Lack of neutrality in these algorithms is inherent to the enterprise. That's what Facebook & the rest should own up.http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/19/opinion/the-real-bias-built-in-at-facebook.html …
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I focus on Facebook because it's consequential but also because it's a familiar example for computational decision-making. Issue is wider.
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Thank you! These algorithms have big feedback loops—leading to algorithmic spirals of silence and winner-takes-most.https://twitter.com/karaswisher/status/733594708392316928 …
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remodeled the social media sharing section on the
@nytimes at your suggestionpic.twitter.com/Y9sKRctSSE
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Now, let's put that button on all platforms.
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The real issue is the clicky, quarrelsome, upbeat biases of its algorithm.