Rather than regard Facebook as a social network, it makes more sense to view the company as being in the business of artificial intelligence and machine learning.
Category Archives: Radio
Gamers as an extremist ideology
Gamers as an extremist ideology
I play video games, but I would never identify myself as a gamer. Even worse, I argue that enough of those who do are turning the identity and adjacent ideology into a dangerous kind of extremism. I spoke with Matt Galloway, host of CBC’s Metro Morning about the subject.
Prediction of crime using twitter data
Melissa Tobin and I discuss the prediction of crime using twitter data and the role this data could play in police planning, public policy, and public service delivery.