How Algorithms Shape Our World

We live in a world run by algorithms, computer programs that make decisions or solve problems for us. In this riveting, funny talk, Kevin Slavin shows how modern algorithms determine stock prices, espionage tactics, even the movies you watch. But, he asks: If we depend on complex algorithms to manage our daily decisions — when do we start to lose control?

ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Kevin Slavin · Algoworld Expert

Kevin Slavin navigates in the algoworld, the expanding space in our lives that’s determined and run by algorithms.

originally posted on ted.com