#Algorithm

Emilie Sundorph

ESundorph

The #alevels2020 anger and debate has been almost exclusively about the unfairness of an algorithm. Let's maintain this anger to tackle the source of the algorithm's data: systemic and long-term

Casey Fiesler, PhD, JD, geekD

cfiesler

"algorithm changes gender prediction from female to male when dr. is added" is so bafflingly bad that I am ALMOST surprised that such a bad algorithm was knowingly released into

espi

_espiart

Alright I’m here to help you beat the algorithm in 2021 so you can get the reach you deserve and to get your content out there so here’s a little

Melanie Stefan

MelanieIStefan

In the debate about A Level results, I hear a lot of people blaming “the algorithms” or saying that “the computer got it wrong”. This is inaccurate. Computers and algorithms

Alex Teytelboym

t8el

"Algorithm" is a dirty word in the UK at the moment. The Ofqual grading algorithm sucked. Even the BBC had a go at algorithms. But let me tell you about

Stephen Reicher

ReicherStephen

The bottom line of the A level algorithm is very simple: it was designed to ensure that some children in deprived schools must fail. It didn't matter who, but some

SleepyMia ⚡🐥⚡

SleepyMia145

Instead of asking people to tag their favorite BIPOC creators, I recommend white people train their algorithms. YouTube, Instagram, tiktok--they will all be very white until you teach them otherwise.If

Matthew Lynley

mattlynley

Holy crap I have so many thoughts on this having worked on the problem directly. I think it's safe to say that there is a 99.999% chance this will not

Dom

dqmonn

I think Reinforcement Learning is one of the most fun applications of ML. Train an algorithm by rewarding it Here's how it works, what it's good for In traditional

Lewis Wiltshire

LewisWiltshire

This is currently happening again, this time with some guy who says food poverty is idleness. Seems every liberal on Twitter has rebroadcast his thoughts with a comment intended to

Julia Carrie Wong

juliacarriew

Facebook appears to be *finally* taking seriously what is happening inside Facebook Groups, the product that they have aggressively pushed for years despite mountains of evidence that they were being

Charles Tallack

CharlesTTHF

We know which tier each local area is in, the data Gov used to decide but not the algorithm. Using a statistical classifer we can deduce this. If hospital adm

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aurvorie

I'm gonna explain why qrt/reply antis will only make difficult for twitter algorithm to take it down:1. Antis deliberately tweet specific words that are damaging and harmful at once in

Nicole

nixseah

Incredibly thorough and fascinating pod with @a16z 16 min episode with @smc90 & @eugenewei on:Tiktok's unique qualities, "seeing like an algorithm", and applying the lessons we learn from TikTok to

jess

queervengeance

Reasons To Join Mastodon! [a thread] No Ads, No AlgorithmThis evens the playing field a bit! There’s no “clout” on mastodon because there’s no algorithm that favors certain posts over

Carl Zha

CarlZha

Overheard on current US war on Tiktok. A thread:Talks abt ban on Tiktok subsiding a bit because Tiktok in talks with General Atlantic and Sequoia to sell to a US

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