Amplifying Existing Conditions: How Human & Algorithmic Bias mingle Filter Bubbles & Echo Chambers
Channel: Martin Hilbert
Date: 2023-10-16

💡 About the intriguing balance between our age-old confirmation biases and the new-age AI-driven recommendations on platforms like Facebook. Do algorithms amplify our innate tendencies or offer a balanced viewpoint? 🌐🔄
📚 Quick Lesson: While algorithms can be fine-tuned to reduce biases, human tendencies play a significant role in the content we consume. Embracing AI might actually help in decreasing our inherent biases.

See the full lectures here: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlCBFwDHeVo&list=PLtjBSCvWCU3qDvWiJKdOqO1XImr2PsUNB&index=22

This snippet is taken from the 2023 version of the University of California online course called "Digital Technology & Social Change".

The lecture content can be found here on this channel: 
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtjBSCvWCU3qDvWiJKdOqO1XImr2PsUNB 

The full course for university credits can be taken here:
https://uconline.edu/

The Open Online Version consists of a Specialization that grants an official Certificate (it also includes hands-on labs), and can be found here: https://www.coursera.org/instructor/martin-hilbert