Social Dilemma Glossary Five things that scare me about AI
AI- abbreviation for artificial intelligence or artificial insemination;the study of how to make computers that have some of the qualities of the human mind, for example the ability to understand language, recognize pictures, solve problems, and learn
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Sentient – able to experience feelings:
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Overblown-bigger or more important or impressive than it should be:
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Algorithms-a set of mathematical instructions or rules that, especially if given to a computer, will help to calculate an answer to a problem
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to address(v.)-to give attention to or deal with a matter or problem
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Encode-to change something into a system for sending messages secretly, or to represent complicated information in a simple or short way:
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Magnify- to make something look larger than it is, especially by looking at it through a lens;to make a problem bigger or more important
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Bias- the action of supporting or opposing a particular person or thing in an unfair way, because of allowing personal opinions to influence your judgment
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Optimizing- to make something as good as possible
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Accountability-the fact of being responsible for what you do and able to give a satisfactory reason for it, or the degree to which this happens
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Approximations- a guess of a number that is not exact but that is close
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Readmissions-the process or fact of being admitted to a place or organization again.
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Proxy-authority given to a person to act for someone else, such as by voting for them in an election, or the person who this authority is given to; a situation, process, or activity to which another situation, etc. is compared, especially in order to calculate how successful or unsuccessful it is
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Cerebral palsy-a physical condition involving permanent tightening of the muscles that is caused by damage to the brain around or before the time of birth
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Opaque-preventing light from travelling through, and therefore not transparent or translucent; opaque also means difficult to understand
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Dystopian-relating to a very bad or unfair society in which there is a lot of suffering, especially an imaginary society in the future, or to the description of such a society
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At scale-a phrase that means at the required size to solve the problem. At scale typically refers to handling larger volumes.
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Overlap- to cover something partly by going over its edge; to cover part of the same space;If two or more activities, subjects, or periods of time overlap, they have some parts that are the same;the amount by which two things or activities cover the same area
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Disproportionately- in a way that is too large or too small in relation to something else
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Callously- in a way that is unkind, cruel, and without sympathy or feeling for other people
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Passing the buck-shift the responsibility for something to someone else
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Feedback loop- a system for improving a product, process, etc. by collecting and reacting to users’ comments
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Analogy-a comparison between things that have similar features, often used to help explain a principle or idea
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Calcify-(of body tissue) hard because of an increase in the amount of calcium, sometimes because of injury
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Incentivize-to make someone want to do something
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Incendiary(content)-designed to cause fires;likely to cause violence or strong feelings of anger
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