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@sotonWSI We are done! #DLPhilHoward

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@sotonWSI Solution 2: We should be able to use our data for good – make positive donations with our data #DLPhilH

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@sotonWSI Solution: 1. Report the ultimate beneficiary. In the future have devices report on who is benefiting from our data. #DLPhilHoward

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@sotonWSI The greatest challenges from AI in the political arena are on the horizon #DLPhilHoward

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3.Using AI to create ‘junk’ videos. Currently fake video can be identified, but AI will gain upper hand
https://t.co/gUHANgJcGz is helping govts. improve services - modelling wealth distribution using images from space. Quality of roofing materials was a good proxy #DLPhilHoward

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@sotonWSI Four examples of AI in public life:
1.Extracting ideology from Tweet streams to identify the views, ML inappropriately using 15 year old books as training data
https://t.co/vY3wdUSD7O creating a machine to engage in debates

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@sotonWSI There are currently 70 countries around the world using AI to impact public opinion. These are formal organisation. In authoritarian countries, these will be military units. In democracies; political parties. #DLPhilHoward

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@sotonWSI Russian content often directed at: far-right, gun control, Latino culture issues, etc. – then the pressure not to vote as a means of protest #DLPhilHoward

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@sotonWSI 2016 US election – the Russian activity matches the natural events of the election campaign. But, the bulk of activity happens AFTER the election. Did the Russians see the success of what they had done and it hasn’t stopped? #DLPhilHoward

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@sotonWSI Doing the fieldwork. Quant and qual. #DLPhilHoward

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@sotonWSI During the last UK General Election there was a Tinder bot who flirted and then talked about Jeremy Corbyn! #DLPhilHoward

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@sotonWSI Methodology: taking evidence from 3200 Russian Facebook accounts – what took place during the US election? Starting with anonymous accounts. #DLPhilHoward

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@sotonWSI Hobbes’ Leviathan is a description of our social contract. “Politics occurs when one person tries to represent another person’s interest” #DLPhilHoward

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@sotonWSI Oxford Internet Institute is comprised of humanitists, political scientist and computer scientists. #DLPhilHoward

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@sotonWSI Phil Howard is sharing research from the Oxford Internet Institute. What AI may do to our public life – but not predicting futures #DLPhilHoward

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@sotonWSI Dame Wendy Hall introducing our guest lecturer #DLPhilHoward

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@sotonWSI Good afternoon everyone. The WSI Distinguished Lecture with Professor Phil Howard, Director of the Oxford Internet Institute is underway. #DLPhilHoward

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@sotonWSI Room 34/3001 is filling up as we await the start of the WSI Distinguished Lecture with Professor Phil Howard, Director of the Oxford Internet Institute. #DLPhilHoward

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@sotonWSI Howard is the Director of the Oxford Internet Institute. He is prof of sociology, information and international affairs. He is the author of Pax Technica: How the Internet of Things may set us free or lock us up. The lecture starts at 4:00pm in 34/3001. #DLPhilHoward

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@sotonWSI Starting in one hour, the WSI Distinguished Lecture with Professor Phil Howard. The topic: Tomorrow’s Leviathan: Intelligent Machines in a Political World in 34/3001. #DLPhilHoward