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Digital Traces of Human Behaviour: From Political Mobilisation to Conspiracy Narratives
Digital platforms generate unprecedented traces of human behaviour, offering new methodological approaches to understanding collective action, polarisation, and social dynamics. Through analysis of millions of digital traces across multiple studies, we demonstrate how online behaviours predict offline action: Brexit-related tribal discourse responds to real-world events, machine learning models achieve 80% accuracy in predicting real-world protest attendance from digital signals, and social validation through "likes" emerges as a key driver of mobilization. Extending this approach to conspiracy narratives reveals how digital traces illuminate psychological mechanisms of belief and community formation. Longitudinal analysis of YouTube conspiracy content demonstrates how narratives systematically address existential, epistemic, and social needs, while examination of alt-tech platforms shows how emotions of anger, contempt, and disgust correlate with violence-legitimating discourse, with significant differences between narratives associated with offline violence versus peaceful communities. This work establishes digital traces as both methodological innovation and theoretical lens, demonstrating that computational social science can illuminate fundamental questions about polarisation, mobilisation, and collective behaviour across contexts from electoral politics to conspiracy communities.
How to turn a Machine Learning Use Case into a Successful Startup
Have a great idea involving AI? Want to launch your own business? It takes many iterations before an idea becomes a startup. Lots of coffee, heartache, and git reverts fuel these iterations. We have learned a lot from Cape AI's own incubated startup, Moonshop, Africa's first autonomous microstore. Watch the demo here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odX6kxhLFC4 Attend our virtual roadshow event to hear lightning talks on creating proofs of concept, failing fast, funding models, selecting and growing a team, finding customers/clients, and building your brand. Afterwards, there will be a short break, then a panel discussion where members of the Cape AI team will answer questions from the audience.
“SO POSITIV, SO MENSCHLICH: ALLTAG VON MENSCHEN MIT DEMENZ UND IHREN ANGEHÖRIGEN“
ON YOUTUBE ab 18:30, «Das innere Leuchten», ein Dokumentarfilm von Stefan Sick. Es geht um eine menschliche und poetische Vision des täglichen Lebens von Menschen mit Demenz und ihren Betreuern. «Das innere Leuchten», ein Dokumentarfilm von Stefan Sick, konzentriert sich dabei auf positive Situationen und Begegnungen, um die Angst vor Demenz zu verringern. VIA ZOOM, eine Podiumsdiskussion ab 20:40 Auf die Vorführung folgt eine Podiumsdiskussion : sie werden Fragen an dem Regisseur, Wissenschaftler, Ärzte und Pflegepersonal stellen können.