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| Algorithms: An algorithm is a step-by-step procedure or set of instructions for solving a problem or performing a task, often used in mathematics, computing, and problem-solving._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Peter Galison on Algorithms - Dictionary of Arguments
Brockman I 237 Algorithms/objectivity/Galison: What we see in so many of the algorists’ claims is a tremendous desire to find scientific objectivity precisely by abandoning judgment and relying on mechanical procedures - in the name of scientific objectivity. >Objectivity. Many American states have legislated the use of sentencing and parole algorithms. Better a machine, it is argued, than the vagaries of a judge’s judgment. Vs: In scientific atlas after scientific atlas, one sees explicit argument that “subjective” factors had to be part of the scientific work needed to create, classify, and interpret scientific images. >Science, >Subjectivity, >Method. Brockman I 238 Legal and social scientific domain: What happens, for example, when the secret, proprietary algorithm sends one person to prison for ten years and another for five years for the same crime?(1) Galion: two lessons from the history of the sciences: Judgment is not the discarded husk of a now pure objectivity of self-restraint. And mechanical objectivity is a virtue competing among others, not the defining essence of the scientific enterprise. >Algorithms. 1. Wexler, Rebecca, “Life, Liberty, and Trade Secrets: Intellectual Property in the Criminal Justice System,” Stanford Law Review 70 (2018). Galison, Peter “Algorists Dream of Objectivity“, in: Brockman, John (ed.) 2019. Twenty-Five Ways of Looking at AI. New York: Penguin Press._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Galison, Peter Brockman I John Brockman Possible Minds: Twenty-Five Ways of Looking at AI New York 2019 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-19