Tag: algorithmic management
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The Future of Online Dating Is Unsexy and Brutally Effective » When I give the dating app LoveFlutter my Twitter handle, it rewards me with a 28-axis breakdown of my… more ›
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What Facebook Did to American Democracy » In the media world, as in so many other realms, there is a sharp discontinuity in the timeline: before the 2016 election, and… more ›
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Goldman Sachs Explores a New World: Trading Bitcoin » Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is weighing a new trading operation dedicated to bitcoin and other digital currencies, the first blue-chip Wall… more ›
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A new t-shirt sewing robot can make as many shirts per hour as 17 factory workers » Sewing simple items of clothing is one of those repetitive, labor-intensive tasks that… more ›
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Machines with Brains » Robots and artificial intelligence are upending everything we thought we knew about what it means to be human. The boundaries between person and machine are becoming… more ›
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The secret lives of Google raters » Something disturbing has been happening to Google’s advertising algorithms. These are the programs responsible for placing ads in appropriate contexts; serving up travel-related… more ›
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Automatic for the people: How Germany’s Otto uses artificial intelligence | The Economist » underpaidgenius: A GLIMPSE into the future of retailing is available in a smallish office in Hamburg.… more ›
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The High-Speed Trading Behind Your Amazon Purchase » I wanted to buy some mini marshmallows recently, so I went on Amazon. Perhaps because of their resemblance to packing material—light, bulky,… more ›
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The New Manager Death Spiral » The starting gun fires and when the starting gun fires, you run. You’re a new manager, and while the sound of gun firing is… more ›
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Algorithmic Life » Algorithms are changing the worlds we inhabit — and they’re changing us. They pop up in op-eds on weighty topics like the future of labor in an… more ›