algorithm
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On Instagram for example, when you turn off the algorithm, you can't see direct messages or access your profile and settings.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 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
Moët Hennessy provided data from previous spoiled crops to help train the AI algorithm on what to recognize.
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
The color maps of billions of minds, all controlled by an algorithm.
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
The researchers also used computer algorithms to compare its skeletal features with those of other dinosaurs.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026
There remains zero hard evidence that AI algorithms are sentient.
From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026
Chayka thinks algorithms have made us lazy, and "prevent us from going deeper" in our cultural taste.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
Drivers are offered upfront rates determined by the platforms’ proprietary algorithms and must learn to quickly distinguish worthwhile trips from low-paying ones.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 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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