Stephen E. Arnold: Cheap, Convenient, and Much Too Easy: Fabricated Twitter Trends

Cheap, Convenient, and Much Too Easy: Fabricated Twitter Trends Here is some news out of Turkey that perked our ears. News EPFL reports, “Mass Scale Manipulation of Twitter Trends Discovered.” Is Turkey an outlier when it comes to digital baloney? Perhaps a little, for now, but this problem recently uncovered by researchers appears to occur …

Stephen E. Arnold : Smart Software: Perhaps Objective Processes Are Inherently Biased?

Smart Software: Perhaps Objective Processes Are Inherently Biased? Is prejudice innate or learned? Does language contain biases which are unnoticed by those who speak one? “The Efforts to Make Text-Based AI Less Racist and Terrible” answers these questions clearly. Smart software is going to generate remarkable distinctions. The summary of the the projects which are …

Stephen E. Arnold: Google and Ethics: Shaken and Stirred Up

Google and Ethics: Shaken and Stirred Up Despite recent controversies, Vox Recode reports, “Google Says it’s Committed to Ethical AI Research. Its Ethical AI Team Isn’t So Sure.” In fact, it sounds like there is a lot of uncertainty for the department whose immediate leaders have not been replaced since they were ousted and who …

Stephen E. Arnold: Two Commercial Failures? Comment by Robert Steele

Palantir SPACtacular Pipeline Filler An Idea for American Top Dogs? ROBERT STEELE: All of our institutions have failed, particularly banking and information technology — schools, government, non-profits — all corrupt. The ARISE USA tour — five wrapped coaches headed for Mount Rushmore on the 4th of July — is about restoring integrity to every aspect …

Stephen E. Arnold: No Internet? No Problem. Well, Maybe a Small Almost Insignificant Hurdle

No Internet? No Problem. Well, Maybe a Small Almost Insignificant Hurdle The Internet is an essential tool for modern life, but not everyone in the United States has ready access to broadband services. The US is one of the world’s most developed countries, so how many of its citizens cannot get online? In 2020, the …