Should We Be Wary of Algorithms?
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Friday, March 6, 2015
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"Decisions are made automatically by machines, increasingly without human supervision." - Kevin Slavin
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Part 4 of the TED Radio Hour episode Solve For X
About Kevin Slavin's TED Talk
Netflix, Uber, and the stock market are governed by algorithms. Entrepreneur and artist Kevin Slavin shows how these formulas can reshape finance, culture, and physical environments, with potentially harmful consequences.
About Kevin Slavin
Kevin Slavin is an assistant professor at MIT's Media Lab and has co-founded a number of technology companies, including Area/Code, which uses location-aware technology in real-world gaming. His digital art work has been exhibited in Frankfurt's Museum of Modern Art and the Design Museum of London.
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