The Backdrop - A UC Davis Podcast Exploring the World of Ideas
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16 - Muhammad Haroon on How Social Media Algorithms Can Foster Political Radicalization
A new study from UC Davis suggests that artificial intelligence recommendation algorithms on sites like YouTube and TikTok can play a role in political radicalization. In this episode, UC Davis Computer Science Ph.D. Student Muhammad Haroon, who led the study, discusses how the study was designed, what the team found, and a new digital tool they created to mitigate the radicalizing effect of social media platform AI Algorithms.
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