The Ledger

Every statement that passed quotation and attribution checks. Mix any filter with any other: certainty 1/5, debate potential 5/5, or both at once.

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why aren't all 4 resolved? a statement only gets an assessment when the public record can support or contradict it. opinions and what-ifs never can, and 0 checkable ones are still open, waiting for their date. predictions held up or didn't; assertions are supported or contradicted. on every card: ▮▮▮▮▮ certainty · ▮▮▮▮▮ debate potential. speakers are clickable

Assertion Not checkable as stated
Glaser: Facebook feed algorithm generated historic business value in computing
“In fact, it would be hard to name a piece of machine intelligence that has generated more business value, maybe in the history of computing, than the rancor that the Facebook team built.”
Harry Glaser Apr 9, 2018 ▶ 2:54 The Conscience of AI // Harry Glaser, Periscope Data (FirstMark's Data Driven)
Assertion Supported
Glaser: European-built facial recognition performed worse on non-European faces
“One of them is a facial recognition software, a classifier, and this particular classifier, this particular facial recognition was built by a team of folks of European descent, much like myself, and it turned out to be very good at recognizing faces of Europea…”
Harry Glaser Apr 9, 2018 ▶ 5:21 The Conscience of AI // Harry Glaser, Periscope Data (FirstMark's Data Driven)
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Periscope Data customers spend about 20 hours per week in product
“Customers spend about 20 hours per user per week in the product.”
Harry Glaser Apr 9, 2018 ▶ 8:29 The Conscience of AI // Harry Glaser, Periscope Data (FirstMark's Data Driven)
Assertion Contradicted
Crisis Text Line uses machine learning to suggest real-time volunteer responses
“They have started using machine learning to suggest answers in real time to the responders of these text messages”
Harry Glaser Apr 9, 2018 ▶ 9:41 The Conscience of AI // Harry Glaser, Periscope Data (FirstMark's Data Driven)
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