I doubt the Trump administration is interested in doing anything “statistically significant” with these projects. I imagine they’re a play for political attention of the sort that’s pretty easy to guess and their conclusions are probably already written (they “begin with the end in mind”).
Incidentally. I just finished _Weapons of Math Destruction_. Enjoyed it. I hope it attracts an audience beyond those of us already worried about these things. Like the audience that the Trump administrations projects are intended to entertain.
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What a great column.
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glad to see you feeling up to carrying on the good fight.
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/sciencefriction/chatbot-mania-and-algorithms-of-oppression/8782854
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I doubt the Trump administration is interested in doing anything “statistically significant” with these projects. I imagine they’re a play for political attention of the sort that’s pretty easy to guess and their conclusions are probably already written (they “begin with the end in mind”).
Incidentally. I just finished _Weapons of Math Destruction_. Enjoyed it. I hope it attracts an audience beyond those of us already worried about these things. Like the audience that the Trump administrations projects are intended to entertain.
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oh my;
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