“Algorithms are integral to how we find and consume art. But old-fashioned browsing still has its benefits.”
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Heat Listed
“He could be the shooter, he might get shot. They didn’t know. But the data said he was at risk either way.”
No Escape from Online Memories
The algorithms that drive Facebook, Pinterest, and a million other apps don’t know when your life changes course — and can keep up a stream of painful memories.
Graded by an Algorithm
“Algorithms…don’t go on mutant rampages, they only sometimes reveal and amplify the cruddy human biases that underpin them.”
Facebook Is a Doomsday Machine
” No single machine should be able to control so many people.”
What Is The Internet Doing To Boomers’ Brains?
“Social media platforms are sucking a generation into a misinformation rabbit hole.”
The Future of Decisions
If humans can’t decide, “the future of life will be decided at random.”
Do These Pants Make Me Look Like Everyone Else? Be Honest, Alexa.
What happens to taste when machines become the tastemakers? Kyle Chayka meditates on style, algorithms, and our generic yet lullingly unobjectionable future.
The Shallowness of Google Translate
Despite advances in machine learning and ever-bigger datasets, rumors of human translators’ imminent demise are greatly exaggerated.