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You're wrong. Programmers cannot escape making decisions when they design these algorithms, no matter the situation they are designed for.

• Retric 10y ago
  A lot of AI is based around training sets not traditional Algorithms like your thinking of. There are simply to many edge cases to deal with by hand. Yes, there is also a lot of hand coding in these systems, but good training sets are very critical.
  • twblalock 10y ago
    The choice of those training sets, including their contents, their size, how they are consumed, and the algorithms they are fed to, affects the output. Therefore, programmers make decisions. It is unavoidable.
    • Retric 10y ago
      I don't think the people doing a million miles driving Google cars around are classified as programmers.
      • twblalock 10y ago
        Actually, some of them are programmers. Even if they weren't, it is unrealistic to assume that programmers have no input into the decisions that go into building the training set, which in this case involves where, and in what conditions, the prototype cars are driven.
        • Retric 10y ago
          Granted, though plenty of Uber drivers are probably also programmers, and I have made plenty of business decisions I probably should not have. But, I would hope this is held to a higher standard.