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Content: use HTML Edit Content <h1 style="text-align: center;">The AI misinformation epidemic</h1> <h2>[WHAT]</h2> <ol> <li>] by Zachary C. Lipton @ approximatelycorrect.com - Lipton concludes that general interest in AI is at an all time high, which is creating a perfect storm for the spread of misinformation on the subject.&nbsp;</li> </ol> <h2>[WHY]</h2> <ol> <li>]&nbsp;</li> </ol> <h2>[WHERE]</h2> <ol> <li><strong>] READ THE FULL ARTICLE</strong></li> <ol> <li><strong>&gt;tb]&nbsp;<a href="http://approximatelycorrect.com/2017/03/28/the-ai-misinformation-epidemic/" target="_blank">The AI Misinformation Epidemic</a>&nbsp;(approximatelycorrect.com),</strong></li> </ol></ol> <h2>[WHEN]</h2> <ol> <li>] 2017-04-11&nbsp;</li> </ol> <h2>[EXAMPLE]</h2> <p>interest in AI is at an all time high - google trends indicate people are searching for AI terms, 5x greater than 5 years ago</p> <p>Breakthroughs in&nbsp;<strong>computer vision</strong>,&nbsp;<strong>speech recognition</strong>, and, more generally,&nbsp;<strong>pattern recognition</strong>&nbsp;in large data sets, have given machine learning substantial power to impact industry, society, and other academic disciplines.</p> <p>Like the internet before it, <strong>machine learning now stands poised to impact diverse areas of the economy.</strong> Whether you work in government, medical imaging, car services, the law, or recycling, there&rsquo;s good reason to believe that <strong>machine learning will impact your life and finances</strong>.</p> <p>REL = chart unemployment (graphic reddit )</p> <p>Both in industry and the broader public, <strong>many people know that important things are happening in machine learning but lack any concrete sense of what&nbsp;</strong></p> <p><strong>precisely is happening.</strong></p> <p>This pairing of interest with ignorance has created <strong>a perfect storm for a misinformation epidemic.</strong></p> <p>The outsize demand for stories about AI has created a tremendous opportunity for impostors to capture some piece of this market.</p> <p>This has made deep learning especially ripe for exploitation by click-baiters, including journalists in the traditional media who might possess the writing chops but are out of their depth &ndash; <strong>see the recent Maureen Dowd piece on Elon Musk, Demis Hassabis, and AI Armaggedon in Vanity Fair for a masterclass in </strong><strong>low-quality, opportunistic journalism.</strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><br /></strong></p> <h2>[HOW-TO]</h2> <ol> <li>]</li> </ol> <h2>[REFERENCE]</h2> <ol> <li>] SRC = x] #&nbsp;5676 -&nbsp;<a href="/view/article?id=5676" target="_blank">best-of-hacker-news-2017-03-27</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>SRC=hn(337)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13973845" target="_blank">comments</a>(277)&nbsp;</strong></li> </ol> <h1 style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</h1>