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I feel like the usual suspect for “algorithm” is the code that decides exactly how to shuffle your non-chronological social media timeline around, or the code t
by egypturnash 8y ago
I feel like the usual suspect for “algorithm” is the code that decides exactly how to shuffle your non-chronological social media timeline around, or the code that decides what to queue up to autoplay when the video you’re watching ends.
- repsilat 8y agoThat's an interesting point -- to a computer scientist a chronological order is exactly as "algorithmic" as any other order, but I think it might not be to a layman. Possibly the neatest demonstration of the difference. (I guess asking a computer scientist for a program to do a task without an using an algorithm might be like asking a food scientist to make a product without chemicals...)