IDG Contributor Network: How algorithms change the way people see things
Allowing algorithms to curate our lives might have unintended consequences, an Australian researcher says.
Algorithms are used throughout our interaction with technology. They range from those used by Facebook to tell us which friends we find most interesting, to Google’s Now product that reminds us of meetings we may care so little about that we’ve forgotten about them. The pictures we see in social media photo streams are dictated by algorithms, as are search results and the music we listen to on online radio stations.
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