TA-fall-2023

Readings for Monday November 6th

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Democracy’s Dilemma (https://www.bostonreview.net/forum/forum-henry-farrell-bruce-schneier-democracys-dilemma/) Why don’t we just ban targeted advertising? by Gilad Edelman  (Why Don’t We Just Ban Targeted Advertising_ _ WIRED.pdf )

Reading for Wednesday November 1st

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Watch: Connected, but Alone? a TedTalk by Sherry Turkle (https://www.ted.com/talks/sherry_turkle_connected_but_alone?language=en) Authenticity in the Age of Digital Companions, by Sherry Turkle (2. Turkle, Authenticity in the age of digital companions.pdf ) Instagram use is linked to increased symptoms of orthorexia nervosa by Turner and Lefevre (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5440477/)

Reading for Monday October 30th

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Weapons of Math Destruction by Cathy O’Neil, chapter 4 (WOMD-Chapter4.pdf ) You are not expected to understand this, edited by Torie Bosch. Chapter 15 (https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9780691230818/html) Technically Wrong: Sexist apps, Biased algorithms, and Other Threats of Toxic Tech, by Sara Wachchter-Boettcher. Chapter 6 (https://grinnell.ares.atlas-sys.com/areslms/ares.dll?Action=10&Type=10&Value=40185) Solving the Problem of Racially Discriminatory Advertising on Facebook by Jinyan Zang … Read more

Reading for Friday October 27th

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Exposure to ideologically diverse news and opinion on Facebook, by Bakshy, Messing, and Adamic (https://education.biu.ac.il/sites/education/files/shared/science-2015-bakshy-1130-2.pdf) How the Biggest Decentralized Network is dealing with its Nazi Problem by Adi Robertson (https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/12/20691957/mastodon-decentralized-social-network-gab-migration-fediverse-app-blocking) YouTube_ the Great Radicalizer.PDF

Reading for Wednesday October 11th

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Read this quick blog/comment (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33841672) ChatGPT (and Its Relatives) and College Writing: A Quick Guide for Students, by Erik Simpson (https://eriksimpson.sites.grinnell.edu/Connections/Documents/WritingWithLLMs.pdf) MLA-CCC Joint Task Force on Writing and AI Working Paper: Overview of the Issues, Statement of Principles, and Recommendations(https://hcommons.org/app/uploads/sites/1003160/2023/07/MLA-CCCC-Joint-Task-Force-on-Writing-and-AI-Working-Paper-1.pdf)

Reading for Monday October 9th

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Watch: On the Dangers of Stochastic Parrots (https://www.turing.ac.uk/events/dangers-stochastic-parrots) We read the paper that forced Timnit Gebru out of Google. Here’s what it says, by Karen Hao (https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/12/04/1013294/google-ai-ethics-research-paper-forced-out-timnit-gebru/) Optional: On the Dangers of Stochastic Parrots, by Bender, Gebru, McMillan-Major, and Schmitchell. (https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3442188.3445922)

Reading for Friday October 6th

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Talk to Me: how voice computing will transform the way we live, work, and think, by James Vlahos. Chapter 1 (https://grinnell.ares.atlas-sys.com/areslms/ares.dll?Action=10&Type=10&Value=40175) Talk to Me: how voice computing will transform the way we live, work, and think, by James Vlahos. Chapter 9 (https://grinnell.ares.atlas-sys.com/areslms/ares.dll?Action=10&Type=10&Value=40176) Your Computer is on Fire, chapter 8: Siri Disciplines (https://direct.mit.edu/books/edited-volume/5044/Your-Computer-Is-on-Fire)

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