Check out this TED talk about how these algos. are actively changing the surface of the planet: http://www.ted.com/talks/kevin_slavin_how_algorithms_shape_our_

Check out this TED talk about how these algos. are actively changing the surface of the planet: http://www.ted.com/talks/kevin_slavin_how_algorithms_shape_our_world.html http://www.ted.com/talks/kevin_slavin_how_algorithms_shape_o... The speaker makes an arguement that no one can understand how these algos. interact and are being studied like natural phenomena.