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X-WR-CALNAME:DigiLab book talk: Artificial Unintelligence: How Computers Mi
 sunderstand the World
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DESCRIPTION:Katherine Ireland is the interim head of the Willson Center Dig
 ital Humanities Lab (DigiLab) in the UGA Libraries. She holds a Ph.D. in l
 inguistics from UGA. Her research is focused on using digital tools in tex
 t analysis\, corpus linguistics\, and language variation. She works with a
 ll modes of text data\, from traditional corpora to her datasets of Twitte
 r text she captured herself.\n\nMeredith Broussard's Artificial Unintellig
 ence: How Computers Misunderstand the World (2018\, MIT Press) is a guide 
 to understanding the inner workings and outer limits of technology and why
  we should never assume that computers always get it right.\n\nIn Artifici
 al Unintelligence\, Meredith Broussard argues that our collective enthusia
 sm for applying computer technology to every aspect of life has resulted i
 n a tremendous amount of poorly designed systems. We are so eager to do ev
 erything digitally—hiring\, driving\, paying bills\, even choosing roman
 tic partners—that we have stopped demanding that our technology actually
  work. Broussard\, a software developer and journalist\, reminds us that t
 here are fundamental limits to what we can (and should) do with technology
 . With this book\, she offers a guide to understanding the inner workings 
 and outer limits of technology—and issues a warning that we should never
  assume that computers always get things right.\n\nMaking a case against t
 echnochauvinism—the belief that technology is always the solution—Brou
 ssard argues that it's just not true that social problems would inevitably
  retreat before a digitally enabled Utopia. To prove her point\, she under
 takes a series of adventures in computer programming. She goes for an alar
 ming ride in a driverless car\, concluding “the cyborg future is not com
 ing any time soon”\; uses artificial intelligence to investigate why stu
 dents can't pass standardized tests\; deploys machine learning to predict 
 which passengers survived the Titanic disaster\; and attempts to repair th
 e U.S. campaign finance system by building AI software. If we understand t
 he limits of what we can do with technology\, Broussard tells us\, we can 
 make better choices about what we should do with it to make the world bett
 er for everyone.\n\nThis event is presented by the Willson Center Digital 
 Humanities Lab (DigiLab)\, the UGA Libraries\, and the UGA Humanities Coun
 cil as part of the UGA Humanities Festival.
LOCATION:Willson Center Digital Humanities Lab\, 3rd Floor\, Main Library
SUMMARY:DigiLab book talk: Artificial Unintelligence: How Computers Misunde
 rstand the World
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 nintelligence_how_computers_misunderstand_the_world
CATEGORIES:Lectures and Discussions
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