Curated Resource ( ? )
When Algorithms Give Orders: The Ethics Of Fulfilling Our Desires Vs Saving Us From Ourselves
Curated:
31/01/2016 from
www.forbes.com/sites/kalevleetaru/2016/01/03/when-algorithms-give-orders-the-ethics-of-fulfilling-our-desires-vs-saving-us-from-ourselves/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
my notes ( ? )
Algorithms quietly make a myriad decisions for us each day... Perhaps most importantly, these algorithms decide what we see online and how much we are aware of what is going on in the world around us... Today's digital assistants are designed to abstract ever further away from pages of links towards synthesizing information on our behalf...
What happens if the company powering our digital assistant has among its major advertising clients both our health insurance company and our local donut store? ... should it listen to our doctor and steer us clear of those donuts or should it ... help us buy those donuts? ... Should a personal assistant of someone living in Saudi Arabia who expresses interest in anti-government protest movements discourage further interest in the topic?
What happens if the company powering our digital assistant has among its major advertising clients both our health insurance company and our local donut store? ... should it listen to our doctor and steer us clear of those donuts or should it ... help us buy those donuts? ... Should a personal assistant of someone living in Saudi Arabia who expresses interest in anti-government protest movements discourage further interest in the topic?
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