> "[A]lgorithms are made by people and the results ... were reviewed multiple times by people,"
You got that right. The way they talk about "an algorithm did it" makes it seem as as if they think that somehow explains it, like there was only one algorithm possible handed down from god or something.
We'll be seeing more and more of this of course. "We can't be blamed, it was an algorithm! We can't be blamed for trusting in the algorithm, because everyone knows algorithms are objective, right?"
I'm not sure "laypeople" realize that, especially in this particular case, "algorithm" is just a fancy word for "formula". Right, you MADE the formula, and it was wrong.
You got that right. The way they talk about "an algorithm did it" makes it seem as as if they think that somehow explains it, like there was only one algorithm possible handed down from god or something.
We'll be seeing more and more of this of course. "We can't be blamed, it was an algorithm! We can't be blamed for trusting in the algorithm, because everyone knows algorithms are objective, right?"
I'm not sure "laypeople" realize that, especially in this particular case, "algorithm" is just a fancy word for "formula". Right, you MADE the formula, and it was wrong.