Artificial communication : how algorithms produce social intelligence /

"Argues that what makes AI socially relevant and useful is not intelligence at all but something even more human: communication. If machines are going to improve their ability to address ever more important human issues, it will not be because they have learned to think like people, but because...

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Main Authors: Esposito, Elena (Author)
Published: The MIT Press,
Publisher Address: Cambridge, Massachusetts :
Publication Dates: [2022]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Strong ideas series
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Summary: "Argues that what makes AI socially relevant and useful is not intelligence at all but something even more human: communication. If machines are going to improve their ability to address ever more important human issues, it will not be because they have learned to think like people, but because we have learned to communicate with them"--
Carrier Form: xiv, 184 pages ; 24 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9780262046664
0262046660
Index Number: HM851
CLC: TP18-05
TN91-05
Call Number: TN91-05/E777
Contents: Artificial Communication? Algorithms as Interaction Partners --
Organizing without Understanding: Lists in Ancient and Digital Cultures --
Reading Images: Visualization and Interpretation in Digital Text Analysis --
Getting Personal with Algorithms --
Algorithmic Memory and the Right to Be Forgotten --
Forgetting Pictures --
The Future of Prediction: From Statistical Uncertainty to Algorithmic Forecasts --