THIS SIDE OF REALITY // Episode 3: Can Data Be Neutral?

This Side of Reality

We think of data as science - indisputable collection of facts. With machine learning taking over important aspects of our lives, we need to ask: can data ever be neutral? Are we running risks of automating existing biases and prejudice into our digital future? From big data being used to determine employability, insurance, and criminal convictions, to personalised search results and newsfeeds stifling learning and democracy - we talk about the politics and ethics of data and machine learning. In this episode, CJ Thorpe talks to: CHRIS MIDDLETON, Journalist / Author / Robotics Expert / Musician DR TANYA KANT, Lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies, University of Sussex DR ARISTEA FOTOPOULOU, Senior Lecturer Media & Communications, University of Brighton