algorithm
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But as the role of the algorithm goes up, so the role of humans goes down.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
"The mind must not simply compile data -- as an algorithm now does more quickly than we can," the pontiff said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
The legendary investor can’t resist the YouTube algorithm either.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
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
Now understanding the maze’s algorithm, he took up his pencil again, cut though the Gordian knot, and completed the task.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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These untamed mousers would eventually evolve into the fluffy tabbies, Siberians and ragdolls that dominate today’s social-media algorithms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Temper those outrageous emotions, the ones the algorithms have gotten so good at teasing out of us.
From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2026
New legislation is being tabled in Australia's parliament on Thursday to force big tech to allow users to switch off algorithms which send them recommended content - but it's not the first country to try.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
The researchers also used computer algorithms to compare its skeletal features with those of other dinosaurs.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026
The Scythedom, she knew, had created its own algorithms for searching the unsearchable contents of the backbrain—but Citra couldn’t ask Scythe Curie without making her suspicious.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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