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Bots, biases, and binge watching: How AI shapes the modern world

Penn Today produced a three-part series and podcast on artificial intelligence, with expertise from Warren Center affiliates in the School of Arts and Sciences, the Perelman School of Medicine, the Wharton School, Penn Law, and the School of Engineering and Applied Science.

Communication
Computer and Information Science
Electrical and Systems Engineering
Law

Social Norms for Algorithms

Is Data Privacy Real? Don’t Bet on It

People generate millions of points of information about themselves all the time. You create data every time you push the ‘Like’ button on Facebook, search for something on Google, make a purchase on Amazon, or watch a show on Netflix. Kevin Werbach, Aaron Roth, & Michael Kearns discuss data privacy in the U.S.--- or the lack thereof.

Computer and Information Science
Legal Studies & Business Ethics

Social Norms for Algorithms

Using Machine Learning to Improve the U.S. Government

Just as algorithms have facilitated dramatic innovations in the private sector, they can also enable governments to achieve better, fairer, and more efficient performance of key functions. Cary Coglianese writes about the use of machine-learning algorithms in the public sector.

Law
Political Science

Social Norms for Algorithms

Preventative Measures

As an international leader in the use of machine learning, Richard Berk uses very large datasets with hundreds of thousands of observations and many hundreds of variables to forecast crime. Read more about his research on mass violence.

Criminology
Statistics

Social Norms for Algorithms

Businesses Looking for AI Expertise Lure Academics

As demand for artificial intelligence talent increases, companies across a range of industries are looking to recruit university professors who are experts in the technology. Hear from Warren Center Director Michael Kearns, who serves as a senior adviser in Morgan Stanley's AI Center of Excellence.

Computer and Information Science

Social Norms for Algorithms

Artificial intelligence won’t solve all of medicine’s great problems

"The truth is, there is a lot of promise in AI. But it might be time to temper our expectations. AI isn’t exactly new, and it won't be a silver bullet," says Jason Moore. Read more in his USA Today op-ed.

Biomedical Informatics

Social Norms for Algorithms

Warren Center Affiliate Profile- Annie Liang

“Big data” and the use of machine learning algorithms constitute a large change in the kinds of information and prediction algorithms that are used in real incentive systems, and there is much that is still unknown about this from the perspective of economic theory. Annie Liang is working towards answering these questions.

Economics

Social Norms for Algorithms

Making Machines Moral

Machine learning is already being used to make important decisions that impact people’s lives. In this video from the 13th Annual Machine Learning Symposium, Aaron Roth discussed what can be done to ensure that machine learning doesn't reinforce bias.

Computer and Information Science

Social Norms for Algorithms

Translating the World’s Languages

Chris Callison-Burch first wondered how computers could be used to translate languages as a high school freshman while tinkering with his first computer and reading science fiction. Callison-Burch now works at the intersection of linguistics and the computer science field of machine learning.

Computer and Information Science

Social Norms for Algorithms

2018 ACM Fellows Honored for Pivotal Achievements that Underpin the Digital Age

Congratulations to Sanjeev Khanna for being named a 2018 ACM Fellow for his contributions to approximation algorithms, hardness of approximation, and sublinear algorithms. ACM Fellows are composed of an elite group that represents less than 1% of the Association’s global membership.

Computer and Information Science

Social Norms for Algorithms

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Bots, biases, and binge watching: How AI shapes the modern world

Is Data Privacy Real? Don’t Bet on It

Using Machine Learning to Improve the U.S. Government

Preventative Measures

Businesses Looking for AI Expertise Lure Academics

Artificial intelligence won’t solve all of medicine’s great problems

Warren Center Affiliate Profile- Annie Liang

Making Machines Moral

Translating the World’s Languages

2018 ACM Fellows Honored for Pivotal Achievements that Underpin the Digital Age