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"The Algorithm" Does Not Exist

by sacrosanct on 1/29/24, 6:52 PM with 1 comments

• by jruohonen on 1/29/24, 6:56 PM

  "We seem to be grasping at some of this intuitively. TikTokers talk about training 'my algorithm.' But that still offers an unearned personification to the machines."

  That's anthropomorphism right there (italics added).