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"VCs think my boobs need an algorithm. My boobs don’t need an algorithm." Horrible link-bait introduction. Algorithm is being used as a dirty word. Algorithms
by robotresearcher 14y ago
"VCs think my boobs need an algorithm. My boobs don’t need an algorithm."
Horrible link-bait introduction. Algorithm is being used as a dirty word. Algorithms are not soft, caring, touchable, feminine, according to the imagery in the piece.
In the real world though, boobs and lives are saved daily by algorithms. I want my family's boob cancer screening images reconstructed from tiny, noisy signals by the most hardcore medical imaging algorithms available, thanks.
But "VCs Think My Bra Fitting Need A Questionnaire" wouldn't be getting those views.
- mikeurbach 14y agoCouldn't agree more. It seems like "algorithm" is starting to be used among the non-tech world to refer to the computerization of everything in a negative way. Really, an algorithm is a mathematical formulation of how to solve a problem, albeit usually ran on computers. If True & Co. want to apply a little machine learning to an old problem, fine. If people think that machines can't learn, then we're going to have these sort of issues.