过去一百年,民调机构要预测民意,一直都是沿用传统的调查方式,现在却起了翻天覆地的变化。本集会仔细检视初创公司Advanced Symbolics,如何利用人工智能和公开的社交媒体数据来预测选民意向。不过,新科技除了带来方便,同时亦引申出准确度的问题,甚至会对市民私隐和民主本身构成威胁。
电视版本:双语广播(粤语/英语)
In the face of a century of traditional polling to predict public opinion, there is a shakeup afoot in the prediction game. Margin of Error: AI, Polling and Elections examines how a startup called Advanced Symbolics uses artificial intelligence and public social-media data to forecast voter behaviour. But the promise of new technology also comes with questions about its accuracy, the threat to citizens’ privacy and our democracy itself.
TV Version: Bilingual Broadcast (Cantonese/English)
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TV Version: Bilingual Broadcast (Cantonese/English)