Social Impact of AI Science and Engineering: Information Filtering and Disinformation

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Ioannis Pitas (AUTH)

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This lecture addresses several important questions on the interface between technology and society:

  • Why our world becomes ever more complex?
  • Can we cope with world complexity?
  • What is the relation between freedom of speech and information filtering?
  • What is the psychological background of on-line cults and conspiracy theories?
  • Why negative views propagate faster?
  • What is the relation of irrationalism, and anti-elitism, to social media disinformation?
  • How can we valorize our private data?
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