I’m sure Facebook would love to call it a “palgorithm”.
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There is no i in palgorithm, just a global community; oh, wait, there is an i, but hey, there is a pal in palgorithm...
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Algorithm has come to mean: ~"complex, often proprietary, software system used to make decisions in an opaque manner." +
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that's a long hike from "implementation of mathematical function"
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Replying to @doriantaylor @zeynep and
it is a long hike but the tech press has made the trek already. Can we rename their destination?
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Replying to @trochee @doriantaylor and
of course, the real problem with ‘algorithm’ is its origins in Arabic. The enemy is subtle!
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and never sleeps, tbh, i knew Trump was onto something, while our leaders sleep.
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I feel like "heuristic" is the closest match to these types of systems, and admits their unreliability.
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Unreliable assumes there is a platonic, reliable version. I think their ontology is different; there is nothing to rely on.
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They're optimizing, rather than producing *an* answer? But there is no right or wrong answer to judge reliability, I think.
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probably best to call it arbitrariness rather than unreliability
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