Jesse Hirsh (Page 15)

Choose your own algorithm

4 years ago 4 min read AI algorithms distributed Internet

What if you could choose your own algorithm? Not just configure a single algorithm that governs a social media platform or website, but actually bring your own algorithm, or select an independent one, to sift through and organize the information available on a platform?

Open Source Intelligence

4 years ago 6 min read Open Source democracy Authority

Like any powerful tool or in this case research methodology, there is a responsibility to act ethically, or morally, acknowledging that ethics and morals are themselves subjective.

Data is never neutral

4 years ago 5 min read data bias algorithms AI work Public Policy

The consequence of believing in the myth that data (or AI) is neutral, is that it discourages people from asking what agenda that data serves, or what biases it may have.

Facebook is biased about bias

4 years ago 5 min read Facebook AI algorithms bias

Facebook has a meta problem. They lack the critical distance and proper governance to understand their power or their problems. The problem with their problems is not just that they fail to appreciate them, but that they are arguably not in a position to understand them at all.

Unionizing Influencers

4 years ago 4 min read influencer unions

I’ve long argued that social media creators (and users) need a union or guild or some kind of collective organizing organization. It is essential that existing labour organizations expand into areas of their industries or sectors that are digital.