Science with You：Margin Of Error【零距離科學 : 民意大數據】
過去一百年，民調機構要預測民意，一直都是沿用傳統的調查方式，現在卻起了翻天覆地的變化。本集會仔細檢視初創公司Advanced Symbolics，如何利用人工智能和公開的社交媒體數據來預測選民意向。不過，新科技除了帶來方便，同時亦引申出準確度的問題，甚至會對市民私隱和民主本身構成威脅。
In the face of a century of traditional polling to predict public opinion, there is a shakeup afoot in the prediction game. Margin of Error: AI, Polling and Elections examines how a startup called Advanced Symbolics uses artificial intelligence and public social-media data to forecast voter behaviour. But the promise of new technology also comes with questions about its accuracy, the threat to citizens’ privacy and our democracy itself.
