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Algorithms are behind much in our lives that we take for granted. Often we think of them as fair and objective, but are they? This podcast explores the often “black box” of algorithms.

Episodes

  1. 01/20/2022

    Rec Zone, Rec Zone, Rec: How Online Retailers Track Your Shopping and Purchase Behavior to Sell You More Stuff

    On this episode, TJ discusses how online retailers track your shopping and purchase behavior in order to recommend other products and increase our AOV. Are you concerned about online tracking and retailer recommendations? Do you find these recommendations useful? Let us know.

    13 min

  2. TRAILER

    School's Out for Summer

    We're taking a little break for the summer, but we'll be back in the fall with season 2 with more great episodes. In the mean time, check us out on all the socials.

    1 min

  3. 05/02/2021

    What Happens When Your Face is Everywhere?

    On this episode TJ and I discuss facial recognition, but not the Big Brother kind. In a world where we all constantly upload images of our faces to the social media platforms, it's not so much Big Brother that is to blame, but Little Brother. What happens when you commit sedition and your selfies litter the web? Spoiler alert, nothing good.

    48 min

  4. 02/16/2021

    The Firing of Timnit Gebru: Representation in AI

    The firing of Timnit Gebru caused a stir at Google and the tech community at large. How do we create ethical artificial intelligence? How do we make sure that the products we build reflect and serve the entirety of humankind and not just a select group of well connected, well-off white people? That's a difficult issue to solve, but we do know is how you don't do that, by firing one of the few people of color working in AI ethics. Happy Black History Month, ya'll.

    33 min

  5. 12/21/2020

    Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam ... Spamalot

    On this episode we discuss spam, no not the canned meat-like product, but the scourge of your email inbox. Spam, though not as top of mind as it once was, is still a significant problem. According to Campaign Monitor, nearly 60 billion junk or spam emails will be sent each day in the next 4 years.  For some context, there are only 7.8 billion people in the world. That works out to nearly 8 spam emails for every person on the planet per day for four straight years. That's massive. For email providers, AI plays a major role in curtailing the spam messages we all receive. As it turns out, AI can actually be our friend. Who knew?

    41 min

  6. 12/01/2020

    The Dilemma with the Social Dilemma

    On this episode, TJ and I take a deep dive into the Netflix documentary, The Social Dilemma. The documentary outlines the impact social media networks like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter have had on our everyday lives. And yes, there are algorithms involved. We talk about both the film as a piece or art and the questions it raises.

    46 min

  7. 11/02/2020

    Pre-Crime Unit: Does Predictive Policing Work?

    Police around the country in departments large and small have been using algorithms to, in their words, identify crime hot spots and more efficiently and effectively allocate scarce resources and manpower. But is it working? Critics say these systems merely perpetuate racial bias and over policing of minority neighborhoods. On this episode, we discuss these issues.

    47 min

  8. 09/18/2020

    Algorithm U: How Data Influences College Attendance

    College rankings have incredible influence over the colleges and universities that students and their families choose to attend. But should it? On this episode, we examine the U.S. News and World Reports college rankings.

    38 min

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Algorithms are behind much in our lives that we take for granted. Often we think of them as fair and objective, but are they? This podcast explores the often “black box” of algorithms.

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  • Creator
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  • Years Active
    2020 - 2022
  • Episodes
    8
  • Rating
    Explicit
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