• An A.I. Training Tool Has Been Passing Its Bias to Algorithms for Almost Two Decades | by Hayden Field | OneZero

  ““I consider ‘bias’ a euphemism,” says Brandeis Marshall, PhD, data scientist and CEO of DataedX, an edtech and data science firm. “The words that are used are varied: There’s fairness, there’s responsibility, there’s algorithmic bias, there’s a number of terms… but really, it’s dancing around the real topic… A dataset is inherently entrenched in systemic racism and sexism.””

  Tags: ITGS, ai, dataset, machine learning, bias, systemic, algorithms, training

  • – By dr tech

• Looking up health symptoms online less harmful than thought, study says | Health | The Guardian

  “These findings suggest that medical experts and policymakers probably do not need to warn patients away from the internet when it comes to seeking health information and self-diagnosis or triage. It seems that using the internet may well help patients figure out what is wrong.”

  Tags: ITGS, healthcare, searchengine, search, integrity

  • – By dr tech

• How many anti-vaxxers does it take to misinform the world? Just twelve | Social media | The Guardian

  “How many conspiracy theorists does it take to change a lightbulb? QAnon won’t let me tell you. I can, however, reveal that it takes only a dozen anti-vaxxers to spread dangerous misinformation to millions of people. According to a report from the NGO Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), up to 65% of anti-vaccine content on Facebook and Twitter can be traced back to just 12 people. Although Facebook has disputed the report’s methodology, the 12 have been nicknamed the “disinformation dozen”, and include Robert F Kennedy Jr, the nephew of John F Kennedy. A few of the 12 have been removed from at least one social media platform, but are still free to post on others.”

  Tags: ITGS, disinformation, misinformation, fake news, social media, anti-vaxxers, causation

  • – By dr tech

• People’s Expensive NFTs Keep Vanishing. This Is Why

  “He never got the chance to find out. A week later, he opened up his digital “wallet,” where the artwork would supposedly be available, and was faced with an ominous banner reading, “This page has gone off grid. We’ve got a 404 error and explored deep and wide, but we can’t find the page you’re looking for.” 
  The artwork, which he expected to be on the page, had disappeared entirely. “There was no history of my ever purchasing it, or ever owning it,” he said. “Now there’s nothing. My money’s gone.””

  Tags: NFT, ITGS, cryptocurrency, bitcoin, ethereum, authenticity

  • – By dr tech

• Johnson – Whatever you tweet may be used against you | Books & arts | The Economist

  “But a newsroom rebellion ended her tenure before it began. A group of employees wrote a letter protesting against her appointment because of several tweets she had written ten years earlier, when she was herself a teen. In them Ms McCammond reported Googling how to avoid waking up with “swollen, Asian eyes”. She complained about the lack of an explanation for a poor mark in chemistry: “thanks a lot stupid Asian T.A. [teaching assistant]”. She had apologised for these comments in the past, but a killing in Georgia on March 16th, in which six of the eight victims were Asian women, made them look even worse. Two days later Ms McCammond took to Twitter again—to say that she had agreed to renounce the Teen Vogue job.”

  Tags: ITGS, twitter, tweet, people and machines, memory, right to be forgotten

  • – By dr tech

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