Tech and Politics

Andreas Jungherr

Conditions for the successful application of artificial intelligence

2022-05-11 25 min Season 1 Episode 7 Andreas Jungherr

Description & Show Notes

In this episode, we will be talking about the conditions for the successful application of artificial intelligence across different areas.

Going forward, we will be focusing on the uses and effects of narrow AI on politics and democracy. To do so, we first need to figure out what it is exactly that AI changes in these areas. In other words, what is AI good at? What becomes cheaper or easier to do? And, for which types of problems does this work?

Chapters:

00:00 - Introduction
00:56 - Predictions
08:08 - Machine readable
11:30 - Abundant outcomes
15:45 - Stability over time
19:58 - Reinforcing structural inequalities
23:55 - Conclusion

Script to episode with references and further readings:

http://digitalmedia.andreasjungherr.de/docs/ai/ai_section2.html