algorithm
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Spiralism has no leader, no doctrine, no central text—only the algorithm, which each user takes as a personal oracle.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
But before you hand your savings to an algorithm, you should consider what kinds of choices you should trust AI to help you make.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026
"No algorithm can make war morally acceptable," the Pope wrote.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
An algorithm can now perform in seconds what would once have required weeks of officers riffling through papers and records.
From Slate • May 20, 2026
He only had the resources to retest 120 classrooms, however, so he asked the creators of the cheating algorithm to help choose which classrooms to test.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
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