4 ms·
> We don’t have evidence the airlines used an “exploitative” algorithm Don't we? Europe’s biggest airline said: 'those who don’t pay to choose a seat are “ran
by hanoz 8y ago
> We don’t have evidence the airlines used an “exploitative” algorithm
Don't we? Europe’s biggest airline said:
'those who don’t pay to choose a seat are “randomly” assigned one'
Well that is an algorithm for splitting non paying families up in almost all cases, isn't it?
- PurpleRamen 8y agoIt's an algorithm for allocating groups, not necessarily one that specifically targets families. Splitting up families might be just a sideeffect.
- aequitas 8y agoThe difference between a group and a family should be obviously clear to the airlines algorithm when it looks at the age of the travelers.
- PurpleRamen 8y agoNot all families are Parents & little Children. A couple is also a family. Parents with their adult children are also Family. And whether their splitting-algorithm is expliciet splitting up families, or simply splitting up ALL groups, we don't know. We don't even know whether it's splitting on purpose, or just taking the first free seats, often resulting in a split. But it's more likely that some lazy programmer just choose to use the solution which involved the least amount of work and complexity.
- oliwarner 8y ago> She added: “Some airlines have set an algorithm to identify passengers of the same surname travelling together. That reads like something that might specifically target families.
- PurpleRamen 8y agoYes, that is the claim of that Digital Minister. But there is no proof for it yet. The cited europe’s biggest airline only admits that random allocating happens, not targeted.