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AI is watching. But who is watching AI?
AI is watching. A constantly growing number of programs, microphones and cameras, are collecting data about you. Data that will be used. Maybe not by a killer robot who thinks you are the enemy. But m
Educational institutions as mating markets: The case of Sweden
Juho Härkönen, Stockholm University Schools are considered efficient mating markets--that is, structured social settings in which partners meet--and feature prominently in explanations for patterns in
Using Register Data to Estimate Causal Effects of Interventions: An Ex Post Synthetic Control-Group Approach
Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, 45, pp.50-55. Abstract Aims:It is common in the context of evaluations that participants have not been selected on the basis of transparent participation criteria,
Household-distributed national accounts: New perspectives on the distribution of income and wealth in Sweden, 1930-2020
This project examines new perspectives on economic inequality in Sweden.
New report on the effects of projects financed by the European Social Fund
The European Social Fund (ESF) aims to be more successful in helping people to get a job than Arbetsförmedlingen. The Institute for Futures Studies has studied the results of a variety of projects and
Cogito Machina - Investigating the emergence of artificial general intelligence
Is AGI emergent? In order to know, several questions need to be answered and this project aims to provide the answeres. What is AGI? What is required for a system to have it, and how might we know whether AGI is emergent in a system.
The Future of Human-Machine Cooperation in the Workplace
How will Ai impact the development of human potential? According to several prominent thinkers that have discussed the future of work and automation, there are two main scenarios for how the developmen
Ethical machine decisions and the input-selection problem
Synthese 199 Abstract This article is about the role of factual uncertainty for moral decision-making as it concerns the ethics of machine decision-making (i.e., decisions by AI systems, such as autonomo
What insights can data visualization techniques generate?
Visualizing information is a way to communicate scientific results efficiently and in an appealing way. This is particularly important if scientists want to communicate their results not only to their
Machine learning and social science with Måns Magnusson
Presentation from the workshop "AI and autonomous decision making" at the Institute for Futures Studies in Stockholm, October 2017.
