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Re:FTC issues orders to nine social media and video streamin... by BlueTemplar on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @10:09AM (#25430956)
Around here we've had a recent law mandating that any government-related decisions that use an algorithm must, upon request by a citizen, be explained in plain language, following all the steps in the algorithm.

I can't wait until they have to do that for a black box, neural network program !

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Re:FTC issues orders to nine social media and video streamin... by sanderjd on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @10:59PM (#25438887)
It doesn't even require anything esoteric like a neutral network. This would already be very difficult for the federal reserve for instance, or the SEC. Or even the bureau of land management. Lots of government agencies crunch financial and other kinds of data to make decisions, which would be very difficult to describe in lay terms.
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Re:FTC issues orders to nine social media and video streamin... by BlueTemplar on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @05:54AM (#25441158)
Neutral networks are put in place by the grey tribe.
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