The value of data mining is dependent on the people wielding the algorithm. Personas, an art installation by MIT’s Sociable Media Group, wants to create awareness about the capricious nature of results.
Lecture Browser
No, it’s not a flying car, but it’s pretty damn cool. MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) released a new lecture search tool that facilitates keyword searches of transcripts from about 200 recorded lectures.