In Machines We Trust: I Was There When... Facebook put profit over safety
In this episode, we meet Sophie Zhang—a former data scientist at Facebook. Before she was fired, she had become consumed by the task of finding and taking down fake accounts that were being used to sw...
10 Nov 202114min
In Machines We Trust: How pricing algorithms learn to collude
Algorithms now determine how much things cost. It’s called dynamic pricing and it adjusts according to current market conditions in order to increase profits. The rise of ecommerce has propelled prici...
27 Okt 202125min
In Machines We Trust: I Was There When... Face recognition was commercialized
I Was There When is an oral history project that's part of the In Machines We Trust podcast. It features stories of how breakthroughs in artificial intelligence and computing happened, as told by the ...
13 Okt 202113min
In Machines We Trust: How games teach AI to learn for itself
From chess to Jeopardy to e-sports, AI is increasingly beating humans at their own games. But that was never the ultimate goal. In this episode we dig into the symbiotic relationship between games and...
29 Sep 202127min
In Machines We Trust: Beating the AI hiring machines
When it comes to hiring, it’s increasingly becoming an AI’s world, we’re just working in it. In this, the final episode of Season 2, and the conclusion of our series on AI and hiring, we take a look a...
4 Aug 202131min
In Machines We Trust: Playing the job market
Increasingly, job seekers need to pass a series of ‘tests’ in the form of artificial intelligence games—just to be seen by a hiring manager. In this third, of a four-part miniseries on AI and hiring, ...
21 Juli 202137min
In Machines We Trust: Want a job? The AI will see you now.
In the past, hiring decisions were made by people. Today, some key decisions that lead to whether someone gets a job or not are made by algorithms. The use of AI-based job interviews has increased sin...
7 Juli 202130min
In Machines We Trust: Hired by an algorithm
If you’ve applied for a job lately, it’s all but guaranteed that your application was reviewed by software—in most cases, before a human ever laid eyes on it. In this episode, the first in a four-part...
23 Juni 202133min
