What algorithms want : imagination in the age of computing
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We depend on - we believe in - algorithms to help us get a ride, choose which book to buy, execute a mathematical proof. It's as if we think of code as a magic spell, an incantation to reveal what we need to know and even what we want. Humans have always believed that certain invocations - the marriage vow, the shaman's curse - do not merely describe the world but make it. Computation casts a cultural shadow that is shaped by this long tradition of magical thinking. In What Algorithms Want, Ed Finn considers how the algorithm - in practical terms, "a method for solving a problem" - has its roots not only in mathematical logic but also in cybernetics, philosophy, and magical thinking.
TitelWhat algorithms want : imagination in the age of computing
Auteur
Plaats van uitgaveCambridge
UitgeverMIT Press
Jaar van uitgave2017
Pagina's257 p.
Formaat24 cm
Materiaalboek
ISBN978-0-262-03592-7
Onderwerpalgorithms, electronic art, cybernetica
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