How Algorithms Impact Our Decisions - 2 views
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we have a literal interpretation of free will now in the context of algorithms, which is: Are you making the final choice?
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a third of your choices on Amazon are driven by recommendations. Eighty percent of viewing activities on Netflix are driven by algorithmic recommendations. Seventy percent of the time people spend on YouTube is driven by algorithmic recommendations
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We might see less than 0.01% of any search results, because rarely do we even cross page one. The algorithm has decided which pages we look at. So yes, they’re making a lot of choices for us.
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