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What marked the 60th year in 2016?
What marked the 60th year in 2016?
Which systems dominate our lives today?
Which systems dominate our lives today?
What do companies like Amazon, Google, and Facebook use to personalize the information we are fed?
What do companies like Amazon, Google, and Facebook use to personalize the information we are fed?
What did a popular New Yorker cartoon depict in the early days of online anonymity?
What did a popular New Yorker cartoon depict in the early days of online anonymity?
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What do online companies know about us according to the text?
What do online companies know about us according to the text?
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What did Arthur C Clarke once note about advanced technology?
What did Arthur C Clarke once note about advanced technology?
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What did Sherry Turkle suggest about computers in the 1980s?
What did Sherry Turkle suggest about computers in the 1980s?
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What are 'deep learning neural networks' patterned after?
What are 'deep learning neural networks' patterned after?
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What is one of the goals in 2017 regarding artificial intelligence?
What is one of the goals in 2017 regarding artificial intelligence?
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What does the academic Sherry Turkle observe about human bias and error in algorithms?
What does the academic Sherry Turkle observe about human bias and error in algorithms?
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Artificial intelligence and algorithms have not progressed as quickly as predicted in 2016.
Artificial intelligence and algorithms have not progressed as quickly as predicted in 2016.
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Online companies like Amazon, Google, and Facebook do not use our 'metadata' to personalize the information we are fed.
Online companies like Amazon, Google, and Facebook do not use our 'metadata' to personalize the information we are fed.
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In 2017, online companies know more about us than they did in the early days of online anonymity.
In 2017, online companies know more about us than they did in the early days of online anonymity.
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AI and algorithms do not dominate our lives in various aspects such as financial markets and pharmaceutical drug discovery.
AI and algorithms do not dominate our lives in various aspects such as financial markets and pharmaceutical drug discovery.
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Algorithms and AI systems are always open to scrutiny and inspection.
Algorithms and AI systems are always open to scrutiny and inspection.
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Artificial intelligence systems are entirely accessible and transparent to humans
Artificial intelligence systems are entirely accessible and transparent to humans
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Sherry Turkle suggested that computers in the 1980s were easy to operate even if their internal workings were not understood
Sherry Turkle suggested that computers in the 1980s were easy to operate even if their internal workings were not understood
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Algorithms have no potential for bias or error
Algorithms have no potential for bias or error
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The use of algorithms for personalization is always negative
The use of algorithms for personalization is always negative
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The futurist Arthur C Clarke once noted that sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic
The futurist Arthur C Clarke once noted that sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic
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