Steven Poole, The Guardian; From Arabic to AI: the ancient roots of the algorithm
"To this day, algorithm is still just a fancy name for a set of rules.
If this, then that; if that is true, then do this. In finance,
especially, the word is often shortened to “algo”, which via “algae”
evokes a sense of inexorable biological growth. But perhaps if we
thought of algorithms as mere humdrum flowcharts, drawn up by humans,
we’d be better able to see where responsibility really lies if, or when,
they go wrong."
Ethically-tangled aspects of 21st century societies and cultures. In the vein of Charles Darwin’s 1859 “entangled bank” metaphor—a complex and evolving digital ecosystem of difference and dependence, where humans, technologies, ethics, law, policy, data, and information converge and diverge. Kip Currier, PhD, JD
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Thursday, September 20, 2018
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