MachineMachine /stream - tagged with algorithms https://machinemachine.net/stream/feed en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss LifePress therourke@gmail.com <![CDATA[Malcolm Harris on Glitch Capitalism and AI Logic]]> https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/04/malcolm-harris-on-glitch-capitalism-and-ai-logic.html

Of all the buzzy 21st-century tech phrases, “machine learning” threatens to be the most important. Programming computers is slow, but we’re nearing the point where humans give the bots parameters and let them teach themselves.

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Fri, 24 Nov 2023 11:33:29 -0800 https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/04/malcolm-harris-on-glitch-capitalism-and-ai-logic.html
<![CDATA[What It’s Like to Be a Bot — Real Life]]> https://reallifemag.com/what-its-like-to-be-a-bot/

Bots are everywhere. From simple algorithms and aggregator bots to complex “artificially” intelligent machine-learning systems, they have become inescapable. Some are in chat programs.

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Fri, 24 Nov 2023 11:33:24 -0800 https://reallifemag.com/what-its-like-to-be-a-bot/
<![CDATA[DeepMind AI creates algorithms that sort data faster than those built by people]]> https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01883-4?error=cookies_not_supported&code=8a8cb2b7-276b-44ed-b1c7-a2ede118f720

You have full access to this article via your institution. An artificial intelligence (AI) system based on Google DeepMind’s AlphaZero AI created algorithms that, when translated into the standard programming language C++, can sort data up to three times as fast as human-generated versions.

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Mon, 10 Jul 2023 03:51:13 -0700 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01883-4?error=cookies_not_supported&code=8a8cb2b7-276b-44ed-b1c7-a2ede118f720
<![CDATA[Anatomy of an AI System]]> https://anatomyof.ai/

A cylinder sits in a room. It is impassive, smooth, simple and small. It stands 14.8cm high, with a single blue-green circular light that traces around its upper rim. It is silently attending. A woman walks into the room, carrying a sleeping child in her arms, and she addresses the cylinder.

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Sun, 26 Feb 2023 13:51:25 -0800 https://anatomyof.ai/
<![CDATA[The “algospeak” dialect. An emerging vocabulary designed to… | by Cory Doctorow | Apr, 2022 | Medium]]> https://doctorow.medium.com/the-algospeak-dialect-74961b4803b7

The first social media — blogs — were built on the idea of “user-pull” (users would decide which creators to follow) and “reverse chrono” (users received the most recent posts first).

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Fri, 03 Jun 2022 05:52:59 -0700 https://doctorow.medium.com/the-algospeak-dialect-74961b4803b7
<![CDATA[The “algospeak” dialect. An emerging vocabulary designed to… | by Cory Doctorow | Apr, 2022 | Medium]]> https://doctorow.medium.com/the-algospeak-dialect-74961b4803b7

The first social media — blogs — were built on the idea of “user-pull” (users would decide which creators to follow) and “reverse chrono” (users received the most recent posts first).

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Fri, 03 Jun 2022 01:52:59 -0700 https://doctorow.medium.com/the-algospeak-dialect-74961b4803b7
<![CDATA[White Supremacy and Artificial Intelligence - YES! Magazine]]> https://www.yesmagazine.org/social-justice/2019/08/29/technology-racism-artificial-intelligence-white-supremacy

In her new book Race After Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code, Ruha Benjamin breaks down the “New Jim Code,” technology design that promises a utopian future but serves racial hierarchies and racial bias.

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Sat, 01 May 2021 05:55:25 -0700 https://www.yesmagazine.org/social-justice/2019/08/29/technology-racism-artificial-intelligence-white-supremacy
<![CDATA[Bloomberg - Are you a robot?]]> https://www.bloomberg.com/tosv2.html?vid=&uuid=03d111c0-aa9e-11eb-9b2f-0d637d2a473b&url=L3ZpZXcvYXJ0aWNsZXMvMjAxNy0wMy0yNC9hbGdvcml0aG1zLWNhbi1iZS1wcmV0dHktY3J1ZGUtdG93YXJkLXdvbWVu

Your browser is no longer supported. You can still use the site, but some features may not work as expected. Please consider upgrading to one of the following browsers. Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Opera or Edge / Internet Explorer. Algorithms from the 1950s.

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Sat, 01 May 2021 05:55:21 -0700 https://www.bloomberg.com/tosv2.html?vid=&uuid=03d111c0-aa9e-11eb-9b2f-0d637d2a473b&url=L3ZpZXcvYXJ0aWNsZXMvMjAxNy0wMy0yNC9hbGdvcml0aG1zLWNhbi1iZS1wcmV0dHktY3J1ZGUtdG93YXJkLXdvbWVu
<![CDATA[What Happens When Biases Are Inadvertently Baked Into Algorithms - The Atlantic]]> https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/09/discrimination-algorithms-disparate-impact/403969/

A recent ProPublica analysis of The Princeton Review’s prices for online SAT tutoring shows that customers in areas with a high density of Asian residents are often charged more.

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Sat, 01 May 2021 05:55:18 -0700 https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/09/discrimination-algorithms-disparate-impact/403969/
<![CDATA[White Supremacy and Artificial Intelligence - Yes! Magazine]]> https://www.yesmagazine.org/social-justice/2019/08/29/technology-racism-artificial-intelligence-white-supremacy/

In her new book Race After Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code, Ruha Benjamin breaks down the “New Jim Code,” technology design that promises a utopian future but serves racial hierarchies and racial bias.

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Mon, 02 Dec 2019 18:25:14 -0800 https://www.yesmagazine.org/social-justice/2019/08/29/technology-racism-artificial-intelligence-white-supremacy/
<![CDATA[Opinion | Good for Google, Bad for America - The New York Times]]> https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/01/opinion/peter-thiel-google.html

At its core, artificial intelligence is a military technology. Why is the company sharing it with a rival? Mr. Thiel is an entrepreneur and investor.

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Wed, 21 Aug 2019 04:08:54 -0700 https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/01/opinion/peter-thiel-google.html
<![CDATA[You thought fake news was bad? Deep fakes are where truth goes to die | Technology | The Guardian]]> https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/nov/12/deep-fakes-fake-news-truth

In May, a video appeared on the internet of Donald Trump offering advice to the people of Belgium on the issue of climate change. “As you know, I had the balls to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement,” he said, looking directly into the camera, “and so should you.”

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Sun, 18 Nov 2018 08:48:08 -0800 https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/nov/12/deep-fakes-fake-news-truth
<![CDATA[BBC - Future - The world's most prolific writer is a Chinese algorithm]]> http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20180829-the-worlds-most-prolific-writer-is-a-chinese-algorithm

“Inflatable duck baby pool with canopy.” “Hot selling colourful temporary full arm tattoo for men.” “Splendid reusable dog pee pad (minimum order: 500).

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Tue, 09 Oct 2018 09:50:50 -0700 http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20180829-the-worlds-most-prolific-writer-is-a-chinese-algorithm
<![CDATA[Manifesto on algorithmic humanitarianism | openDemocracy]]> https://www.opendemocracy.net/dan-mcquillan/manifesto-on-algorithmic-humanitarianism

The nature of machine learning operations mean they will actually deepen some humanitarian problematics and introduce new ones of their own. This banality of machine learning is also its power. Small grocery shop in The Jungle refugee camp in Calais, 2015. Debets/Press Association.

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Tue, 09 Oct 2018 09:50:40 -0700 https://www.opendemocracy.net/dan-mcquillan/manifesto-on-algorithmic-humanitarianism
<![CDATA[What Spotify's DNA-Test Playlist Gets Wrong About Genetic Ancestry - The Atlantic]]> https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/09/your-dna-is-not-your-culture/571150/

Genetic-ancestry tests are having a moment. Look no further than Spotify: On Thursday, the music-streaming service—as in, the service used to fill tedious workdays and DJ parties—launched a collaboration with AncestryDNA.

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Tue, 09 Oct 2018 09:50:34 -0700 https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/09/your-dna-is-not-your-culture/571150/
<![CDATA[Franken-algorithms: the deadly consequences of unpredictable code | Technology | The Guardian]]> https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/aug/29/coding-algorithms-frankenalgos-program-danger

The death of a woman hit by a self-driving car highlights an unfolding technological crisis, as code piled on code creates ‘a universe no one fully understands’ by The 18th of March 2018, was the day tech insiders had been dreading.

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Sat, 01 Sep 2018 20:37:30 -0700 https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/aug/29/coding-algorithms-frankenalgos-program-danger
<![CDATA[Malcolm Harris on Glitch Capitalism and AI Logic]]> http://nymag.com/selectall/2018/04/malcolm-harris-on-glitch-capitalism-and-ai-logic.html

Of all the buzzy 21st-century tech phrases, “machine learning” threatens to be the most important. Programming computers is slow, but we’re nearing the point where humans give the bots parameters and let them teach themselves.

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Sun, 13 May 2018 06:17:19 -0700 http://nymag.com/selectall/2018/04/malcolm-harris-on-glitch-capitalism-and-ai-logic.html
<![CDATA[What It’s Like to Be a Bot — Real Life]]> http://reallifemag.com/what-its-like-to-be-a-bot/

Bots are everywhere. From simple algorithms and aggregator bots to complex “artificially” intelligent machine-learning systems, they have become inescapable. Some are in chat programs.

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Tue, 08 May 2018 04:18:26 -0700 http://reallifemag.com/what-its-like-to-be-a-bot/
<![CDATA[On Automation and Free Time - e-flux Architecture - e-flux]]> http://www.e-flux.com/architecture/superhumanity/179224/on-automation-and-free-time/

In “Fragment on Machines,” Marx made the case that with investment in automated technology, which he called fixed capital, capitalism is able to reduce necessary labor time and increase both surplus labor and value.

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Tue, 13 Mar 2018 08:02:49 -0700 http://www.e-flux.com/architecture/superhumanity/179224/on-automation-and-free-time/
<![CDATA[Asking the Right Questions About AI – Yonatan Zunger – Medium]]> https://medium.com/@yonatanzunger/asking-the-right-questions-about-ai-7ed2d9820c48

In the past few years, we’ve been deluged with discussions of how artificial intelligence (AI) will either save or destroy the world. Self-driving cars will keep us alive; social media bubbles will destroy democracy; robot toasters will rob us of our ability to heat bread.

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Thu, 08 Feb 2018 07:07:29 -0800 https://medium.com/@yonatanzunger/asking-the-right-questions-about-ai-7ed2d9820c48