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HOW ALGORITHMS

COMMUNICATE

WORKSHOP ON MACHINE INTELLIGENCE AND APPLICATIONS

VAASA 29.11.2018

HOW CAN WE RETHINK

POLITICAL AGENCY IN AN AI-DRIVEN WORLD?

THE HIDDEN AGENDA OF AI | NOV 8 | 7:30 P.M.

Google image search: Artificial Intelligence, Nov 2018

Artificial Intelligence is the ability of

a non-human brain to interpret

human behaviour and sentiment

Philonenko, Avaya (2016)

Chopra, Huffpost 2016

Self-learning

Works on probabilities

Predictive analytics

Algorithmic media

What algorithms…

”In ranking, classifying, sorting, predicting, and processing data, algorithms are politicalin the sense that theyhelp to make the worldappear in certain waysrather than others.” (Bucher 2018, 3)

Algorithm is a method for solving a problem.

But who defines theproblem?

Where does the data come from?

Who owns thealgorithm?

How does theAI

communicate?

Techradar, 12.10.2018

Microsoft Bob, 1995

Clippit (Clippy), MS Office 97-2003

Ms. Dewey, Microsoft 2006

https://www.schoolofthought.com/bingcampaign/

https://www.schoolofthought.com/bingcampaign/

Jimena Canales, NPR 9.1.2018

Siri and Alexa have a Nonsensical Conversation, YouTube 25.6.2017

E1: SOCIAL BOTS

The result?

Here we go…

… and here

E2: ASTROTURFING

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Thank you tanja.sihvonen@uva.fi