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#133 – Max Tegmark on how a 'put-up-or-shut-up' resolution led him to work on AI and algorithmic news selection

80,000 Hours Podcast

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Machine Learning Isn't Evil, but Just a Tool

Machine learning can be used in a number of ways to improve the media, says Andrew Keen. He has created an app that uses machine learning to help people find out more about news stories. The project was started as a student project and now it's being run as a non-profit. It aims to make reading articles on different topics easier for users.

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