2024-03-17
“You train the algorithm, and the algorithm trains you.” Lots going on here in a great story about tech, labor and policy The delivery rider who took on his faceless boss https://www.ft.com/...
Financial Times
How an Uber Eats worker created UberCheats, a web app that computed the actual distance a courier traveled, after suspecting algorithmic error and underpayment
A tech-savvy Uber Eats worker was sick of the algorithms that controlled his day. So he decided to fight back X: @mrbrownsir , @hoofnagle , @ftmag , @michaelezra , @madhumita29 , ...
2024-01-29
“What is the deeper problem, people falling for malicious nonsense, or people refusing to believe in carefully reported journalism? But it's certainly possible that universal cynicism is a cure worse than the disease.” https://www.ft.com/...
Financial Times
With high-stakes elections in 2024, some experts worry about a well-timed piece of disinformation, potentially involving a deepfake, having a calamitous impact
2024-01-28
“What is the deeper problem, people falling for malicious nonsense, or people refusing to believe in carefully reported journalism? But it's certainly possible that universal cynicism is a cure worse than the disease.” https://www.ft.com/...
Financial Times
With high-stakes elections in 2024, some experts are worried that a piece of disinformation potentially involving a deepfake might soon have a calamitous impact
It's merely a matter of time until disinformation leads to calamity via @FT https://giftarticle.ft.com/... @ftweekend : 'With high-stakes elections taking place across the world th...
2023-01-15
“I can't make them think just like me. I just have to give them the tools to make up their own opinions.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
New York Times
How Finland, ranked first of 41 European countries in a media literacy survey, teaches students to spot misinformation on social media, starting in preschool
The Nordic country is testing new ways to teach students about propaganda. Here's what other countries can learn from its success. Tweets: @cendemtech , @slwalter123 , @enjig , @m...
2021-08-07
“What do you call the person who graduated last in their class from med school? Doctor.” And those doctors are on Doximity https://twitter.com/...
CNBC