{"id":23731,"date":"2011-08-01T12:53:45","date_gmt":"2011-08-01T10:53:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=23731"},"modified":"2011-08-01T12:53:45","modified_gmt":"2011-08-01T10:53:45","slug":"kevin-slavin-how-algorithms-shape-our-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=23731","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Slavin: How algorithms shape our world"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"922\" height=\"519\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TDaFwnOiKVE?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p> Kevin Slavin argues that we&#8217;re living in a world designed for &#8212; and increasingly controlled by &#8212; 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&#8217;t understand, with implications we can&#8217;t control.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kevin Slavin argues that we&#8217;re living in a world designed for &#8212; and increasingly controlled by &#8212; 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&#8217;t understand, with implications we can&#8217;t [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[221],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-presentations"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":127521,"url":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=127521","url_meta":{"origin":23731,"position":0},"title":"Kevin Slavin: How algorithms shape our world","author":"thebrainbehind","date":"01\/08\/2011","format":false,"excerpt":"http:\/\/youtu.be\/TDaFwnOiKVE Kevin Slavin argues that we\u2019re living in a world designed for \u2013 and increasingly controlled by \u2013 algorithms. 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