
Algorithms to Live By
by Brian Christian
Christian and Griffiths show how computer science algorithms solve everyday human problems, from when to stop searching to how to sort your priorities. Practical wisdom from maths.
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by Brian Christian
Christian and Griffiths show how computer science algorithms solve everyday human problems, from when to stop searching to how to sort your priorities. Practical wisdom from maths.
In this collection, Algorithms to Live By references 1 other book and is cited by 1 other book.
It draws on Thinking, Fast and Slow.
It’s picked up by The Ethical Algorithm: The Science of Socially Aware Algorithm Design.
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Algorithms to Live By references Kahneman on cognitive biases.
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Builds on Christian and Griffiths's Algorithms to Live By framework of algorithm-as-decision-tool to show how adding constraints for fairness and privacy transforms optimal algorithms into socially aware ones

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The Ethical Algorithm: The Science of Socially Aware Algorithm Designby Michael Kearns and Aaron Roth
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