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Sanne Blauw

Numeracy correspondent

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I want to put numbers in their place. Not high up on a pedestal, or out on the curb, but right where they belong: beside words.

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What is ‘herd immunity’?
Sanne Blauw
7 min 2
Sanne Blauw
Deciphering the pandemic: a guide to understanding the coronavirus numbers
Sanne Blauw
8 min 28
Sanne Blauw
A photograph of a stasi spy photographed by another spy.
How a small group of activists put Big Brother on trial – and won
Sanne Blauw
15 min 2
Sanne Blauw
Gif illustration of a figure sitting before a computer, his brain connected to it, watching a screen where images flicker by rapidly.
Algorithms are biased, but so are people. We need to decide which bias we prefer
Sanne Blauw
5 min 34
Sanne Blauw
Old black and white photo of a woman checking if she has something in her eye in a mirror, photographed from the back of the mirror.
An algorithm was taken to court – and it lost (which is great news for the welfare state)
Sanne Blauw
9 min 5
Sanne Blauw
Photo of nine similar silver statues of a woman sitting on her knees with her hands on her back
When artificial intelligence lost in translation is
Sanne Blauw
8 min 26
Sanne Blauw
Photo of an old computer against a blue background
The small wonderful ways AI is changing our lives for the better
Sanne Blauw
8 min 17
Sanne Blauw
I’m speaking at the European parliament about AI discrimination. Watch it online here
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0 min 6
Sanne Blauw