Staff Pick

Staff Pick - Thea Ellen

Algorithms pop up every where in our daily lives, sometimes in surprising ways. You know about social media algorithms, but did you realize they are also used by grocery stores? Sometimes predicting intimate details before we even are aware. Excerpt: "If you were accused of a crime, who would you rather decide your sentence--a mathematically consistent algorithm incapable of empathy or a compassionate human judge prone to bias and error?"

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