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LessAspin

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6. Cambridge Analytica

Reply to appalachiablue (Original post)

Thu Nov 7, 2019, 11:19 PM

Nov 2019

Robert Mercer was able to manipulate public opinion on the 2016 elections and Brexit with an early version of AI.

As this segment of the Frontline piece raises questions about what the latest and greatest AI, with a team led by the next Robert Mercer, could do? Did we learn the right lessons or did they just learn how to do it better .. without getting caught?

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"In the Age of AI," PBS Frontline: Artificial Intel Impact on Jobs, Surveillance Society [View all] appalachiablue Nov 2019 OP

Same issues arose and are still out there w/ the coming of the computer age...as ... SWBTATTReg Nov 2019 #1

Well that's interesting, even enocouraging to know. Tx. appalachiablue Nov 2019 #2

Yes, it is. I've worked w/ developers from Sweden, from Israel, from Taiwan, ... SWBTATTReg Nov 2019 #3

Communication is critical. esp. with 'new' tech and transitions.. appalachiablue Nov 2019 #4

Absolutely!! SWBTATTReg Nov 2019 #5

Cambridge Analytica LessAspin Nov 2019 #6

Thanks for this piece on the vast dealings of this ultraconservative group. appalachiablue Nov 2019 #8

Outstanding program. Kid Berwyn Nov 2019 #7

How Artificial Intelligence is Totally Changing Everything LessAspin Dec 2019 #9