In this context it means something specific, and people understand it. Algorithm as a word has moved far beyond computer science contexts.
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There’s millennia of culture, politics and language to talk about the problems exactly with that and with humans. Computers don’t get to slide in under it.
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Huh. I still think the lines are blurry, but that gives me something to chew on. Thanks.
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There’s some gray. I actually run into people complaining about algorithms in the wild, outside of my research, from people who have no idea what I study. The word acquired a new meaning, so it’s a bit messy but it’s there. They use the word “algorithm”—have never heard of qsort.
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