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"That would hurt society more than help because once the algorithms are public, the code's inner workings can then be gamed and abused." This happens without i
by jsonne 7y ago
"That would hurt society more than help because once the algorithms are public, the code's inner workings can then be gamed and abused."
This happens without it being public knowledge and is commonly referred to as SEO. Keeping the black box a block box hurts more than helps because the privileged few that do have it figured out completely control the narrative. In addition a publicly published algo helps re-introduce competition. I see it as no different than food products being required to list ingredients.
- jasode 7y ago>This happens without it being public knowledge and is commonly referred to as SEO. I'm not claiming that absolutely zero gaming is possible. For all the successes that the SEO industry achieves, it's still a version of the proverbial blind men (SEO experts) feeling different parts of a giant elephant (the opaque Google algorithm). That's why SEO practitioners still get blindsided by new search engine changes by Google.