#Algorithm

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spaghetti_ballz

1/ This turned out to be a much more interesting dataset than I anticipated. I'll narrate.@tiktok_us @davejorgenson @hankgreen @profgalloway 2/ The first thing that jumps out is the massive spike

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Qlwakhe

let me bore y’all with some science for a second…a basic understanding of probability theory would lead you to conclude that all outcomes are equally likely, however this would be

Ben Kelly

TheScepticIsle

Those students who have got grades that they may not have earned via the one shot non the day exam system will still have to nail job interviews, perform in

Ben Collins

oneunderscore__

Both @BrandyZadrozny and I asked at the time if Facebook’s groups recommendations algorithm would check for radicalization and feeder systems into extremist groups.This was exactly how Youtube was turning gamers

Cheryl Lynn Eaton

cheryllynneaton

Oh, this is nice.https://twitter.com/jessehawken/status/1361730636889935879 Something Scorsese doesn't touch upon which lit up for me in that passage like a warning flare--what does "the algorithm" do to us as a people?

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CyberWonton

This diabolically simple algorithm. Weighted vote swapping that moves Trump votes to Biden, based on the number of available votes to transfer.If 85% of people are voting straight Republican ticket,

Jesse Driftwon't

jessedriftwood1

I have this theory about dislikes on YouTube videos and I’d love to hear your thoughts (a short thread ) I can always tell when a video of mine “leaves”

Denis Merigoux

DMerigoux

Today, let's talk about the impact of algorithms for social benefits. In France, an unemployment advisor has been fired because he was helping unemployed people bypass the algorithm to get

Andrew Trask

iamtrask

I'm concerned that many don't understand free speech in the context of algorithmsIMO, speech in the digital west is more threatened by filter bubbles than by traditional methodsIt's not about

Christopher Barrie

cbarrie

A narrative is taking hold: algorithmic changes in YouTube diverted users from fringe news and toward verified sources. Result: FOX News gets a boost.I checked this out by sampling video

Yiqin Fu

yiqinfu

The Chinese magazine Renwu just published a long feature on “algorithms and food delivery drivers”.Apparently the delivery platforms ask drivers to follow ***walking*** rather than driving directions, so drivers have

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talyarkoni

it should go without saying that complicated decision-making algorithms need human supervision. but this WaPo article making the rounds completely undermines its own argument by picking an example that is

Sudha Guttikonda

sudhavallii

The eGFR correction factor was introduced in the 90s on the basis that Black people have higher levels of creatinine than whites, though their kidney function seemed similar. 1/5#healthequity #raceinmedicine

Sam Freedman

Samfr

I kind of feel peoples' heads might explode if they knew that we set results via an algorithm every year. Usually it has more and better data in it. It's

Cory Doctorow #BLM

doctorow

The latest Made-in-Britain Tory political scandal is the "fuck the algorithm" A-level grades omnishambles, in which the Conservative party deployed a black-box algorithm to give rich students higher grades and

(((Frances *Cassandra* Coppola)))🕷️

Frances_Coppola

I'm tweeting this article again because I think it is so important. It shows that the maths in @OfQual's algorithm is fundamentally flawed. I suspected it was, because of the

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