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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Hear hear. Indeed I fear an “institute for algorithm accountability” is the wrong mode entirely. Research is needed most to identify where the “algorithm” is just the visible surface of more complex and more intractable sociotechnical challenges, and what might be done about it.
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Also! Studying this stuff outside the social, political and complex set-up is fine as first round, but you inevitably need to get in the weeds--and that requires substantive focus on the specific area. (And academia does this very well when funded and supported).
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