“Our work suggests that a lot of what we view as gerrymandering may instead result from the complexity of the task. It’s beyond human abilities to perfectly group millions of people into fair districts”https://www.seeker.com/tech/an-unbiased-algorithm-could-help-put-an-end-to-partisan-gerrymandering?utm_content=An+Unbiased+Algorithm+Could+Help+Put+an+End+to+Partisan+Gerrymandering&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social-media …
or even democracy as a general algorithm itself. Notwithstanding, as @jamespjh correctly noted trust in the case of our gerrymandering project would be only able to be directly based on the code if you already are highly educated. So I think it's a stretch to assume the public
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at large can evaluate an algorithm without the right training, something which is not expected of them. So yes, it's a political change, but it doesn't require any constitutional/legal change in the US for it to happen so I'm not sure "revolution" is appropriate.
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