ML70: Mads Holmen on Learning in the Attention Economy, Dealing with Fake News and Understanding AI and Machine Learning
Mads Holmen
is the CEO of Bibblio, an API platform helping knowledge publishers and
learning platforms deliver smarter content recommendation. Bibblio’s clients include the likes of the
University of Cambridge and Oxford University Press as well as the BBC and
YouTube.
As Herbert Simon said, an information-rich leads to “a
scarcity of what information consumes - attention.” We’re currently living in a
world where there is a continuous battle for our attention online and this
manifests itself in everything from addictive games to fake news, which fundamentally
affects our learning and lives.
Mads is someone who has thought very deeply about the ideas behind online media
and has a great understanding of the algorithms and business models driving the
attention economy, which makes him the perfect guest to discuss these issues
with, both from an theoretical and practical perspective.
In this conversation we
discuss a range of topics including:
- The
systems driving the attention economy and how to live and learn in a world full
of distractions
- The
structural problems that drive fake news and how to spot and deal with this online
- The fundamentals of AI and Machine Learning,
explained in a way that a 5 year old could understand
This episode is like a crash course in digital literacy - so whether you’re
looking to understand the structure of the attention economy, manage your time better
online or get a deeper understanding of AI and Machine Learning, this episode will
give you all that and more.
🎙 ML63: How To Learn Better With Technology
📖 Amusing Ourselves to Death - Neil Postman
▶️ Mads Holmen on a new business model for journalism
🖥 The Graph - Bibblio's Medium Publication
This episode was edited by George Drake Jr.
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