I think everyone is missing a key point here: those algorithms are essentially incomprehensible to the layperson.
What if you demand full disclosure of the science that drives the accelerator at CERN? Well, it's "disclosed" already, just read the papers. Quantum-electrodynamics-something-something. Now what? Might as well be magic.
This is a core issue with democracy. You're asking average individuals to express a choice on matters that are orders of magnitude above their cognitive abilities.
What if you demand full disclosure of the science that drives the accelerator at CERN? Well, it's "disclosed" already, just read the papers. Quantum-electrodynamics-something-something. Now what? Might as well be magic.
This is a core issue with democracy. You're asking average individuals to express a choice on matters that are orders of magnitude above their cognitive abilities.