LSE Data Science Institute

In the McKinsey Global Survey, #AI adoption surged to 72 per cent of respondent organisations across industries worldwide (up from around 50 per cent over the past six years). The corporate world must consider the broader implications of AI on its decision-making, writes José Miguel Diez Valle for LSE Business Review ⬇

Public policies are increasingly being underpinned by automatic algorithmic decision-making processes that have in some instances failed spectacularly. Such failures continue to negatively impact millions. In this new LSE Impact Blog Daan Kolkman and Gijs van Maanen argue that efforts to make these algorithmic decisions accountable are ultimately limited and ask why efforts to increase transparency haven't prevented new mistakes? Read the blog now 👇 https://lnkd.in/ecuacTtj #AIPolicy #DecisionMaking #Policymaking

Did you know that any undergraduate student (in any year) currently studying at The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) can choose one of our Data Science Modules no matter what course you are doing❓ Find out more about our modules and learn how #DataScience can equip you with valuable new research skills ‼️ 👉 https://lnkd.in/e-bUH5iA Jon Cardoso-Silva | Ghita Berrada | Tabtim Duenger |Stuart Bramwell |Riya Chhikara | Alexander Soldatkin | Andreas Stöffelbauer

What does it mean for technology to be ‘good’ in an age dominated by AI? Can a feminist perspective help guide us towards more ethical digital futures? Join us to hear Dr Eleanor Drage, Senior Research Fellow at the University of Cambridge’s Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence talk about HEAT, a somewhat anarchic regulation tool that takes a feminist approach to helping companies meet the #EU #AI Act’s obligations, with Asiya Islam, Assistant Professor in Gender, Development and Globalisation at the LSE's Department of Gender Studies. 📅Tuesday 11 March  🕡6.30pm to 8.00pm 📌In-person and online public event Find out more put the date in your diary👇 https://lnkd.in/e_CjYzr6

This new book attempts to answer some of the biggest questions of our generation: How will AI alter our perception of reality? How will humanity's role in the discovery of new knowledge evolve in the age of AI? What new forms of control will be required to address AI's autonomous capabilities? Could AI spur a new phase in human evolution? Join us to hear co-author Craig Mundie talk about the book with Mairéad Pratschke, PhD 📅Thursday 30 January  🕡6.30pm to 8.00pm (followed by a book signing and reception) 📌In-person and online public event [In-person ticket registration opens Wednesday 22 January, online registration already open.] Find out more👇 https://lnkd.in/eub3_RRa

Interesting article reporting a conversation with #LSEDSI visiting professor Mairéad Pratschke, PhD who offers a unique perspective on how GenAI can reshape education. "I’ve never seen a conflict between technology and creativity…I’ve never seen any sort of mediated cultural production as just a straightforward representation of what are, by definition, subjective experiences."  Mairéad Pratschke

Interesting review from the LSE Impact Blog of 10 of their posts from 2024 that share insights into the impact of AI on academic research and learning across the higher education sector.

Looking forward to a year of fantastic events hosted by us and others from across The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). In our first public event of 2025 – "The art of uncertainty: living with chance, ignorance, risk, and luck", statistician David Spiegelhalter introduces his recent book. Talking with #DSIAffiliate Tengyao Wang, he will explain 3️⃣ types of luck and discuss how we can put numbers on our ignorance, and then measure how good those numbers are. Join us‼ 📅Wednesday 22 January   🕡6.30pm to 7.30pm (followed by a book signing and reception) 📌In-person and online public event Find out more👇 https://lnkd.in/eX_KssFm Co-hosted with LSE Department of Statistics | #LSEEvents

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✳It's time for new year's resolutions✳ Statistical analysis and data management are transforming decision-making in just about every field of private and public life. But how do you distinguish between good data science and bad? Would you like to learn how to leverage data science and AI to make more informed, intelligent decisions which would be empowering for you and have significant strategic impact for your company? Find out more about our executive education course, a fast-paced, intensive programme which will give you a comprehensive, non-practitioner grounding in data science, AI and machine learning. LSE Executive Education, Kenneth Benoit, Edgar Whitley John Burn-Murdoch https://lnkd.in/euDeDZBX