Jesse Hirsh
  • Home
  • About
  • Speaking
  • Media
  • Hype
  • Contact

Terminated by an algorithm

a year ago 5 min read algorithmsworkunionssurveillance
Manual labour is difficult, and tiring. Emotional labour is also difficult, and tiring. Especially for companies who are more concerned with liability and efficiency than the emotional well being of their contractors or soon to be former contractors.
Read Now Read Later
Jesse Hirsh
By: Jesse Hirsh
How we learn is changing

How we learn is changing

a year ago 11 min read AuthorityEducationLearningsurveillance
Learning is what makes us human. Our ability to adapt and change has given us an evolutionary advantage when facing adversity or threats. While this is particularly relevant in this pandemic, I wonder how this crisis will impact our learning institutions.
Read Now Read Later
Admin
By: Admin
When AI is just a puppet

When AI is just a puppet

a year ago 5 min read AIalgorithmsEthicsInnovationdata
Yet over the last few years, the AI hype machine has started to falter, and the mystique surrounding AI has waned. That doesn’t mean the technology will go away, far from it. However our understanding of it, and more importantly our relationship with it, is starting to evolve substantially.
Read Now Read Later
Jesse Hirsh
By: Jesse Hirsh
The fallacy of prediction

The fallacy of prediction

a year ago 4 min read AIpredictiondataautomationmythology
Yet what if our perception of predictions was itself biased in favour of the predictions? That we become so wedded to the prediction, that quite like target fixation, the act of prediction influences the outcome of the prediction.
Read Now Read Later
Jesse Hirsh
By: Jesse Hirsh
Choose your own algorithm

Choose your own algorithm

a year ago 4 min read AIalgorithmsdistributedInternetsocial media
What if you could choose your own algorithm? Not just configure a single algorithm that governs a social media platform or website, but actually bring your own algorithm, or select an independent one, to sift through and organize the information available on a platform?
Read Now Read Later
Jesse Hirsh
By: Jesse Hirsh
Newer Posts
Page 2 of 14
Older Posts
Powered by Ghost
Jesse Hirsh