This algorithm had two properties: It was “deterministic,” meaning that its decisions did not depend on any randomness, and it was also “smooth,” meaning that the books must be spread ...

After leaving, she wrote a book in 2016 that dismantled the idea that algorithms are objective. O’Neil showed how every algorithm is trained on historical data to recognize patterns, and how ...

In her new book 'The Algorithm,' journalist Hilke Schellmann investigates software that automates résumé screening and promotion recommendations, raising concerns about discrimination.

The bookshelf problem (which computer scientists call the “list labeling” problem) is one of the most basic topics in the field of data structures. “It’s the kind of problem you’d teach to freshman or ...

Computer scientists often deal with abstract problems that are hard to comprehend, but an exciting new algorithm matters to anyone who owns books and at least one shelf. The algorithm addresses ...

Humans hallucinate. Algorithms lie. At least, that's one difference that Joy Buolamwini and Kyle Chayka want to make clear. When ChatGPT tells you that a book exists when it doesn't – or ...