Algorithms are a threat to society and so far, academia is asleep at the wheel.https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/14/opinion/academia-tech-algorithms.html …
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Replying to @mathbabedotorg
As someone who tries to do just this, and argued for much of the same, I found the diagnosis in your piece way, way lopsided. Academia is under severe attack exactly because it’s the one place that can do this. The problem is deeply political.
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I agree it's the one place that can do this. But how many jobs are opening up to do this?
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I can't tell you how many young computer scientists write to me wanting to get a job holding algorithms accountable but all the jobs are at Facebook. It's a problem.
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It’s less “ivory tower” ignoring, more the forces of ignorance that are trying to avoid accountability purposefully trying to crush it, while tech poaches and exploits. Find the funds and political protection, and about 50 universities would create such institutions tomorrow.
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It’s not ignoring. It’s lack of funds plus tech poaching and exploiting—don’t pay taxes, poach people trained with public funds. Your diagnosis just focused on the absolute wrong end. Problem, I agree with.
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