PHYSICS 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Cybernetics, Predictive Policing, Civil Society
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One of the purposes of algorithms is to filter, sort, personalise and recommend certain information and products to us. Other systems primarily aim to score subjects on certain categories, for example to determine who might be eligible for social support or a terrorist threat. Seminar q: in the beginning of the course, we have referred to the structure versus agency debate several times. Five ideal types for analyzing algorithmic normativities. Personification of spotify: tech companies often try to personify their products (e. g. alexa and siri). By giving them a name, they try to facilitate the domestication process of the technology. The extent to which the uk relies on algorithms to score citizens. Goal: to increase trust in people and companies in chinese society. However, western are not far from these systems or implementing these systems. Citizen scoring: the use of data analytics in government for the purposes of categorisation, assessment and prediction at both individual and population level.
