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Do algorithms have too much power?

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Is It a Good Idea to Automate the Delivery of News?

Allison is concerned that this sophisticated machine learning could be used for more sinister means. He started asking about what wouldh en if a federated learning modal like this one was controlling the delivery or prioritization of the news that you get on your individual device. Would it be really risky for there to be a kind of dynamically changing way that news was being delivered to you? Allison: "These algaritms might be contributing to a bifercation or a separation of different forms of information"

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