Social Sciences

When recognizing faces and emotions, artificial intelligence (AI) can be biased, like classifying white people as happier than people from other racial backgrounds. This happens because the data used to train the AI contained a […]

There’s no doubt that artificial intelligence (AI) will have a profound impact on our economies, work and lifestyle. But could this technology also shape the way we think and speak?This post was originally published on […]

Many of us will have experienced the rage that comes with being badly treated at work—and maybe even felt the instinct to pack up and leave. Bad bosses, belittling treatment or poor pay could be […]

At first, it looks like love. He’s charming. Always generous, always attentive. He remembers your coffee order, listens to your stories, seems to share your pain. He tells you that you’re the only one who […]

Today is World Food Day, an annual international event to raise awareness of worldwide hunger and malnutrition, and advocate for a food-secure future for all. With political instability, climate change and extreme weather events, food […]

According to new research, 42% of Australians still have low awareness of coercive control. The study, published in the Australian Journal of Social Issues, revealed that nearly half of respondents were unfamiliar with the term […]

“Pundits” kept Sanskrit scholarship alive in remote settlements as British control swept across India, a major new research project will show. The largely forgotten literary figures and their works—ranging from erotic plays to legal treatises—are […]

Messages sink without a reply, and mentions disappear from group chats. Small oversights quietly fuel workplace loneliness.This post was originally published on this site

When a politician uses emotionality on social media to engage with his or her constituents, two things happen. One is that the politician sees an increase in engagement with individual constituents and then at scale. […]