How algorithms shape our world

[Paul Mobbs]

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Normally I try and avoid TED, but I've been following this aspect of IT for a 
while and this presentation sums up so much into 15 minutes -- your life is 
being seamlessly predicted and managed by computer algorithms... allegedly:

Kevin Slavin: How algorithms shape our world
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDaFwnOiKVE

TED, July 21st 2001

Kevin Slavin argues that we're living in a world designed for -- and 
increasingly controlled by -- algorithms. In this riveting talk from 
TEDGlobal, he shows how these complex computer programs determine: espionage 
tactics, stock prices, movie scripts, and architecture. And he warns that we 
are writing code we can't understand, with implications we can't control.



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