Research & Ideas

UC lab creates artificial intelligence to identify online conspiracy theorizing

Photo of Rallygoers at a Donald J. Trump for President rally in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Tony Webster/File
The increased accessibility to large amounts of information due to social media and the internet has increased the difficulty for individuals to discern between conspiracy theories and conspiracies, said Timothy Tangherlini, Cultural Analytics Lab co-director. In response, the lab has created artificial intelligence capable of making this distinction in online conversations. (Photo by Tony Webster under CC BY 2.0.)

The UC’s Cultural Analytics Lab has developed artificial intelligence, or AI, that identifies when online conversations reflect conspiracy theorizing.
Read More…

Columns

The Throwback Thursday you need

Millenial Meltdown

Instead of excavating through the reserves of childhood photos and late-90s Polaroids (I think it was 1999 when Congress passed the Polaroids Are Cool Again Act) on my computer for a suitable Throwback Thursday Instagram, I thought I would go one step further. I went to see a movie. In IMAX.
Read More…

The Soapbox

Ugly Americans

The Discomfort Zone

This past winter break, I went back to Israel. As I have lived there intermittently over the past few years, the trip served as a way to reconnect with family, friends and a place that has held many meaningful experiences for me. The trip was composed of a few families
Read More…