algorithm
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Steffi Cao argues that we should be wary of the algorithm that incentivizes mindless scrolling, but there is nonetheless something charming about the wacky human storytelling that drives these videos.
From Slate ● Sep. 28, 2026
“Obviously the most beloved gay bar in San Francisco isn’t engaging in human trafficking. So that algorithm needs a little tweak,” co-owner and general manager Rachel Ryan told the outlet Mission Local in July.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
Does your algorithm serve you lots of your own highlights?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
"Over the last couple of months my whole TikTok and Instagram is just people learning to drive. It's like my algorithm knows, it's quite scary," she said.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Once she created her own algorithm to sort out the irrelevant photos from the streetcams, she had a full complement of surveillance videos.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
When Mia Perumal was 12 she says she was fed harmful content via social media algorithms.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
“Social media algorithms tend to send young men and young women to different places,” said Deckman, who is CEO of the nonpartisan Public Religion Research Institute.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
Much like then, the movement is driven by a convergence of large societal trends—this time the rise of social-media algorithms, changing therapeutic approaches and a broadening definition of trauma.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
Researchers can refine scanning methods and computer algorithms on expendable models rather than experimenting directly on irreplaceable ancient artifacts.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026
Less controversial is the contention that there are no clear-cut, easy algorithms that allow us to distinguish science from pseudoscience in all cases.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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