Are algorithms the new uncanny valey? My prediction for 2014 for @NiemanLab.http://www.niemanlab.org/2014/12/the-year-we-get-creeped-out-by-algorithms/ …
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Replying to @zeynep
@zeynep@NiemanLab But virtually every decision humans have to make has "no right answer". Even a "shortest" path http://www.niemanlab.org/2014/12/the-year-we-get-creeped-out-by-algorithms/ …1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @dancow
@dancow@NiemanLab Exactly. That's the human condition. Turn it over to computing and you introduce all sorts of different issues.3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @zeynep
@zeynep@NiemanLab I definitely do think people have to be aware that everything is being filtered. Nothing is just neutral.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @dancow
@dancow@NiemanLab It knows all sorts of minutia but thinks Toronto is in the United States. It's not the same as humans.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @zeynep
@zeynep@NiemanLab Hmmm...you sure humans, in general, know that Toronto is not in the United States? :)2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
@dancow @NiemanLab Humans make certain kinds of errors, and we have millenia of culture, philosophy & infrastructure that grapples with it.
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