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"We are a small - as-of-yet unincorporated - nonprofit providing pro bono consulting on algorithmic and policy issues arising from the proliferation of: Statist
by 3xblah 8y ago
"We are a small - as-of-yet unincorporated - nonprofit providing pro bono consulting on algorithmic and policy issues arising from the proliferation of: Statistical inference / Automated decision making - often called 'AI', ..."
From the author's website, listed at the bottom.
Imagine if journalists and other people posting to the www called "AI" what it actually is, instead of constantly portraying it as something futuristic to capture people's imaginations.
Even terms like "statistical inference" and "automated decision-making" could probably be explained using more common language to be comprehensible to the general public.
- stendinator 8y agoHow would you rewrite that short passage in a way you think is optimal?
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- laughinghan 8y agoYour parent comment was praising that passage and wishing more journalists and others would take that as an example of how to describe about AI.
- learnstats2 8y agoI once saw a lecturer teach "AI" that turned out to be statistics techniques first invented circa 1925 written incorrectly in code. "AI", if it means anything at all, is fast becoming a way of identifying snake-oil products. The explanation is necessary.