Algorithms and Artificial Intelligence: Science takes on fake news
Dr. Daniel Lowd
Can you always spot “fake news?” Human fact-checkers simply cannot stem the flood tides of misinformation on the Internet. Fake news is linked to vaccine panics, genocide in Myanmar, terrorist attacks in the U.S., and the outcome of the 2016 presidential election. Can science help? Maybe. Artificial intelligence programs can find patterns in text and graphs but AI itself can be fooled. Dr. Lowd will help us understand not only the present dangers of fake news but also the future challenges in recognizing fake images and videos.
