Humans hallucinate. Algorithms lie. At least, that's one difference that Joy Buolamwini) and Kyle Chayka) want to make clear. When ChatGPT tells you that a book exists when it doesn't – or professes its undying love – that's often called a "hallucination." Buolamwini, a computer scientist, prefers to call it "spicy autocomplete." But not all algorithmic errors are as innocuous. So today's show, we get into: How do algorithms work? What are their impacts? And how can we speak up about changing them? This is a shortened version of Joy and Kyle's live interview, moderated by Regina G. Barber, at this year's Library of Congress National Book Festival.**If you liked this episode, check out our other episodes on facial recognition in Gaza), why AI is not a silver bullet) and tech companies limiting police use of facial recognition).***Interested in hearing more technology stories? Email us at [email protected]) — we'd love to consider your idea for a future episode!*Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices)NPR Privacy Policy)
