May 20, 2019
Former CTO for BT, Peter Cochrane OBE proposes “Truth Engines” as an antidote to the algorithm-driven social media world which defines the digital context in which children are immersed and in which they face a range of harms, pervading all of which is an absence or a distortion of Truth.
Can we accurately and reliably identify truths, half-truths, distortions, falsities and lies? Can we make judgment calls fast enough? Can we continuously cleanse the net? These questions and more in a fascinating discussion with one of Britain’s foremost technologists.