“Joi Ito, Scott Dadich, and President Barack Obama photographed in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on August 24, 2016. IT’S HARD TO think of a single technology that will shape our world more in the next 50 years than artificial intelligence.”
Read: The President in Conversation With MIT’s Joi Ito and WIRED’s Scott Dadich
“Joi Ito, Scott Dadich, and President Barack Obama photographed in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on August 24, 2016. IT’S HARD TO think of a single technology that will shape our world more in the next 50 years than artificial intelligence.”
Read: The President in Conversation With MIT’s Joi Ito and WIRED’s Scott Dadich
“Joi Ito, Scott Dadich, and President Barack Obama photographed in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on August 24, 2016. IT’S HARD TO think of a single technology that will shape our world more in the next 50 years than artificial intelligence.”
Read: The President in Conversation With MIT’s Joi Ito and WIRED’s Scott Dadich
“Late-night TV is experiencing, in Larry Wilmore’s own words, an Unblackening. Comedy Central announced Monday that, with just 12 weeks to go before the presidential election, the network is canceling The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore, with the final episode of the show airing Thursday.”
Read: Larry Wilmore’s ‘Nightly Show’ Cancellation And Late-Night’s ‘Unblackening’
“For centuries judges have had to make guesses about the people in front of them.”
Read: Does Crime-Predicting Software Bias Judges? Unfortunately, There’s No Data
“CHICAGO — When Eric L. Loomis was sentenced for eluding the police in La Crosse, Wis., the judge told him he presented a “high risk” to the community and handed down a six-year prison term. The judge said he had arrived at his sentencing decision in part because of Mr.”
Read: In Wisconsin, a Backlash Against Using Data to Foretell Defendants’ Futures
“The FBI has quietly constructed a massive facial recognition system, and according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office, it may not have built in the required safeguards.”
Read: The FBI has collected over 411 million photos for its facial recognition system
“This is Episode 12 of Real Future, Fusion’s documentary series about technology and society. More episodes available at realfuture.tv.”
Read: Predictive Policing: the future of crime-fighting, or the future of racial profiling?
“Sunday morning political talk shows can determine the week’s agenda — and that agenda is overwhelmingly defined by the white, conservative men who appear on those shows much more often than other groups. The majority of the guests were white men.”
Read: The staggering overrepresentation of white, conservative men on Sunday political shows
“Brace yourself. I’m going to talk about a topic that makes many people uncomfortable — Whiteness. Not the more acceptable euphemism “diversity.” Not even its close cousin, the difficult subject of “racism.” No.”