Societal Impact
Social Impact of AI
Articles
- Embedding AI in society: ethics, policy, governance, and impactsMichael Pflanzer, Veljko Dubljević, William A. Bauer, Darby Orcutt, George List & Munindar P. Singh, AI & SOCIETY, 2023
- Examining embedded apparatuses of AI in Facebook and TikTokJustin Grandinetti, AI & Society, 2023
- The impact of artificial intelligence on human society and bioethicsMichael Cheng-Tek Tai, Tzu Chi Med J, 2020
- New Challenges for Ethics: The Social Impact of Posthumanism, Robots, and Artificial IntelligenceLourdes Velázquez G, Journal of Healthcare Engineering, 2021
- Researchers teach an AI to write better chart captionsAdam Zewe, MIT News Office, Jun. 30, 2023
- Study uncovers social cost of using AI in conversationsTom Fleischman, Cornell Chronicle, Apr. 4, 2023
Dating Apps and Social Media
Articles
- AI Dating Apps: A New Era of MatchmakingArmen Baghdasaryan, EQ blog, 2023
- AI Is About to Make Social Media (Much) More ToxicJonathan Haidt and Eric Schmidt, The Atlantic, May 5, 2023
- How AI Transforms Social MediaRem Darbinyan, Forbes, Mar. 16, 2023
- How TikTok Reads Your MindBen Smith, Dec. 5, 2021
- Matchmaking 2.0: How AI Is Revolutionizing Online DatingIgor Khalatian, Forbes, Mar. 17, 2023
- Meta explains how AI influences what we see on Facebook and InstagramJess Weatherbed, The Verge, Jun. 29, 2023
- No, AI can’t tell the futureAja Romano, Vox, Jul. 4, 2023
- Social Bots and the Spread of Disinformation in Social Media: The Challenges of Artificial IntelligenceHajli, N., Saeed, U., Tajvidi, M., & Shirazi, F., British Journal of Management, 2022
Videos
- The benefits of AI on social mediaAikyna Finch | TEDxDeerParkWomen
- How Do Dating App Algorithms Work?WSJ Tech News Briefing
Books in the Library
Emotional AI: The Rise of Empathic Media by
What happens when media technologies are able to interpret our feelings, emotions, moods, and intentions? In this cutting edge new book, Andrew McStay explores that very question and argues that these abilities result in a form of technological empathy. Offering a balanced and incisive overview of the issues raised by 'Emotional AI', this book: Provides a clear account of the social benefits and drawbacks of new media trends and technologies such as emoji, wearables and chatbots Demonstrates through empirical research how 'empathic media' have been developed and introduced both by start-ups and global tech corporations such as Facebook Helps readers understand the potential implications on everyday life and social relations through examples such as video-gaming, facial coding, virtual reality and cities Calls for a more critical approach to the rollout of emotional AI in public and private spheres Combining established theory with original analysis, this book will change the way students view, use and interact with new technologies. It should be required reading for students and researchers in media, communications, the social sciences and beyond.
How Algorithms Create and Prevent Fake News by
From deepfakes to GPT-3, deep learning is now powering a new assault on our ability to tell what's real and what's not, bringing a whole new algorithmic side to fake news. On the other hand, remarkable methods are being developed to help automate fact-checking and the detection of fake news and doctored media. Success in the modern business world requires you to understand these algorithmic currents, and to recognize the strengths, limits, and impacts of deep learning---especially when it comes to discerning the truth and differentiating fact from fiction. This book tells the stories of this algorithmic battle for the truth and how it impacts individuals and society at large. In doing so, it weaves together the human stories and what's at stake here, a simplified technical background on how these algorithms work, and an accessible survey of the research literature exploring these various topics.
Rule of the Robots by
If you have a smartphone, you have AI in your pocket. AI is impossible to avoid online. And it has already changed everything from how doctors diagnose disease to how you interact with friends or read the news. But in Rule of the Robots, Martin Ford argues that the true revolution is yet to come. In this sequel to his prescient New York Times bestseller Rise of the Robots, Ford presents us with a striking vision of the very near future. He argues that AI is a uniquely powerful technology that is altering every dimension of human life, often for the better. For example, advanced science is being done by machines, solving devilish problems in molecular biology that humans could not, and AI can help us fight climate change or the next pandemic. It also has a capacity for profound harm. Deep fakes--AI-generated audio or video of events that never happened--are poised to cause havoc throughout society. AI empowers authoritarian regimes like China with unprecedented mechanisms for social control. And AI can be deeply biased, learning bigoted attitudes from us and perpetuating them. In short, this is not a technology to simply embrace, or let others worry about. The machines are coming, and they won't stop, and each of us needs to know what that means if we are to thrive in the twenty-first century. And Rule of the Robots is the essential guide to all of it: both AI and the future of our economy, our politics, our lives.
