Berto Jongman: Insights into Facebook Content Moderation – #GoogleGestapo Failing with Extreme Content

Three months in hell by Burcu Gültekin Punsmann    What I learned from three months of Content Moderation for Facebook in Berlin At the end of the ramp-up process, a moderator should handle approximately 1300 reports every day which let him/her in average only a few seconds to reach a decision for each report. The …

Stephen E. Arnold: Adam Smith of Wired on It’s Gonna Get a Lot Easier to Break Science Journal Paywalls

It’s Gonna Get a Lot Easier to Break Science Journal Paywalls EXTRACTS: For example the Chan Zuckerberg Initative, philanthropic arm of the founder of Facebook, is working on something aimed at increasing access. The founders of Mendeley have a new, venture-backed PDF finder called Kopernio. A browser extension called Unpaywall roots around the web for …

Stephen E. Arnold: Analyze JFK Files with Logikcull & New Dark Cyber Video

Analyze JFK File with Digital Search Logikcull History buffs, especially those interested in the JFK assassination, may want to check this out—“Research the JFK Files for Free with Logikcull.” Since the National Archives’ release of previously classified documents on the matter, eDiscovery firm Logikcull has uploaded them to their platform. They invite anyone interested to …

Stephen E. Arnold: Cost Comparison of Machine Learning Options — Amazon Most Expensive at High End (Where CIA and DoD Reside)

Cloud Computing Resources: Cost Analysis for Machine Learning Information about the cost of performing a specific task in a cloud computing set up can be tough to get. Reliable cross platform, apples-to-apples cost analyses are even more difficult to obtain. A tip of the hat to the author of “Machine Learning Benchmarks: Hardware Providers.” The …