Interviews
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A scientist’s opinion : Interview with David Graus about AI-tools for journalists
Interview with David Graus, AI-researcher and data scientist working for FD Mediagroep in The Netherlands, on developing AI-tools for journalists. Which AI-tools for journalists are you in your company developing? David Graus: We are working on two project. One is called SMART Journalism, the other... -
A scientist’s opinion : Interview with Lisa-Maria Neudert about online disinformation in elections
Interview with Lisa-Maria Neudert, is a DPhil candidate at the Oxford Internet Institute and Researcher with the Project on Computational Propaganda. Will you be observing the EP elections? What are the main challenges? Lisa-Maria Neudert: Yes, we are currently preparing to analyse the EP elections... -
A scientist’s opinion : Interview with Kajsa Falasca about online disinformation in elections
Interview with Kajsa Falasca, Senior Lecturer and Assistant Professor at the Department of Media and Communication Science (MKV) at the research centre DEMICOM at Mid University Sweden. Prior to last year's elections in Sweden, huge numbers of fake news items were posted on Twitter, concerning Islam... -
A scientist’s opinion : Interview with Kalina Bontcheva about Technology & Disinformation
Interview with Kalina Bontcheva, University of Sheffield about Technology & Disinformation. There is a strong need for data protection laws that can adequately address the challenges of user data being misused and harvested without consent by third-party applications, political parties/politicians,... -
A scientist’s opinion : Interview with Dr Trisha Meyer & Prof Chris Marsden about Technology & Disinformation
Interview with Dr Trisha Meyer, Vrije Universiteit in Brussels & Prof Chris Marsden, University of Sussex, about Technology & Disinformation. "In struggling to find a sustainable business model for the online environment, many traditional media providers have become almost exclusively reliant on advertising."... -
A scientist’s opinion : Interview with Mark Dubrulle about AI and Democracy
Interview with Mark Dubrulle, president of the Club de Rome – EU Chapter. AI definitely is something we need, but I have doubts as to the capacity of present institutions to define a code that could be acceptable for everyone. In its draft report on AI, the European Parliament underlines that the... -
A scientist’s opinion : Interview with Nicolas Spatola about AI and Democracy
Several experiments have shown that AI could reproduce human cognitive bias such as sexism, racism and even become psychopathic.
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A scientist’s opinion : Interview with Jack Stilgoe about autonomous cars
Interview with Jack Stilgoe, associate professor at University College London, fellow of the Alan Turing Institute, about autonomous car. "I think the uptake of self-driving cars at scale will require substantial changes to behaviours, infrastructures and the rules of the road, as well as improvements...