It might be possible for Facebook, Twitter, Google to avoid using algorithms with hardcoded bias. But they can't avoid using algorithms.
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Replying to @mattblaze
Basically, when you use "algorithm" this way, you're confusing everyone who knows what the word means.
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Replying to @mattblaze
Maybe we need a word for "algorithm with hidden bias". But, please, it shouldn't be "algorithm". Then we'd need a new word for "algorithm".
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Replying to @mattblaze
I hate this conflation of meaning but language is language does. The word has two meanings now.
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Replying to @zeynep @mattblaze
1, as in heapsort. 2, complex computation used in decision-making in a manner opaque to affected parties. Or something like that.
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Replying to @zeynep
The problem is that when someone says uses the 2nd meaning, it has the illusion of being precise without actually being so.
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Replying to @mattblaze @zeynep
... which makes it difficult to tell what they're complaining about (tho the complaint may be valid).
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Replying to @mattblaze @zeynep
It's like saying "I want food without chemicals". I soft of know what they mean, but not how to tell if something meets the test.
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I tried alternatives. Complex, opaque computational decision-making for subjective topics doesn't roll of the tongue. What then?
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