<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"><head><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml><o:OfficeDocumentSettings><o:AllowPNG/><o:PixelsPerInch>96</o:PixelsPerInch></o:OfficeDocumentSettings></xml><![endif]--></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1480995728284_342686"><font size="6">Blessed Wednesday!</font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1480995728284_342726"><font size="6"><br></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1480995728284_342756"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1480995728284_351413" size="6">Certainly the "tyranny of algorithms" whether in AI or social media front in relation to elections is a concern; building trust in the technology promise is the overriding factor.<br></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1480995728284_342819"><font size="6"><br></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1480995728284_342697"><font size="6"><i><br></i></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1480995728284_342691" dir="ltr"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1480995728284_351620" size="6"><i id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1480995728284_349505">"The algorithms that process that information could also have biases in
the code, introduced by a developer, intentionally or not. The developer
community is just starting to grapple with this topic in earnest. But
most experts believe that by thoroughly testing these systems, we can
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Wednesday, 7 December 2016, 6:14, Ali Hussein via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:<br></font></div> <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv1422387657"><div><div><div style="margin:0px 0px;padding:0px 0px;line-height:1.9;"><span style="">Listers</span></div><div style="margin:0px 0px;padding:0px 0px;line-height:1.9;"><span style="">The early days of artificial intelligence have been met with some very public hand wringing. Well-respected technologists and business leaders have voiced their concerns over the (responsible) development of AI. And Hollywood’s appetite for dystopian AI narratives appears to be bottomless.</span></div><div style="margin:0px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.9;"><span style="">This is not unusual, nor is it unreasonable. Change, technological or otherwise, always excites the imagination. And it often makes us a little uncomfortable.</span></div><div style="margin:0px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.9;"><span style="">Read on:-</span></div><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://hbr.org/2016/11/what-it-will-take-for-us-to-trust-ai?gig_events=socialize.login">https://hbr.org/2016/11/what-it-will-take-for-us-to-trust-ai?gig_events=socialize.login</a></div><div><br><br><div><span style=""><b>Ali Hussein</b></span></div><div><span style=""><b>Principal</b></span></div><div><b style="">Hussein & Associates</b></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">+254 0713 601113 </div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><br></div><div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="">Twitter: @AliHKassim</span></div><span style=""><font></font></span><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="">Skype: abu-jomo</span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="">LinkedIn: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim">http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim</a></span></div><font><br></font></div><div><span style=""><br></span></div><div>"Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi</div><div><span style=""><br></span></div>Sent from my iPad</div></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>kictanet mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><br><a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet" target="_blank">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet</a><br><br>Unsubscribe or change your options at <a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/wangarikabiru%40yahoo.co.uk" target="_blank">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/wangarikabiru%40yahoo.co.uk</a><br><br>The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. 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