Once again, algorithms are opinions expressed in code
this post was submitted on 13 Oct 2024
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I am still disgusted by the smug computer touching misanthropes that claimed earlier this century that algorithms were nonpolitical and by design could have no bias.
They're still smug computer touching misanthropes to this day and they still disgust me in new ways.
claimed earlier this century
Langdon Winner's "Do Artifacts Have Politics?" (JSTOR open access link) written all the way back in 1980 should be mandatory reading, especially for these people. Even a bridge can be political.
Speaking of nonpolitical…
Mr. Kratsch said that, “under political pressure,” the company removed race, gender and birth country as factors before the current school year.
Dude really wanted to created a bigotry machine but the wokes wouldn’t let him
Dude really wanted to created a bigotry machine but the wokes wouldn’t let him
Yet. 
We've automated austerity
Yet another use case for the treat printers alongside this one. 
Truly dystopian
10 people control 95% of the resources how do we solve this problem?
Let's ask the racism machine for help
Hey motherfuckers we have strategies for assessing children’s skills which are evidence-based and norm-referenced by grade level. There are these people who are trained to administer them and then use those assessments to gain specific information on what skills are behind so that individualized strategies can be applied to catch them up. These people are called teachers. They study applied sciences for at least half a decade before reaching the classroom and then continue to do professional development throughout their careers. You should give them a try.
Hmm but the computer just keeps saying "mulch the children" so I'm not really sure what to think here
Computer never lie.
Death to the first world unlimited genocide.
Fairless
OK, whoever is writing the simulation needs to step their game up
Maybe the true evil AI was the real god of capital we worshiped along the way