Projektnummer

0065997

Zusammenfassung

Current debates about increasing polarization of the online public sphere stress the role of AI-mediated information access in creating and/or amplifying "filter bubbles" and "echo chambers". Such polarizing developments have been linked to both the biased way in which AI algorithms provide recommendations, as well as to well-known cognitive limitations and biases that hinder people from being able or willing to reflect on the information they encounter online. Taking insights from interdisciplinary research in social and computational sciences, the consortium proposes to develop a new...