Right, most of the time, when people criticize algorithms these days they’re really critiquing algorithms that have a fundamental role in social processes that

Right, most of the time, when people criticize algorithms these days they’re really critiquing algorithms that have a fundamental role in social processes that is—algorithms that begin to influence or shape opinion, taste, or judgement. Selection algorithms. Algorithms that decide “what I like” not how to achieve such and such a goal or to solve a particular problem. Most people don’t have anything g against this latter class of algorithms. In other words, folks aren’t annoyed by algorithms per se, they are annoyed by the application of algorithms to social problems, as such application tends to lack the nuance and sophistication of old school human centric processes.