Understanding Machine Learning and Data Usage

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This chapter explores how machines learn models around individuals using private data and how user preferences can be predicted without access to personal information. It also addresses the misconception of Facebook listening to microphone conversations and highlights the platform's ability to make accurate predictions based on available data points.

AI has already affected our society fundamentally. That effect first happened through social media. In this episode, we speak with Tristan Harris, co-founder of the Center for Humane Technology, about that first effect, and what we can expect as AI evolves.