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FBL85: Sandra Matz - Lessons From a Computational Social Scientist

The Feedback Loop by Singularity

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Is There a Brainwashing Machine?

The Cambridge Analytica scandal has raised questions about how much information can be used to manipulate people or change decisions. How much do you actually think that there is an influence in people's behavior from this data? "It's probably not a brainwashing machine," he says, but it could shift attitudes.

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