Exploring Ethics: Autonomous Bias Detection in a world of Sensational Headlines

Overview:

In a world of clickbait news, it is hard for people to receive objective information without reacting emotionally to provocative text. This talk will outline how VeriCrypt autonomously measures objectivity in news from 30,000 providers using Artificial Intelligence.

Tamara will talk about the ethical issues of doing this work and the steps they take to mitigate the effects of human bias. She will specifically discuss the role of blockchain, the power of automation, the challenges of validating algorithms, and navigating human biases. VeriCrypt equips news providers with tools to make objective content, for a future with a higher standard of news.

Guest Speaker:

Tamara Zubatiy, CEO Vericrypt

Tamara Zubatiy is the CEO and co-founder of VeriCrypt, a technology company based in San Diego, California. VeriCrypt is a platform which autonomously aggregates news from 30,000 sources, analyzes contents for bias, and provides readers helpful ratings in the VeriCrypt newsfeed. It is also used by news providers and other businesses to internally validate content pre-publication. Tamara is currently pursuing her PhD at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Human Centered Computing. Her advisor is Dr. Elizabeth Mynatt, the principal investigator of the Everyday Computing Lab. In 2018, she received her BS in Cognitive Science at the University of California San Diego with Distinction and Departmental Honors. Tamara is also a certified yoga instructor, plant based chef and voracious reader of nonfiction.

Location: Online Event 

Date & Time: Wednesday, November 4, 2020, 5-7 PM

Event Website: https://www.ethicscenter.net/nov2020/ 

Registration Link: https://ethicscenternov2020.eventbrite.com/