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Algorithms are defined sequential steps or instructions to solve a specific problem or perform a task.
The effectiveness of an algorithm is often evaluated according to its efficiency.
The use of algorithms poses significant opportunities and dilemmas in digital society.
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Unambiguous, finite, well-defined inputs and outputs, feasible
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Instructions, variables, conditionals, loops
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Natural language, flow chart, code, programming languages
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• Sorting, searching, filtering, prioritizing, classifying, associating, counting
• Programming, software development and implementation
• Machine learning, neural networks and in the creation of other algorithms
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• Algorithmic bias and fairness
• Algorithmic accountability and transparency, black box algorithms
• Erosion and/or loss of human judgment
What is in an algorithm can cause argument - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/oct/22/the-us-supreme-court-case-that-could-bring-the-tech-giants-to-their-knees
What makes Tik-Tok a success? - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/oct/23/tiktok-rise-algorithm-popularity
Uses of algorithms in Washington DC - but what are they? https://www.wired.com/story/algorithms-quietly-run-the-city-of-dc-and-maybe-your-hometown/
Bias in machine learning (read first) - https://www.techtarget.com/searchenterpriseai/definition/machine-learning-bias-algorithm-bias-or-AI-bias
General Algorithm bias - https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/2/18/21121286/algorithms-bias-discrimination-facial-recognition-transparency
Amazon recruitment bias - https://www.reuters.com/article/us-amazon-com-jobs-automation-insight-idUSKCN1MK08G
Crash course in AI - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gV0_raKR2UQ
Racial Bias in healthcare - https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-03228-6
More Racial Bias in Healthcare - https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/racial-bias-found-in-a-major-health-care-risk-algorithm/
The centre for humane technology (have you watched the Social Dilemma first?) - https://www.humanetech.com/
The changing rules of film making being driven by Algorithms - https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20230504-ghosted-the-films-too-bad-for-the-cinema
Who, or what, owns a copy of your identity? - https://cybernews.com/news/duolingo-champion-of-tracking/
How teens are dealing with online anxiety - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66855386