingalls bookstore.
How social media algorithms warp our perceptions A key question is what can be done to make algorithms foster accurate human social learning rather than exploit social learning biases.
That is, when people understand how algorithms filter information, how users’ data are used to create algorithms, and what the consequences are, they better see the potential pitfalls of feeding ...
WORCESTER — Tech and social media companies like Facebook are able to use artificial intelligence to track personal information and make predictions, even for people who do not have social media ...
Tik Tok algorithms do not stop changing, improving, and learning on their own, and the platform does not always notify users about changes.
Additionally, he recommends transparency with consumers, to help people understand how algorithms create predictions and make decisions.
Facebook does allow users to have some input on what they see on the platform. By clicking on your menu (upper right on ...
The AI behind things like music recommendations has us in a feedback loop that may be dulling our critical thinking, author says.
On March 24, weeks before he offered to buy Twitter, Elon Musk posted a poll on the social media platform: “Twitter algorithm should be open source,” he wrote, with options for users to vote ...