Kevin Slavin: How algorithms shape our world Video
http://www.ted.com Kevin Slavin argues that we're living in a world designed for -- and increasingly controlled by -- algorithms. In this riveting talk from TEDGlobal, he shows how these complex computer programs determine: espionage tactics, stock prices, movie scripts, and architecture. And he warns that we are writing code we can't understand, with implications we can't control.
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Even though I'm a ...
Even though I'm a music video editor, this video was very informative.. there's an algorithm for "viral" these days?
Outstanding.?
Outstanding.?
There must have ...
There must have been an algorithm to predict with certainty that a numbskull like ChantzyG will arrive in the comments section of every youtube? video
This is the same ...
This is the same kind of? guy that will convince you that 2012 is coming soon. OH MY GAWD THE WORLD IS ENDING ALGORITHMS GON EET U
Somewhat ...
Somewhat sensasonalistic, but great? exposition!
cool channel?
cool channel?
to slow? your done.
to slow? your done.
hury? up.
hury? up.
your too slow, a ...
your too slow, a salesman? mistake.
be? carefull.
be? carefull.
so you acknoledge ...
so you acknoledge the rederal reserve act of 1913 and? the american banking act of 1864??
Maybe the? only ...
Maybe the? only thing all that imaginary money being created represents is the force and ability to produce such dramatic alterations on the physical landscape in the 1st place. Money is the driver and technology is the vehicle right, but where's it going? Reshaping the world so that technology can do a better job at making more money which it will use to fuel even more technologies that will help it make even more money still, is pretty scary. Good one!
I just read your ...
I just read your comment, after typing my own. Mine echoed the very sentiment of your comment. If I had known I would have given you a thumbs up. Alas, I still am, but it amazes me how these people at TED (which is supposed to? harbor some bright people) swallow this. How did this get past the monitors? Did they think he was Dr. Ian Malcolm? He obviously does. Did you catch the butterfly example?
Oh, and if are into ...
Oh, and if are into this dated hypothesis you should watch the movie "Pi" it was done much better there. However, it? is presented as "fiction" which is in inherently more truthful than this presentation or algo-trading.
After listening to ...
After listening to this man, I can say two things for certain:
1. He does not know what art is.
2. He knows even less about mathematics.
The above holds true for his audience.
It would be nice to assume as much as he, however he never figures in step potential or spinning, twining, and fining which largely opposes the ultimate deterministic math he alludes to. However, he does have a good voice, and a good line of bulls**t. He's? not even wrong. So good for him.
I? think my mind ...
I? think my mind just exploded
Anyone was ...
Anyone was reminded? by Metal Gear's "The Patriots' AIs"?
You are a ...
You are a mathematician and you don't know what an Algorithm is??? Based on the? content of your comment I would have guessed that you are a freshman in high school who gets easily frustrated by simple algebra. Seriously??? Yes, he knows exactly what he's talking about. He's a physicist who works in financial mathematics, do you know what that is? Nevermind, I'm pretty sure everything I said went way over your head.
This gentleman ...
This gentleman should be a writer. He could produce some stellar? fiction based on this.
Actually he says ...
Actually he says actually less than a typical TED? speaker, right.
Interesting.?
Interesting.?
This is inhuman and ...
This is inhuman and sick.?
iPad? ad?
iPad? ad?
What an absolute? ...
What an absolute? beast!
it seems you are ...
it seems you are full of your? self
Another guy that ...
Another guy that loves to hear himself, does anybody know what alorithm means in math? I love the pictures but, and but, I am a mathematician and? I did not understand, I do unerstand this guy has a good mouth and people may like his talking, and again "but" does he know what he is talking about? OMG, one of my students reccomended this video...???
those with less ...
those with less latency (ping) would get their reaction registered at same time as others, so it would work.
This latency minimizing is BS, unproductive and should be? outlawed. Joke: Space aliens make facepalm for humanity because of this silliness.
maybe 100 second tick!
Has anyone seen? ...
Has anyone seen? idoitcracy?
free market...ya, ...
free market...ya, sure...its all manipulation.?
What you don't ...
What you don't realize that what once was this feel-good crap, gave you the job you have today and this feel-good crap you see right now gives your children & grandchildren a job. It's the future, what you don't see. And if the? future is a worthless joke, then you should make a good one and kill yourself.
