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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That’s why talking to people would have helped, to see both the enormous effort—and what’s actually holding it back. Even many admin are on board—let alone so many academics—but thwarted by political pressure and deliberate defunding.
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The analysis is a caricature of the reality I see everyday—and I know Cathy means well. But this is framed as another “out-of-touch” ivory tower piece—there are places like that, but you need to only know of Harvard and Stanford to characterize the “academy” as such.
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Otherwise I’m all for being critical of the academy. This piece is criticizing a few CS departments, at most.
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