SHOCKED. I am SHOCKED that a company full of biased people who don't think they're biased wrote a biased algorithm.https://twitter.com/danieljkelley/status/1161261463530614784 …
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This is a great point. "Algorithm" does seem a bit insufficient when you're talking about huge distributed systems displaying emergent behavior that tracks the emergent behavior of the people who created them.https://twitter.com/mbessey/status/1161708260769972224?s=20 …
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It's like the beginning of a horror sci fi novel. "At the time we wouldn't admit our systemic and unconscious bias. When the Internet became conscious, it didn't either but we learned at the wrong end of its rifles, with ruthless efficiency."