Computer algorithms shape our lives and increasingly control our future. They have crept into virtually every aspect of modern life and are making life-changing choices on our behalf, often without us realising. But how much power should we give to them and have we let things go too far? Joanna Bale talks to Ken Benoit, Andrew Murray, Seeta Peña Gangaradhan, Alison Powell and Bernhard Von Stengel.
Research links: Hello World by Hannah Fry; 
Information Technology Law: The Law and Society by Andrew Murray; 
Explanations as Governance? Investigating practices of explanation in algorithmic system design by Alison Powell (forthcoming).

Do algorithms have too much power?

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Le Poème Harmonique : Estienne Moulinié, l'Humaine Comédie. Alpha 005

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Praise To The Desert

More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/cognitive-bias.

Aristotle thought that rationality was the faculty that distinguished humans from other animals. However, psychological research shows that our judgments are plagued by systematic, irrational, unconscious errors known as ‘cognitive biases.’ In light of this research, can we really be confident in the superiority of human rationality? How much should we trust our own judgments when we are aware of our susceptibility to bias and error? And does our awareness of these biases obligate us to counter them? The Philosophers shed their biases with Brian Nosek from the University of Virginia, co-Founder and Executive Director of the Center for Open Science.

Cognitive Bias

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The Juan Maclean - The Brighter The Light (Octo Octa Remix)

The Brighter The Light (Octo Octa Remix) is taken from the forthcoming EP 'The Brighter The Light' - 
released by DFA worldwide on November 3, 2017.

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The Juan Maclean – The Brighter The Light (Octo Octa Remix)

You Are Enough by Matthew Mayer #1 Billboard Charting Album ""Beautiful You".

Beautiful You

You Are Enough

Acid Arab - Amal

Fairuz is one of a few living iconic Arab singers. Because of her grandeur people seem to forget the musical team that also helped her achieve this status. One of these people is Jacques Kodjian. He is the mastermind behind her song 'bektob ismak' (I write your name). In 1972 he made a funky instrumental interpretation of his own original take. #DiscoArabesquo

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Oriental Mood • Modern Instrumental Hits from Lebanon

Jacques Kodjian - Bektob Ismak (Instrumental Fairuz) (1972)(ᵔᴥᵔ) بكتب اسمك - فيروز

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On N'oublie Rien

"The program that questions everything -- except your intelligence."

Philosophy on the radio? You've got to be kidding? Well, sometimes we do (kid, that is). Mostly we look at today's important ideas with an eye to thinking them through.

Philosophy Talk is a weekly, one-hour radio series. The hosts' down-to-earth and no-nonsense approach brings the richness of philosophic thought to everyday subjects. Topics are lofty (Truth, Beauty, Justice), arresting (Terrorism, Intelligent Design, Suicide), and engaging (Baseball, Love, Happiness).

This is not a lecture or a college course; it's philosophy in action!

Philosophy Talk is a fun opportunity to explore issues of importance to your audience in a thoughtful, friendly fashion, where thinking is encouraged.

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