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."
Issues and developments related to ethics, information, and technologies, examined in the ethics and intellectual property graduate courses I teach at the University of Pittsburgh School of Computing and Information. My Bloomsbury book "Ethics, Information, and Technology" will be published in Summer 2025. Kip Currier, PhD, JD
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Thursday, September 20, 2018
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