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Polarization and Algorithms

Richard Geldard | Posted 05.01.2012

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Richard Geldard

The effect of algorithmic control this political season has resulted in an increase in polarization. The result is that increasingly we grow to despise the other side.

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Italian Borsa Move May Breed Brave New World of Algos

John Bates | Posted 04.28.2012

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John Bates

The Borsa's solution, especially if it is embraced by other trading destinations, may spawn a new generation of intelligent "sensing" algos.

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Sniffing Out Socialbots: The Combustive Potential of Social Media-Based Algorithms

John Bates | Posted 02.01.2012

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John Bates

With the high frequency-obsessed trading community, speed is essential. And social media, particularly Twitter, is becoming a key source of high-speed information for feeding trading algorithms.

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Kevin Slavin: How algorithms shape our world

Kevin Slavin | Posted 12.06.2011

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Kevin Slavin

2011-12-06-vindjfidjggd.jpgIn staring down a Genetic Algorithm, you are staring down the larger questions of what happens when no one is driving, no one is editing, a world without supervision.

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Kevin Slavin: How Algorithms Shape Our World

Ted | Posted 12.09.2011

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How To Create A Data-Driven Startup

Roger Ehrenberg | Posted 01.11.2012

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Roger Ehrenberg

Building a successful - and sustainable - data-driven enterprise is so much more than simply having better algorithms or a more performant box: It takes great people with data DNA and a model that creates competitive moats around the business.

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Let's Not Welcome Computers as Our New Overlords Just Yet

John Bates | Posted 11.06.2011

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John Bates

If you hand over your decision-making processes to algorithms without employing any sensible controls and monitoring, this is where danger lurks.

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Need Advice On What To Read? Ask The Internet

nytimes.com | CLAIRE CAIN MILLER | Posted 05.25.2011

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Netflix uses a software algorithm to recommend movies and Zappos uses one to recommend shoes. Now Goodreads, the social network for book lovers, is in...

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Desperate For Holiday Gift Ideas? Try Online Auctions For Charity

Posted 05.25.2011

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Trolling eBay for holiday deals? You may want to try out a different site this season, which uses online auctions to raise money for schools and nonpr...

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Changing Your Brain's Factory Settings

Eric Haseltine | Posted 05.25.2011

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Eric Haseltine

Is there even such a thing as a pull down menu for changing the brain's settings for violence, and if so, where is it? Your brain often guesses wrong about which if-then rules will produce the best results.

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Hedge Funds Pushing Out Human Traders, Using More Algorithms

Bloomberg | Posted 05.25.2011

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Asset managers such as hedge funds will probably increase their use of computer programs known as algorithms to execute their stock trades in 2011, ac...

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DK Matai | Posted 05.25.2011

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DK Matai | Posted 05.25.2011

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DK Matai

Editor's Note: This post has been removed from the Huffington Post....

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