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musing: "algorithms are neutral" is techbro for "guns don't kill people"
@theoutrider Yes, very much so.
Algorithms are neutral, in the sense that they only do what they are designed to do.
The designers, though, definitely imprint their own politics and ideologies when they chose what to optimize for.
@kellerfuchs yeah, I'm mostly angling for the abdication of responsibility that generally comes with the phrase
@theoutrider Yeah, we definitely were on the same page there.
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@theoutrider Yeah, we definitely were on the same page there.