Math doesn't make algorithms scientific. Subjective decisions cannot be "neutral". My piece. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/19/opinion/the-real-bias-built-in-at-facebook.html …pic.twitter.com/78fh6C54Fs
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Misunderstanding one: algorithms involve no human judgment. Also not really: algorithms reflect unconscious human biases.
brings to mind the AI-koan 'Sussman attains enlightenment' in http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/koans.html#id3141241 …
"homunculus" or "demon" would make more sense.
haha, I called them semi-savant mini-Frankensteins running around in the world in the piece.
There IS potential neutrality here though. It's the same reason we count votes instead of decide by committee who is president.
They don't do that though. It's count (a la Twitter trending) then vet (via human) THEN algorithmically predict clickability.
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