Some folks hate the word "algorithm" to mean roughly "complex computational processes that mediate experience" but... language evolves. #lrt
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Replying to @makmanalp
@zeynep of course often that doubt is misplaced in an academic context, but much less so in a media context1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @makmanalp
@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.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @zeynep
@zeynep@makmanalp for the pedantics, "algorithms" is and must be acceptable if "algorithm" is not. But they're unimaginative jerks.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @blaine
@blaine@makmanalp So folks from the original domain of CS don't like their word take on a new meaning which I get but.. language you know?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @zeynep
@zeynep@makmanalp yup! Even in cs, though, only the most pedantic would disagree that any piece of software is broadly an algorithm.3 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
@blaine @makmanalp Sure. Though in public, it has now come to mean ~"complex software that mediates something important, often subjective."
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