LSE Data Science Institute

Hey everyone! I’m organizing my first event at The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) with the Department of Media and Communications – a discussion on Making AI & Big Data Work: Opportunities & Solutions Across Industries. 📅 April 3, 2025 | ⏰ 6:30 PM | 📍 LSE, The Marshall Building (MAR.1.08) Great speakers from Microsoft, AI Collaborative and LSE Data Science Institute will be joining, chaired by Professor Charlie Beckett. Come and join the conversation—RSVP now! https://lnkd.in/dSir4v9V #AI #BigData #LSE #Tech #MediaAndCommunications

Looking forward to this next week, to hearing #LSEDSI Visiting Professor Mairéad Pratschke, PhD deliver a keynote, and to hearing from Jon Cardoso-Silva, Casey Kearney and Dorottya S. about their Genial Research.

Just starting at The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) a conversation between Gary Marcus and Jon Cardoso-Silva about the future of #AI to a packed theatre! Kicking off with the first question - “We’ve been promised an #AGI, when will it arrive?" If you weren't lucky enough to be in the audience we are recording the event and will share the podcast soon. (we'll let you know here when it is available).

72% of the UK public say that laws and regulation would increase their comfort with AI, up from 62% in 2023, according to a new nationally representative survey of UK attitudes to AI just published by the Ada Lovelace Institute and The Alan Turing Institute, part of the UK Research and Innovation funded Public Voices in AI programme. Co-author Helen Margetts, Programme Director for #PublicPolicy at the Alan Turing Institute and Visiting Professor and Senior Adviser at the LSE DSI said of the survey: "To realise the many opportunities and benefits of AI, it will be important to build consideration of public views and experiences into decision-making about AI. [Our] findings suggest the importance of government's promise in the AI Action Plan to fund regulators to scale up their AI capabilities and expertise, which should foster public trust. The findings also highlight the need to tackle the differential expectations and experiences of those on lower incomes, so that they gain the same benefits as high income groups from the latest generation of AI." Find out more and download the report 👇 https://lnkd.in/eMRWdy6W

New centre to study animal sentience announced at The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Led by #DSIAffiliate Professor Jonathan Birch from the LSE Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method. Funded by the Jeremy Coller Foundation, the centre will develop new approaches to studying the feelings of other animals scientifically and use the emerging science of animal sentience to design better policies, laws and ways of caring for other animals. Read more about the Centre's work 👇 https://lnkd.in/ewiRjdJQ Photo: Octopus swimming by rocks Photo by Diane Picchiottino on Unsplash

While misinformation often grabs headlines, John Burn-Murdoch #LSEDSI visiting fellow, argues that real threat to democracy is posed by media fragmentation and the erosion of shared sources of truth. He argues that this fragmentation is exacerbated by the rise of #SocialMedia platforms with distinct political leanings, creating echo chambers that reinforce existing biases. 📊 Data Analysis:  At the end of the article Burn-Murdoch's details his data source and gives details of the logistic regression model used to predict the likelihood of someone voting for Reform UK in the 2024 election. 📎 Read the full Financial Times article here: https://lnkd.in/e9HWms94 Find the R code to reproduce the analysis here: https://lnkd.in/em3ukFUB #DataScience #MediaFragmentation #Democracy #LSE #Research

"At one time reasoning was regarded a holy grail in AI, but at some level that faculty and pride – within humans – is still considered a milestone on the path to genuine AGI, whatever that turns out to be." In this LSE Business Review blog, Barry Ledeatte writes that through the emergence of #Deepseek, AI research has reached a level of competition that will probably accelerate progress at the cost of concerns around safety. Read more 🔽 https://lnkd.in/eNm2jzSQ

Is #GenerativeAI morally and technically inadequate❓ Can we separate the hype around AI from its real potential❓ Get your tickets now to hear Gary Marcus, cognitive scientist, best-selling author, and serial entrepreneur in conversation with Jon Cardoso-Silva talking about how we can use #AI to improve society, businesses, and even ourselves. 🗓️ Thursday 27 March 🕛 7:00pm to 8.30pm 📍 Hong Kong Lecture Theatre at The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) More information 🔻 https://lnkd.in/eaWUJp8j

📢 Call for Papers "Computational Social Science meets Qualitative Research" workshop 1️⃣ week left to send your 250-word abstract for Audrey Alejandro and Daniel de Kadt's two-day workshop co-hosted with the Department of Methodology at The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). The workshop, taking place in November this year, will bring together scholars whose work addresses emerging issues in computational social science, moving beyond field-specific questions to develop a new methodological community with a broader shared research agenda. ✳️ Deadline 26 March 2025 ✳️ Learn more➡️ https://lnkd.in/eMG24MVt #datascience #AI #computationalsocialscience #qualitativeresearch #qualitativemethods

“I’m disturbed that our imagination of the future is taken up with technology, rather than a society and a politics that we would want”. Judy Wajcman Professor Emerita in the Department of Sociology, LSE and a #DSIAffiliate has spent her career studying the effects of technological change on society and work. She thinks #AI will improve our lives in many ways, but there are limits to what it can do. Read this LSE Business Review blog, reporting a conversation between Judy and Sophie Mallett, they talked about everything from universal basic income to the use of AI in diagnostics, education and care work. https://lnkd.in/ecDxJ9ZJ