Stanford Seminar - Unethical Algorithms of Massive Scale
Overview
Psychologist Robert Epstein presents a Stanford EE380 colloquium on how internet algorithms such as search rankings can manipulate opinions, purchases and votes at massive scale. He also describes a new monitoring system for tracking such influence.
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Cited in threads about search bias, election influence and big-tech data practices as the most comprehensive video of Epstein's research.
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Video by Stanford Online, played through YouTube.
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