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A.I. Algorithm Recognizes Terrorist Propaganda With 99% Accuracy

posted by takyon on Thursday February 15 2018, @01:14AM   Printer-friendly
from the extreme-algorithm dept.

MrPlow writes:

Submitted via IRC for AndyTheAbsurd

The UK-based company ASI Data Science unveiled a machine learning algorithm Wednesday that can identify terrorist propaganda videos with 99 percent accuracy.

This development marks one of the first instances of a company successfully using A.I. to flag extremist propaganda. The Islamic State group is notorious for its social media recruiting efforts, and this algorithm could help curtail them.

While the researchers at ASI wouldn't discuss any technical specifics of the algorithm, it appears to work like other kinds of A.I. recognition software. The algorithm can examine any video and determine the probability that the video is a piece of extremist propaganda. According to the BBC, the algorithm was trained on thousands of hours of terrorist recruiting videos, and it uses characteristics from these videos to assign probability scores.

Source: https://www.inverse.com/article/41273-uk-company-creates-algorithm-to-flag-propaganda

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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by Appalbarry on Thursday February 15 2018, @02:17AM (2 children)

    by Appalbarry (66) on Thursday February 15 2018, @02:17AM (#638022) Journal

    * For certain definitions of "recognize"
    ** For certain definitions of "terrorist"
    *** For certain definitions of "propaganda"

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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by takyon on Thursday February 15 2018, @02:27AM (1 child)

    by takyon (881) <takyonNO@SPAMsoylentnews.org> on Thursday February 15 2018, @02:27AM (#638025) Journal

    Canada? You sound like a terrorist. Have you smuggled any maple syrup lately?

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    • (Score: 5, Touché) by melikamp on Thursday February 15 2018, @02:42AM

      by melikamp (1886) on Thursday February 15 2018, @02:42AM (#638033) Journal
      Maple-syrup-smugglers are freedom fighters, sweet sweet brown sticky freedom.