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Mann, S., & Hilbert, M. (2020). AI4D: Artificial Intelligence for Development. International Journal of Communication, 14(0), 21. https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/12392 ABSTRACT We derive a conceptual bridge between technical concepts from the deep learning literature and natural metaphors for...

An Experimental Investigation of Algorithm Effects on Political Polarization Cho, J., Ahmed, S., Hilbert, M., Liu, B., & Luu, J. (2020). Do Search Algorithms Endanger Democracy? An Experimental Investigation of Algorithm Effects on Political Polarization. Journal...

Hilbert, M., & Darmon, D. (2020). Large-Scale Communication is More Complex and Unpredictable with Automated Bots. Journal of Communication. https://doi.org/10.1093/joc/jqaa021 Article (free access):https://academic.oup.com/joc/advance-article/doi/10.1093/joc/jqaa021/5864636?guestAccessKey=97fb0d02-c8e2-409a-baaf-cbbda64ada43 Abstract Automated communication bots follow deterministic local rules that either respond to programmed...

Lessons learned from using big data to assess the digital economy This big data exercise was carried out by a team of experts, Veronika Vilgis, Yu-Chang Ho, Xin Jin, Kangbo Lu, Karla Rascon-Garcia and Matthew Reese,...

Hilbert, M., & Darmon, D. (2020). How Complexity and Uncertainty Grew with Algorithmic Trading. Entropy, 22(5), 499. https://doi.org/10.3390/e22050499 Abstract The machine-learning paradigm promises traders to reduce uncertainty through better predictions done by ever more complex algorithms....

“Los algoritmos encontraron nuestras debilidades y las están aprovechando” El académico de la Universidad de California, que alertó sobre la intervención de Cambridge Analytica en la campaña de Trump un año antes de que estallara el...

Check out updated numbers on the world’s telecommunication capacity per country ( https://www.martinhilbert.net/worldinfocapacity-html/ ) in Chapter 6: Technology’s potential for divergence and convergence: Facing a century of structural transformation Human Development Report 2019 Beyond income, beyond...

Martin Hilbert, George Barnett, Joshua Blumenstock, Noshir Contractor, Jana Diesner, Seth Frey, Sandra González-Bailón, PJ Lamberson, Jennifer Pan, Tai-Quan Peng, Cuihua (Cindy) Shen, Paul E. Smaldino, Wouter van Atteveldt, Annie Waldherr, Jingwen Zhang, Jonathan J. H....

Hilbert, M., Liu, B., Luu, J., & Fishbein, J. (2019). Behavioral Experiments With Social Algorithms: An Information Theoretic Approach to Input–Output Conversions. Communication Methods and Measures, 0(0), 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1080/19312458.2019.1620712 ABSTRACT While traditional computer-mediated communication happened through...

BIG DATA – MANTENGA LA CALMA Y SIGA RASPANDO LA WEB: Lecciones aprendidas de poner la ciencia de datos al servicio de la CEPAL (COMISIÓN ECONÓMICA PARA AMÉRICA LATINA Y EL CARIBE de Naciones Unidas) Con...