The constitution of algorithms : ground-truthing, programming, formulating

A laboratory study that investigates how algorithms come into existence. Algorithms—often associated with the terms big data, machine learning, or artificial intelligence—underlie the technologies we use every day, and disputes over the consequences, actual or potential, of new algorithms arise regu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Jaton, Florian, Bowker, Geoffrey C.
Format:	eBook Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge The MIT Press 2021 MIT Press
Edition:	1
Series:	Inside Technology
Subjects:	Algorithms Algorithms > Case studies Algorithms > Social aspects Algorithms and data structures Computer programming > Case studies Computer programming / software engineering Computing and Information Technology Digital and information technologies: social and ethical aspects Ethical and social aspects of IT Information technology: general topics Mathematics > Philosophy
ISBN:	9780262542142, 0262542145, 9780262363235, 0262363232
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Table of Contents:

Intro -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- I: Ground-Truthing -- 1. Studying Computer Scientists -- 2. A First Case Study -- II: Programming -- 3. Von Neumann's Draft, Electronic Brains, and Cognition -- 4. A Second Case Study -- III: Formulating -- 5. Mathematics as a Science -- 6. A Third Case Study -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- References -- Index -- Series List