• traches@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    They don’t have to, algorithms do whatever they are designed to do. Long division is an algorithm.

    Profit motives are the issue here.

    • irmoz@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      Yeah, the narrowing of the word “algorithm” to only mean “social media recommendation algorithms” is getting on my nerves.