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misunderstand

[mis-uhn-der-stand] / ˌmɪs ʌn dərˈstænd /


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In this episode, April Glaser is joined once again by guest co-host Meredith Broussard, a data journalism professor at New York University and author of Artificial Unintelligence: How Computers Misunderstand the World.

From Slate • May 8, 2019

In this episode, April Glaser is joined by co-host Meredith Broussard, a data journalism professor at New York University and author of Artificial Unintelligence: How Computers Misunderstand the World.

From Slate • May 1, 2019

Meredith Broussard, a former software developer who is now a professor of data journalism at New York University, explores resistance to autonomous vehicles in her recent book, “Artificial Unintelligence: How Computers Misunderstand the World.”

From The New Yorker • Apr. 30, 2019

By contrast, the evening show was brief, but bejeweled by Mary Stallings' svelte renditions of "Hello Yesterday" and "Don't Misunderstand," calling to mind the salted-caramel timbre of Carmen McRae and Nancy Wilson's urban sophistication.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 29, 2012

And then The Sergeant, full of wrath because His section, squad, or what you will, Misunderstand him, and do fail To grasp the thing he drives at.

From Our Battalion Being Some Slight Impressions of His Majesty's Auxiliary Forces, in Camp and Elsewhere by Raven-Hill, Leonard




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