When Algorithms Go Wrong
I'm a big fan of Prismatic but, sometimes, the algorithm that matches the stories and photos doesn't work as well as it ought:
I’m a big fan of Prismatic, which creates a personalized newsfeed based on what your social media connections are sharing. But, sometimes, the algorithm that matches the stories and photos doesn’t work as well as it ought:
I certainly hope not. . .
Indeed, the algorithm seemed particularly obsessed with that image:
Apparently, it’s not just women who like good looking, naked men.
*laughing*
Well, it probably got those stories some extra women readers. Along with gay men.
Yes, JJ, it’s the “algorithm” that’s obsessed.
@Butch Bracknell: Ha. Not sure why it does this sort of thing. It happens all the time. I thought it mildly amusing when the first one was mismatched. Two, however . . .
LOL.
So what happens when the algorithm that apparently has decided you’re gay is the same one determining who may be a terrorist for the NSA?
@Stormy Dragon: Well, if it receives that sort of widespread adoption, obviously the free market collapses in a couple of years, we chalk it up to human error, and we continue on as a species.
Lighten up.
@Tillman: “Well, if it receives that sort of widespread adoption, obviously the free market collapses in a couple of years, we chalk it up to human error, and we continue on as a species.”
We chalk it up to the Whim of the Market Gods, bail out those who were both rich and suffered, f*ck over everybody else, and only then do we continue on as a species.