In CS an algorithm is a small part of a decision-making system, and not the interesting one. It encodes how to do the computation, not decision-making goals or policies. Changing the algorithm—by definition—won't change the system's outputs (it might be 20% faster but who cares).https://twitter.com/elanazeide/status/976966353637859328 …
I'm not even so sure it's "misuse" but rather just different context. The topic/context is not things like "algorithms for sorting a list" but rather things like "algorithms for identifying a person".