Every story and comment from the Hacker News API, in a layout borrowed from 2001.
A comment on A YouTube chat about chess got flagged for hate speech. Parent comment
And so they always do. The problem that an algorithm solves is defined by the algorithm itself. The purpose of a system is what it does[0].
Algorithms are useful to solve problems for us - the trick is always in making sure that the problem the algorithm solves is the one we want.
--
[0] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_purpose_of_a_system_is_wha...
And so they always do. The problem that an algorithm solves is defined by the algorithm itself. The purpose of a system is what it does[0].
Algorithms are useful to solve problems for us - the trick is always in making sure that the problem the algorithm solves is the one we want.
--
[0] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_purpose_of_a_system_is_wha...