Some folks hate the word "algorithm" to mean roughly "complex computational processes that mediate experience" but... language evolves. #lrt
@makmanalp Do you have a suggestion for a better word? I'm fully aware of the CS use of the term, but it's out in the wild now as new term.
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@zeynep I know /you/ know :) To be honest I don't know a better word, and even if I coin one, at this point folks will think it's weird. -
@zeynep I'm more peeved at loosey-goosey ascribing of personality and malicious behavior to algorithms. "Algorithms are destroying society!" - Show replies
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@zeynep@makmanalp for the pedantics, "algorithms" is and must be acceptable if "algorithm" is not. But they're unimaginative jerks. -
@blaine@makmanalp Well, problem is the word has developed a new meaning. In broad writing, it doesn't refer to bubblesort vs heapsort.. :-)
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