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Explains the Google Pigeon Rank system, where flocks of specially trained pigeons gather answers to search queries to provide that Google edge. A completely nonsense site of course (an April Fool's Day joke in fact) - but how long will it take students to realise that? Often a student will consider the site host before considering the value of the actual content. Useful for teaching information literacy.

An Eliza for the 21st century. A 'chat' bot that uses neural networks to generate its answers. Users can also 'train' the neural net using word associations. Collaborative AI?

NYTimes investigation into the use of (computer controlled) linear accelerator machines to treat cancer. Documents several frightening causes of poor training, software errors, user error, and overconfidence. A clear illustration of how we can trust machines too readily.

Online training for Google services